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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Hero <br />
| image = Hero1983.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical poster<br />
| director = [[Subhash Ghai]]<br />
| producer = Subhash Ghai<br />
| writer = Mukta Ghai<br>Subhash Ghai<br>Ram Kelkar<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Jackie Shroff]]<br>[[Meenakshi Seshadri]]<br>[[Shammi Kapoor]]<br>[[Sanjeev Kumar]]<br>[[Shakti Kapoor]]<br>[[Madan Puri]]<br>[[Amrish Puri]]<br />
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]<br />
| cinematography = Kamalakar Rao<br />
| editing = Waman Bhonsle<br>Gurudutt Shirali<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = [[Mukta Arts Ltd.]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1983|12|16|India}} <br />
| runtime = 173 mins<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = {{INR}}3cr.<br />
| gross = {{INR}}17cr.<ref name=Boxoffice>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=189&catName=MTk4Mw== |title=Box office 1983 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=22 Feb 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201143724/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=189&catName=MTk4Mw== |archive-date=1 February 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''''Hero''''' is a 1983 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romance film|romantic]] [[action film|action]] film directed by [[Subhash Ghai]]. [[Jackie Shroff]], also known as "Jackie" played the lead role, and achieved stardom through this film. Actress [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]], who had been crowned [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] in 1981 and played the lead female role gained popularity through this movie.Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal and songs are still popular.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/hero-was-an-important-film-for-me-subhash-ghai-1588815.html|title=Hero Was an Important Film for Me: Subhash Ghai|website=News18|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wionews.com/india-news/entertainment-jackie-shroff-and-subhash-ghai-watch-hero-together-as-the-film-turns-34-25280|title=Jackie Shroff and Subhash Ghai watch 'Hero' together as the film turns 34|website=WION|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-hero-revisiting-subhash-ghais-flamboyant-take-on-romance/20140206.htm|title=Hero: Revisiting Subhash Ghai's flamboyant take on romance|website=Rediff|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muktaarts.com/Media/Hero%20made%20Jackie%20and%20Meenakshi%20into%20overnight%20stars%20but%20%27the%20flute%27%20was%20the%20real%20hero%20in%20the%20film%20-%20Subhash%20Ghai.php |title="'Hero' made Jackie and Meenakshi into overnight stars but 'the flute' was the real hero in the film" - Subhash Ghai |website=Mukta Arts |access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/nov/16/16829|title=5 memorable roles of Meenakshi Seshadri – Birthday special|last=Thombare|first=Suparna|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref><br />
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''Hero'' was remade in Telugu as ''[[Vikram (1986 Telugu film)|Vikram]]'', with [[Akkineni Nagarjuna]] and in Kannada as ''[[Ranadheera]]'' with [[V Ravichandran]]. A Hindi [[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|remake]] was released in 2015 directed by [[Nikhil Advani]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nikhil Advani begins shooting for remake of 1983 Film Hero|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/nikhil-advani-begins-shooting-for-remake-of-1983-film-hero/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref> The film ranked third position in the Box Office collection list 1983.<ref>[[List of Bollywood films of 1983]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2019}}<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story starts off with Pasha ([[Amrish Puri]]) being taken to prison. To get out of the situation, he writes to his best man, Jackie ([[Jackie Shroff]]). Jackie goes to Police Commissioner Shrikanth Mathur ([[Shammi Kapoor]]) and warns him. He then kidnaps Shrikanth's daughter Radha ([[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]). He tells her that he is a police officer, and they fall in love; however, she finds out that he is a goon. Nevertheless, she does not leave him but urges him to surrender. Transformed by true love, Jackie surrenders himself to the police and is imprisoned for two years.<br />
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Back home, Radha tells her brother Daamodar ([[Sanjeev Kumar]]) the whole truth. To prevent Radha from marrying somebody else, he calls his friend Jimmy ([[Shakti Kapoor]]) to put on a show that Radha and Jimmy love each other. Jimmy misunderstands the situation and falls in love with Radha. When Jackie comes back, he starts working in a garage and tries to reform himself. Despite everything, Shrikanth kicks him out of his life. After many days and events that follow, Daamodar finds out that Jimmy is a drug smuggler. After his release from prison, Pasha desires revenge against both Shrikanth and Jackie, so he kidnaps Radha, Shrikanth and Daamodar. Jackie comes at the last moment and frees all of them. In the end, Shrikanth lets Radha marry Jackie.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Jackie Shroff]] as Jackie Dada / Jaikishan<br />
