- Three brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.
- A ex-convict must flee his mob boss, leaving his family to fend for themselves. His wife goes blind and his children are abandoned. They are adopted by a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor, and a Catholic priest. The Hindu-raised son becomes a policeman in his turn; his Muslim-raised brother becomes a singer; and the last son, played by Amitabh, becomes a happy-go-lucky Catholic who lives on the edge of the law. The boys meet again and their lives become entangled in an incredible plot full of unlikely coincidences and furious action sequences interspersed with songs. In the end, the grieving mother recovers her sight, the evil mob boss is punished, and the family is at last re-united.—gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com
- Three brothers are separated from each other and their parents at a very young age. One of them grows up in a church and is called Anthony Gonzalves, Akbar grows up with a Muslim man and is devoted to the Muslim culture while the other Amar Khanna grows up with the police commissioner and becomes a police officer. They try their best to re-unite with each other so that they can take revenge from the one responsible for their separation - none other than the notorious Robert.—gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)
- Kishan Lal takes the blame of hit and run case of his Boss Robert promising that he will take care of his wife Bharti and three kids when Kishan Lal returns from jail he finds that his family is living in poverty and his wife Bharti is suffering from tuberculosis as Robert did not live up to his promise, Kishan Lal attempts to kill Robert and runs with a car unaware that it contains gold and is chased by Robert's man while he reaches home to save his family from Robert he finds Bharti's suicide note,Kishan Lal takes his son to a park and asks them to wait till he comes,But by the time he returns to the park with, his three children have vanished.the kids are been adopted by people of three different faiths a Hindu ,Muslim and Catholic and named as Amar Akbar Anthony.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com
- Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting three religions. They meet in their youth to fight a common villain. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1977, and won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards including Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Editing.
- On the 15th of August, a chauffeur named Kishanlal (Pran) is released from prison after taking the blame for a fatal hit-and-run accident committed by his employer, the notorious crime boss Robert (Jeevan). Despite Robert's assurance that his family's welfare will be looked after, Kishanlal discovers that Robert did not lift even a finger for the man's family-coming home to three starving sons and his wife Bharati (Nirupa Roy), who is now suffering from tuberculosis. Kishanlal seeks help from Robert, who instead humiliates him and orders his henchmen to kill him. Kishanlal inadvertently escapes in one of Robert's cars loaded with smuggled gold bullion, given chase by Robert's henchmen.
Kishanlal returns home to find his sons abandoned by his wife, who had left a suicide note. He takes his sons and leaves them at the foot of a Mahatma Gandhi statue in a public park while he drives off to draw the pursuing henchmen away. In an inflamed car crash, Kishanlal is presumed dead by the henchman and the passing police but survives and has run away with the gold. Before his return, each of his three sons, who've separated from the statue and each other, are found and adopted by a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor, and a Christian priest respectively. Bharati, who attempts suicide, is instead struck by a falling branch and loses her eyesight as punishment for leaving her sons behind; even becoming distraught to hear from the police that Kishanlal and the boys seemingly died from the car crash. she is also saved by the same Muslim tailor who picked up her youngest son (but can't recognize him as she is blind now). Kishanlal returns to the park but finds all 3 of his kids missing.
22 years later, the eldest son is now a policeman named Amar Khanna (Vinod Khanna); the middle-born is a licensed liquor dealer named Anthony Gonsalves (Amitabh Bachchan), and the youngest is a Qawwali singer named Akbar Ilahabadi (Rishi Kapoor), who has fallen in love with a young doctor named Salma Ali (Neetu Singh). The three meet when they donate blood for a hit-and-run victim, unaware that they are related and that the recipient Bharati, who now sells flowers, is their mother. Akbar is initially viewed scornfully by Salma's father, Tayyaib Ali (Mukri). Amar falls in love with a one-time petty crook named Lakshmi (Shabana Azmi), taking her and her grandmother to his home after arresting her abusive stepmother and stepbrother. Anthony falls in love with Jennie (Parveen Babi), an Anglo-Indian who has returned from London, after meeting her at a church sermon.
