Three and a half decades ago, ‘Farishhte’ stormed screens, uniting Bollywood’s A-listers in a revenge saga for the ages. Veteran director Anil Sharma marked the occasion with a touching Sunday post on X, featuring classic posters and a caption brimming with sentiment.
‘Farishhte’s 35 glorious years: Brotherhood, courage, destiny. Legends on one canvas made history. Time changes, greatness doesn’t. Dharm ji, Vinod ji, Sridevi ji, Sadashiv ji—eternally in our hearts,’ he wrote.
Anil Verma’s directorial venture of February 22, 1991, starred Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna as underdog brothers challenging a tyrant, supported by Sridevi, Rajinikanth, Jaya Prada, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar.
Bappi Lahiri’s beats turned it into a musical triumph. Songs like ‘Raja Ka Baj Gaya Baza,’ ‘Bhai-Behen Ka Pyaar,’ and ‘Jhenda Ooncha Rahe Hamara’ were chart-toppers, crooned by stalwarts including Amit Kumar, Shabbir Kumar, and Asha Bhosle.
This Satti Shourie production, running 3 hours 8 minutes, sealed the Dharmendra-Vinod Khanna legacy. Sharma’s reflection sparks a renaissance of interest, affirming ‘Farishhte’s’ status as an enduring action-drama masterpiece.