* [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] as Radha Mathur<br />
* [[Sanjeev Kumar]] as Damodar Mathur<br />
* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Police Commissioner Shrikanth Mathur<br />
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Pasha<br />
* [[Madan Puri]] as Bharat<br />
* [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Jamuna (Radha's widowed aunt)<br />
* [[Bharat Bhushan Bhalla|Bharat Bhushan]] as Ramu<br />
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Jimmy Thapa<br />
* [[Urmila Bhatt]] as Sandhya Mathur<br />
* Shaikh Azad as Shaikh Faruk<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film was declared an "Blockbuster" at the Indian Box Office,<ref name=Boxoffice/> with Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri becoming huge stars after its release. ''Hero'' ran for 750 days in many cities in India. Both actors became in demand after ''Hero''{{'}}s release and thus began a long association with Subhash Ghai. The younger audiences enjoyed the performances, and critics applauded Ghai for using fresh faces at a time when Amitabh Bachchan was the dominant star in Bollywood. The Yamaha [[Rajdoot 350]] bike was heavily promoted in this movie.<br />
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==Awards and nominations==<br />
'''[[31st Filmfare Awards]]'''<br />
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'''Nominations'''<br />
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]- [[Anuradha Paudwal]] for Tu Mera Hero Hai<br />
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==Tracks list==<br />
Composed by the musical duo [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]], the lyrics of the songs are penned by [[Anand Bakshi]].<br />
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Anuradha Paudwal was nominated best playback singer for "Tu Mera Janu Hai".<br />
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{{Tracklist<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
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| title1 = Ding Dong<br />
| extra1 = [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Manhar Udhas]]<br />
| length1 = 08:27<br />
|-<br />
| title2 = Mohabbat Ye Mohabbat<br />
| extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Suresh Wadkar]]<br />
| length2 = 06:45<br />
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| title3 = Lambi Judaai<br />
| extra3 = [[Reshma]]<br />
| length3 = 06:26<br />
|-<br />
| title4= Nindya Se Jaagi Bahaar<br />
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar<br />
| length4 = 06:18<br />
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| title5 = Pyar Karne Wale Kabhi Darte Nahi<br />
| extra5 =Lata Mangeshkar, Manhar Udhas<br />
| length5 = 05:55<br />
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| title6 = Tu Mera Hero Hai<br />
| extra6 = Anuradha Paudwal, Manhar Udhas<br />
| length6 = 08:03<br />
|all_writing=|title7=|length7=|title8=|length8=|title9=|length9=|title10=|length10=|total_length=}}<br />
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==Remakes==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Year<br />
! Film/Serial<br />
! Language<br />
! Cast<br />
! Director<br />
|-<br />
| 1986<br />
|''[[Vikram (1986 Telugu film)|Vikram]]''<br />
|[[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]]<br />
| [[Akkineni Nagarjuna]], [[Sobhana]]<br />
| [[V. Madhusudhan Rao]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988<br />
|''[[Ranadheera]]''<br />
|[[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]]<br />
|V. Ravichandran, [[Khushbu]], [[Ananth Nag]]<br />
| [[V. Ravichandran]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| ''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]''<br />
|[[Bollywood|Hindi]]<br />
| Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty,<br />
| [[Nikhil Advani]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Nikhil Advani begins shooting for 'Hero'|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nikhil-advani-begins-shooting-for-hero/452359-8-66.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222200630/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nikhil-advani-begins-shooting-for-hero/452359-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2014|access-date=18 February 2014|newspaper=ibnlive.in.com|date=16 February 2014}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0123102|Hero}}<br />
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{{Subhash Ghai}}<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Subhash Ghai]]<br />
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