Kalyug (Age of vice) is
a 1981 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, directed by Shyam Benegal. It is
known as a modern-day version of the Indian epic Mahabharat, depicting an
archetypal conflict between rival business houses. Kalyug went on to win the Filmfare
Award for Best Film in 1982.
The screenplay and plot
are quite different from Mahabharat. However, the characterization and the
critical events had a striking similarity with the epic. Shashi Kapoor, Rekha,
Raj Babbar, Supriya Pathak, Anant Nag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sushma Seth, Akash
Khurana, Victor Bannerjee, Reema Lagoo, and A.K. Hangal played major roles,
while Urmila Matondkar appeared as a child artist.
