to love revere Amit. On the way home from a tryst one night, Amit and Chandni injure a pedestrian with their car. Their affair is endangered when the policeman investigating the accident happens to be Shobha's cousin, who is protective of Shobha and intends to expose Amit. Amit decides to leave his loveless marriage to be with Chandni. The news shatters Shobha, who has genuinely fallen for Amit but believes that her love will make him return. Dr. Anand is also aware of Chandni's infidelity and feels devastated. When Dr. Anand leaves on a business trip, Amit and Chandni secretly leave town to start a new life. Anand's plane, however, crashes and causes them to rush to the wreckage site. There, Amit is confronted by Shobha, who reveals that she is expecting his child. After Anand is rescued, Chandni realizes her love for her husband and returns to him. The film ends with Amit and Shobha living happily in their marriage. Cast Cast adapted from Rotten Tomatoes: Shashi Kapoor as Shekhar Malhotra Amitabh Bachchan as Amit Malhotra Jaya Bachchan as Shobha Malhotra Rekha as Chandni Sanjeev Kumar as Dr. V. K. Anand Sudha Chopra as Shobha's mother Sushma Seth as Amit's benefactor Kulbhushan Kharbanda as police officer Kulbhushan, Shobha's cousin (guest appearance) Deven Verma as Vidyarthi (guest appearance) Production Silsila was directed and produced by Yash Chopra for his banner Yash Raj Films. He co-wrote the screenplay with Sagar Sarhadi, who also co-wrote the story with Preeti Bedi. According to Sarhadi, Chopra "fell madly in love with the subject". The dialogue was written by Romesh Sharma. The film is about an extramarital relationship, the first time for a Hindi-language film; after he failed with action films, Chopra had decided to make a romantic film for his next venture. Chopra's biographer Rachel Dwyer described the casting as complicated, for which the film was controversial before release. Speculations about the relationship between Amitabh Bachchan, who was married to Jaya Bachchan, and Rekha was common in gossip magazines and newspapers at the time. Chopra called his ability to cast the three his greatest achievement. He initially considered Parveen Babi and Smita Patil for Rekha's and Jaya Bachchan's parts, respectively, but abandoned the plans owing to their unsuitability in playing their respective roles. On the recommendations of Amitabh Bachchan, who had agreed to star in the film in 1980, Chopra subsequently replaced them with