Kalyug 1981

Kalyug is a 1981 Indian Bollywood drama film released on 1981. The film is directed by Shyam Benegal, produced by Shashi Kapoor.

It is the story of two brothers Ramchand and Bhishamchand who are are two pioneering brothers in business. But after the demise of Ramchand it is Bhishamchand who takes care of his family. But in spite of Bhishamchand's efforts there is no peace between the two families.

The characters of this movie are bussinessmen , playing politics & tricks against each other to win the race of fame & name. The huge business family of 2 brothers ( Puranchand & Khubchand) seperates from each other & each has their own business empires. The respective heirs of each now handle these empires. The grievances & differences between the 2 families increase when a goverment contract ( SSI ) is given to Khubchand family & the credit for this goes to Karan Singh ( Shashi Kapoor ), an eminent employee of Khubchand engineering and also an adopted son of Bhishamchand ( A.K.Hangal ), uncle of Khubchand & Puranchand. This infuriates the Puranchand familyr & a tussle begins between the 2 families to obtain the contract. Each party plays games & tricks on each other , to an extent of murder attempts. In the race of defeating & pulling each other down, both families are completely devastated.

The characters of this movie are bussinessmen , playing politics & tricks against each other to win the race of fame & name. The huge business family of 2 brothers ( Puranchand & Khubchand) seperates from each other & each has their own business empires. The respective heirs of each now handle these empires. The grievances & differences between the 2 families increase when a goverment contract ( SSI ) is given to Khubchand family & the credit for this goes to Karan Singh ( Shashi Kapoor ), an eminent employee of Khubchand engineering and also an adopted son of Bhishamchand ( A.K.Hangal ), uncle of Khubchand & Puranchand. This infuriates the Puranchand familyr & a tussle begins between the 2 families to obtain the contract. Each party plays games & tricks on each other , to an extent of murder attempts. In the race of defeating & pulling each other down, both families are completely devastated.

Following on from the work of Ghatak and Shahani, Benegal essayed an epic movie by transferring famous episodes from the Mahabharata to contemporary industrial society in order to explore, in his words, human values as they exist today in the modern world. The result is a crime movie about a feud between two industrialist families, the Puranchands and the Khubhandas, which escaltes into violence and murder by contract. Karan Singh (Kapoor) is killed while changing a car tyre, referring to Karna, the tragic son of Kunti and the Sun god in the original epic, who was killed when his chariot whell got struck other mythological characters become income tax inspectors raiding the Rekhas characters house, rummaging in her cupboard and fingering her underwear. [Source: Encl] Check out this page for more updates on Kalyug.