Shamitabh is a Hindi film scripted and directed by R. Balki.The film features Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Kamal Haasan's younger daughter Akshara Haasan, in her debut, in the lead roles.The film is jointly produced by Sunil Lulla, Balki, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala,R. K. Damani, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sunil Manchanda and Dhanush under their respective production banners. Ilaiyaraaja composed the soundtrack album and background score, while cinematography was handled by P. C. Sreeram.
The reason behind the film's title was that the film had its name derived from the duo’s names in which 'Sh' from Dhanush was added as a prefix to Amitabh, therefore becoming Shamitabh.
