Virasat (1997 film)
| Virasat | |
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | Mushir-Riaz |
| Screenplay by | Vinay Shukla |
| Story by | Kamal Haasan |
| Based on |
Thevar Magan by Bharathan |
| Starring |
Anil Kapoor Amrish Puri Tabu Pooja Batra Milind Gunaji Govind Namdeo |
| Music by |
Songs: Anu Malik Background Score: S. P. Venkatesh |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Distributed by | M. R. Productions Pvt Ltd |
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Release date
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30 May 1997 (India) |
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Running time
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168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Virasat (English: Inheritance) is a 1997 Indian Hindi film, directed by Priyadarshan. The story was adapted from the Tamil film Thevar Magan. Mushir-Riaz duo produced the film. It starred 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.
After completing his studies in London, Shakti Thakur (Anil Kapoor) returns to his ancestral village in India. Accompanying him is his girlfriend, Anita (Pooja Batra), whom he is in love with and wants to marry, much to the disapproval of his family. After a few days, Shakti starts to feel that nothing much has changed in his hometown and longs to leave. He tells his father that he wants to sell his share of the family's property and open a restaurant. His father, the zamindar Raja Thakur (Amrish Puri), urges Shakti to stay in the village and help it progress by virtue of the latter's education, saying "A man gets an education not to become a selfish being but to uplift his uneducated brothers and society". Shakti disagrees with his father and decides to leave. He is unable to bear the animosity amongst the townspeople, particularly between his dad, Raja Thakur (Amrish Puri), and rival Zamindar Birju (Govind Namdeo) (Shakti's uncle).
When Anita leaves town to meet her parents, Shakti wants to follow her; his plans change suddenly when his father passes away, and the region is ravaged by unprecedented natural calamities. At this moment Shakti realizes that his village needs him more than anyone else, and that with his modern education he can bring progress to his backward village. During one of his attempts to solve the village's problem he meets village belle, Gehna (Tabu). By a twist of destiny, Shakti has to marry Gehna in order to save her from disgrace. Anita returns to find that nothing is the same anymore. She finds that Shakti has turned from her lover to a mature and responsible family man, for whom his village's progress is everything. She returns home.
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