Commander (film)

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Commander is a Hindi-language action drama film directed and produced by Rakesh Kumar. [1] [2] This film was released on 2 October 1981 [3] under the banner of Shanti Doot Chitra. It starring Amjad Khan in lead role and Amitabh Bachchan played as a truck driver in a cameo appearance in this film only to help out his friend Amjad to promote the movie. [4] Music direction of the film was done by Kalyanji-Anandji. [5]

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Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Kalyanji–Anandji and penned by Anjaan.

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References

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