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Prasthanam (2019)

Prasthanam poster
Original title
प्रस्थानम
Directed by
Deva Katta
Genre
action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 18m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rural politician wants his intelligent stepson to take over his political reign, which makes his own hot-blooded son angry and rebellious. The family conflict escalates as the son starts to fight against his father's decision.

tensedramaticfamily-conflictpoliticalslow-burnemotionalsuspensefulmelodramatic

What happens

Prassthanam (transl. Reign) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Deva Katta and produced by Manyata Dutt under her own banner Sanjay S Dutt Productions. A remake of the 2010 Telugu-language film of the same name, the film stars Sanjay Dutt, Ali Fazal, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Amyra Dastur, Chunky Pandey, and Satyajeet Dubey. The film follows a rural politician who favors his intelligent stepson as the heir to his throne, much to the disappointment of his own son who's hot-blooded and starts to rebel against his decision. On 29 July 2019, Sanjay Dutt, the producer Manyata Dutt, and the director Deva Katta were sent a legal notice by Shemaroo Entertainment alleging they did not have the remake rights for the film and giving them three days to respond. The film was released on 20 September 2019. This movie was a box office bomb (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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