- Country: India
- Genres: Action, Drama, Romance
- Release: 1983-12-16
- Director: Subhash Ghai
- Writers: Mukta Ghai , Subhash Ghai , Ram Kelkar
- Language: Hindi
- Stars: Sanjeev Kumar , Shammi Kapoor , Jackie Shroff , Jackie Shroff , Meenakshi Sheshadri , Amrish Puri (1932–2005) , Madan Puri , Ranjeet , Bindu , Bharat Bhushan , Shakti Kapoor
- Runtime: 173 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: HERO (Japan) , Hero (India) , Заложница , Hero (India) , Hero , Hero (United Kingdom)
- Plot: After the death of his parents; Kishan is taken in by notorious criminal, Pasha, who teaches him to further their ends. Years later Pasha gets arrested as a result of the testimony of Retired IGP Shrikanth Mathur. Pasha then instructs Kishan whose name is now Jackie to threaten Shrikanth with death thus to revoke his testimony but Shrikanth fails to comply resulting in Jackie abducting his only daughter, Radha. Jackie feigns innocence in Radha's eyes to prove that he is her protector against all odds where-by they both fall in love. Eventually Jackie's reality comes to light with Radha asking him to surrender to the law which he does and is sentence to a long jail term. In the meanwhile Pasha escapes police custody and after his release from jail Jackie must now rescue Radha, her dad, Shrikanth and Jamuna from the clutches of Pasha who is holding them captive.
- IMDB:tt0123102
Hero Cast · · · ALL
Subhash Ghai
Director
Sanjeev Kumar
Damodar Mathur
Shammi Kapoor
Retd. IGP Shrikanth Mathur
Jackie Shroff
Jackie Dada / Jaikishan
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Radha Mathur
Amrish Puri
(1932–2005)
Pasha
Madan Puri
Bharat
Bharat Bhushan
Ramu
Shakti Kapoor
Jimmy Thapa
Urmila Bhatt
Sandhya Mathur