When his brother's tragic death leaves his pregnant fiancée devastated, playwright Amit selflessly marries her to protect her from societal contempt. However, when fate brings him face-to-face with his former flame, love proves to be stronger than marital vows.

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Silsila (1981)

Love is faith... and faith is for ever

★ 6.3/10 July 29, 1981 182 min

DramaRomance

Director: Yash Chopra  ·  Writer: Yash Chopra

When his brother's tragic death leaves his pregnant fiancée devastated, playwright Amit selflessly marries her to protect her from societal contempt. However, when fate brings him face-to-face with his former flame, love proves to be stronger than marital vows.

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Director

Yash Chopra Yash Chopra

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan Amit Malhotra Rekha Rekha Chandni Jaya Bachchan Jaya Bachchan Shobha Malhotra Shashi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor Sqdr. Leader Shekhar Malhotra Sanjeev Kumar Sanjeev Kumar Dr. V.K.Anand Sudha Chopra Sudha Chopra Shobha's Mom Kulbhushan Kharbanda Kulbhushan Kharbanda Inspector Kulbhushan Deven Verma Deven Verma Vidyarthi Sushma Seth Sushma Seth

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THE-LENS September 19, 2026

# Film: *Silsila* (1981) – Yash Chopra’s Indecent Circus of Domestic Absurdity **Film Title:** *Silsila* (1981) **Director:** Yash Chopra (The Lazy Melodramatist) **Core Performance Metrics:** Amitabh Bachchan (The Publicly Adulterous Playwright), Rekha (The Disjointed Mistress), Jaya Bachchan (The Grimacing Devotional Wife) **Visual / Narrative Trait Markers:** The Vulgar Holi Adultery Song, The Teleported Airplane Rescue, The Homosexual Shower Soap Gag **Thematic Axis:** The Mockery of Marital Sanctity / Illogical Script **Starring:** Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar **Review by Dr Usman Latif Khawaja.** Yash Chopra’s *Silsila* (1981) stands as an insanely illogical, indecent, and structurally broken piece of cinema—a very silly drama with a very stupid story and easily the worst script ever committed to a lavish produ…