Amar Akbar Anthony (Manmohan Desai, 1977)

Three brothers are separated as children and are raised in different religions: the Hindu Amar (Vinod Khanna), the Muslim Akbar (Rishi Kapoor), and the Christian Anthony (Amitabh Bachchan). How the three brothers reunite and work together to overcome a common enemy forms the main plot of the film. Amar Akbar Anthony is an immensely popular film not just for its exciting action, catchy songs, and zingy one-liners, but also for its themes of brotherly love and unity among India’s main three religions. The film features the classic image of the three brothers donating blood to a woman they don’t know is their mother (Nirupa Roy), unaware that they are all related to each other. The image represents that India (their mother) needs all three religions (the brothers) to survive. Each brother has his own love interest (played by Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, and Parveen Babi) who all add to the story and share terrific chemistry with their counterparts. For all its subtext, however, Amar Akbar Anthony is simply a really entertaining, wild ride.