2. Kaalia, 1981Kaalia is the story of a young man named Kallu and his struggle. Kallu (played by Amitabh Bachchan) is the laid-back, unemployed younger brother of a hard-working righteous man. The plot begins with a union of workers employed in a textile factory who have been on strike for some time, demanding their bonuses and the replacement of faulty machines. The union leader Shamu (played by Kader Khan) is far-sighted and does not let himself be fooled by the small allowances offered by the mill owner and the villainous Shahani Seth (played by Amjad Khan). But other workers are easily manipulated into accepting what is offered to them, influenced by their short-term need, i.e. money. The police fulfill their goal of sycophancy towards the most 'respectable' person by repeatedly, unquestioningly and unhesitatingly arresting the protagonist (Kallu/Kaalia, played by Amitabh Bachchan) whenever Seth asks them to do so. The court also passes its judgment using cold logic and not taking into consideration the circumstances surrounding the action for which Kallu is being persecuted. The villain, typical in every way by Bollywood standards, smuggles gold, is cruel for no justifiable reason, is outrageously rich, frequents brothels and mistreats the poor. Kaalu is a simpleton, unmotivated to do anything other than loiter, prone to being clumsy, but pure of heart, well-meaning and innocent, he lives with his family and devotes himself to them. The tragedy that pushes him to commit a crime is the amputation of the arms of his brother, Shamu, who needs an operation that they cannot afford. The death of his brother, and the inconsiderate and disproportionate sentence inflicted on him, push him towards revenge and amass ...... middle of paper ...... deviates from his path becomes an antihero. This has a confusing solution, however, because we are presented with two possibilities.⁃ such behavior is presupposed when calling someone an anti-“hero”.⁃ a true anti-hero cannot become a hero again. Otherwise, he was never an antihero. The antihero is dark and mysterious. And that’s what makes him work. Untangling it was a challenge. We sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire that is his psychology as we attempt to investigate what motivates him. The rise of the anti-hero as popular culture is ongoing. The reliability of the anti-hero fits well with the new trend of films without “heroes”. If we look carefully at the three selected films, made in 1943, 1981 and 2010, we can see that the anti-hero develops and thrives through social change and therefore reflects on the social structure itself..