Shyam BenegalCast
Shashi Kapoor 
Rekha 
Anant Nag 
Victor Banerjee Raj Babbar 
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Credits
Written by: 
Girish Karnad
Plot
A modern Mahabharata of business families.
Sinekatalog’s take
Shyam Benegal recasts the Mahabharata in the world of two rival Indian business families, with Shashi Kapoor and Rekha. Smart, cynical and compelling, it is a sharp, modern epic of greed, loyalty and revenge.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (667 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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