The film about religious tolerance became a landmark for Bollywood masala films , building on the masala formula pioneered several years earlier with Nasir Hussain 's '' Yaadon Ki Baarat '' ( 1973 ) . '' Amar Akbar Anthony '' also had a lasting impact on pop culture , with its catchy songs , one-liners and the character of Anthony Gonsalves played by Amitabh Bachchan . It won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards including Best Actor , Best Music Director and Best Editing . It was later remade in Tamil as '' Shankar Salim Simon '' ( 1978 ) , in Telugu as '' Ram Robert Rahim '' ( 1980 ) and in Malayalam as '' John Jaffer Janardhanan '' ( 1982 )
25th Filmfare Awards
25th Filmfare Awards
Amar Akbar Anthony