Shaktiman (1993 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Shaktiman

| image = Shaktiman (1993 film).jpg

| caption = Release poster

| director = K.C. Bokadia

| producer = Suresh Bokadia

| writer = K.C. Bokadia

| starring = Ajay Devgn
Karisma Kapoor
Mukesh Khanna
Kulbhushan Kharbanda

| music = Channi Singh

| cinematography =

| editing =

| distributor = B.M.B Combines

| released = {{Film date|1993|07|09|df=y}}

| runtime = 155 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

}}

Shaktiman ({{Translation|The Powerful Man}}) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by K.C. Bokadia and starring Ajay Devgn, Karisma Kapoor, Mukesh Khanna, Kulbhushan Kharbanda.{{Cite web|title=Shaktimaan 1993 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts – KS Box Office|date=20 July 2020 |url=https://ksboxoffice.com/shaktimaan-1993-movie-box-office-collection-budget-and-unknown-facts/movies-facts/|access-date=2022-02-19}} Other cast members include Gulshan Grover, Ajit Khan, Parikshat Sahni and Mahavir Shah.{{Cite web|title=Shaktiman (1993) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/shaktiman-7648|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527053107/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/shaktiman-7648|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2022|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Cinestaan}}

Plot

Businessman Rai Bahadur Laxminarayan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with his wife, Laxmi. Although they have been married for several years, they have no children. While on a trip to Shimla, they adopt their servant, Diler's son, rename him Vicky, and bring him back home, much to the dismay of Diler's wife, Parvati. Sometime later, Laxmi gets pregnant and revisits Shimla where she meets with an accident and passes away, leaving behind a newborn son, Amar. Diler wants to kill Amar, but Parvati wants to return him to Laxminarayan and runs away to Bombay. Diler informs his employer that both his wife and son have died and have been cremated. Diler relocates to Bombay and follows her but is unable to locate Parvati. She does reach Bombay along with Amar but is unable to find Laxminarayan. Years later Amar has grown up, lives with Parvati in Versova, works as a Police Inspector at Sion Police Station, and is in love with Priya, the Superintendent of Police's daughter, while Diler is a taxi driver, and Vicky is an alcoholic and wants to marry Priya. Their lives will soon interline and become complicated with blackmail, deceit, and murder.