Hero (1983 film)

Hero is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Subhash Ghai. Starring Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri, it marked Shroff's debut in a lead role. Its music directors were Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Upon release, it became a blockbuster at the box office and established Shroff as a leading Bollywood actor.

Hero
Theatrical poster
Directed bySubhash Ghai
Written byMukta Ghai
Subhash Ghai
Ram Kelkar
Produced bySubhash Ghai
StarringJackie Shroff
Meenakshi Seshadri
Shammi Kapoor
Sanjeev Kumar
Shakti Kapoor
Madan Puri
Amrish Puri
CinematographyKamalakar Rao
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed byMukta Arts Ltd.
Release date
  • 16 December 1983 (1983-12-16) (India)
Running time
173 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget3cr.
Box office17cr.

It was remade in regional language Telagu and Kannada in 1980s and got remade in Bollywood in 2015 with the same title. A Tamil remake was planned, but later dropped.

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