In the meantime, Kishanlal created his own crime syndicate from the smuggled gold, destroying Robert's business and forced Robert to work for him. Kishanlal had also taken in Robert's daughter, revealed to be Jennie, as his niece and previously send her to school in London before picking her up following her return. However, a police raid was laid on one of Kishanlal's loading docks, forcing Kishanlal and his men to escape while letting Robert escape with another shipment of gold bullion, regaining his former position and becoming Kishanlal's rival. He is determined to retrieve Jennie for himself. While escaping Robert shoots Amar's stepfather. While running from the police, Anothny hides Robert in exchange for 2/3rd of the gold. Amar finds that Anthony had given shelter to Robert and arrests him. Kishanlal rescues Anthony while he is being taken to court. Kishanlal questions Anthony about Robert's whereabouts. Anthony doesn't say a word, he escapes and goes back to the police station to surrender himself as he doesn't want Amar to get into trouble on his account. Anthony takes Amar to the hiding place when he learns that Robert shot Amar's stepfather. But Robert had already escaped by then.
Kishanlal is double-crossed by one of his bodyguards Zebisco (Yusuf Khan), who betrays Jennie to Robert in exchange for her hand in marriage. Kishanlal rescues Jennie and a car chase ensues. Kishanlal drops Jennie at a safe location to draw the attackers away from her. She is rescued by Anthony. Meanwhile Kishanlal crashes his car, and Akbar saves him from being run over by Robert. Robert finds Kishanlal in a hospital where Akbar admitted him. He finds Bharati in the same hospital, who had come to meet Akbar. Robert recognizes Bharati and kidnaps her (Salma is a doctor at the same hospital and finds out that Kishanlal is Bharati's husband) but has a car accident and she escapes. Bharati miraculously regains her eyesight at a festival in honor of Sai Baba of Shirdi hosted by Akbar. She recognizes him as her youngest son Raju (from a photo hanging in the house) thanks to his adoptive father recognizing Bharati as the woman he rescued from the falling branch years ago.
Salma meets Akbar and informs him that she knows about Bharathi's husband. Akbar now knows that Kishanlal is his dad. When they go to the hospital, Kishanlal is already gone. Akbar seeks Amar's help and gives him their original home address. Amar remembers the address and goes there. Kishanlal had gone there and finds Amar looking for a gun which he had hidden 22 years ago. Kishanlal recognizes Amar as his eldest son and now Amar knows that Akbar is his youngest brother. Jennie was with Anthony's adoptive father and learned the story of how he found Anthony 23 years ago. She remembers the story of how Kishanlal lost his 3 sons and immediately calls him to let him know that Anthony is one of his lost sons but is cut off by Zibesco.
Jennie is kidnapped, resulting in Anthony's adoptive father's death by Robert when the priest tries to stop him. Lakshmi is also kidnapped by her abusive stepbrother Ranjeet (Ranjeet), who is working for Robert. Anthony finds Kishanlal's locket in his dead adoptive father's hands, which Robert had stolen from Kishanlal at the hospital. Anthony confronts Kishanlal and learns that he is Kishanlal's son. In their pursuit of justice against Robert, the brothers discover their mutual heritage with each other along with Kishanlal and Bharati, reuniting the family once again.
Akbar, Amar, and Anthony respectively pose as an elderly tailor, a one-man band, and a Catholic priest, and infiltrate Robert's mansion along with Salma. Salma rescues Jennie and Lakshmi, while Robert and his henchmen are beaten up by the brothers, arrested, and sent to prison. Due to his past crimes, Kishanlal is sent to prison as well, but he comforts Bharati by telling her that their sons are reunited, which is the only thing that matters to him the most. As such, Kishanlal is allowed to share a brief heartfelt hug with his sons. The three brothers and their loved ones ride happily into the sunset.
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