Paththar is a 1985 Hindi-language Crime motion picture written by Faiz Saleem, Vinay Shukla and Vr Gopalakrishnan. The movie is directed by Deepak Bahry and Priyadarshan and produced by Pkr Pillai under the banner of Shirdi Sai Creations. Private Resham Singh is employed by the Indian Armed Forces and sent to the battle-front under the command of Major Balwant Rai.. Paththar stars Mohanlal, Girija Shettar, Mukesh, Jagadeesh, Nedumudi Venu, Soman and Sharat Saxena. The music was composed by Ouseppachan along with Johnson. Cinematography was done by S. Kumar and editing by N. Gopalakrishnan. The movie has a running time of 179 minutes. It was released on 1st January 1985. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Shirdi Sai Films.