VIRASAT (1997)

Film details

Featuring

Anil Kapoor Pooja Batra Amrish Puri
Director

Priyadarshan
Country

India
Year

1997
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

VIRAASAT Alternative

Synopsis

Family drama centred around rival clans of the Thakur family.Raja Thakur is the patriarchal head of the village of Joshpura. He wants to improve the lives of the villagers whilst his brother Birju and nephew Balli Thakur terrorise them in order to gain their support. Raja's younger son Shakti returns from his studies abroad with his lover Anita intending to marry her and settle in the city; but his father expects him to stay behind and follow in his footsteps. Anita returns to London and Shakti, caught up in the family's intrigues marries Gehna, a childhood acquaintance, in order to save their honour. A remake of the Tamil hit THEVAR MAGAN.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Shakti Thakur
    
    Anil Kapoor
  - Anita
    
    Pooja Batra
  - Raja Thakur
    
    Amrish Puri
  - Balli Thakur
    
    Milind Gunaji
  - Gehna
    
    Tabu
  - Birju Thakur
    
    Govind Namdeo
  - cast member
    
    Tiku Talsania
  - cast member
    
    Neeraj Vora
  - cast member
    
    Satyen Kappu
  - cast member
    
    Dilip Dhawan
  - cast member
    
    Sulabha Deshpande
  - cast member
    
    Ajit Kumar
  - cast member
    
    Dev Sharma
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Priyadarshan
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    M.R. Productions
  - Producer
    
    Mushir-Riaz
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Vinay Shukla
  - Dialogue
    
    Vinay Shukla
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Ravi K. Chandran
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    N. Gopalakrishnan
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Sabu Cyril
  Music:
  - Lyricist
    
    Javed Akhtar
  - Playback singer
    
    Kumar Sanu
  - Playback singer
    
    Chitra
  - Playback singer
    
    Jaswinder Narula
  - Playback singer
    
    Udit Narayan
  - Playback singer
    
    Kavita Krishnamurthy
  - Playback singer
    
    Hariharan
  - Playback singer
    
    Abhijeet
  - Playback singer
    
    Shankar Mahadevan
  - Music Director
    
    Anu Malik
  Choreography:
  - Choreography
    
    Farah Khan
  Stunts:
  - Action
    
    B. Thyagrajan