Virasat (1997)

Directed by

Priyadarshan

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 45m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man returns to his village and gets caught up in family expectations and local feuds. He must choose between his own desires and the legacy handed down by his father.

family-centricemotionalseriousmusic-drivenconflict-heavyheartfelttraditional

What happens

Virasat (transl. Inheritance) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, directed by Priyadarshan. The story was written by Kamal Haasan and remade after the success of the Tamil film Thevar Magan. Mushir-Riaz duo produced the film. It stars Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. The music was composed by Anu Malik and S. P. Venkatesh, with the former composing the songs and the latter composing the score. The film marked the comeback for Priyadarshan in Hindi cinema. Music director Annu Malik reused some of the original tunes of Ilaiyaraaja from Thevar Magan. Tabu has done beatboxing in this movie for the song "Payale Chunmun". Virasat received sixteen nominations at the 43rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Priyadarshan, Best Actor for Kapoor, Best Actress for Tabu, and Best Supporting Actress & Best Female Debut for Batra, and won in seven categories, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (Critics) for Kapoor, Best Actress (Critics) for Tabu, Best Supporting Actor for Puri, and Best Story for Haasan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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