Arjun (1985 film)

Arjun
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRahul Rawail
Written byJaved Akhtar
Produced byKarim Morani
Sunil Soorma
StarringSunny Deol
Dimple Kapadia
Raj Kiran
Prem Chopra
Anupam Kher
A. K. Hangal
Supriya Pathak
Shafi Inamdar
Paresh Rawal
Raja Bundela
Satyajeet Puri
Annu Kapoor
CinematographyBaba Azmi
Edited byDilip Kotalgi
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 20 April 1985 (1985-04-20)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget1.5 crore
Box office5.5 crore

Arjun is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Rahul Rawail. Written by Javed Akhtar, the film stars Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles, while Raj Kiran, Prem Chopra, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, A. K. Hangal and Supriya Pathak play other pivotal roles. The plot of the film revolves around a group of radical young men who take matters into their hands to fight against corruption.

The film was a big commercial success and catapulted Deol to superstardom. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com called it Deol's best action film. This film also marked the debut of Paresh Rawal in commercial cinema. The rights to this film are now owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.

The film was later remade in Tamil as Sathyaa, in Telugu as Bharatamlo Arjunudu, in Kannada as Sangrama, and in Sinhala as Suranimala.