Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005)

Director:

Mahesh Manjrekar

Writers:

Mahesh Manjrekar (writer)
Sanjay Pawar (dialogue)

Release Date:

22 July 2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

They pushed him too far...Now bear the consequences

Plot:

An ordinary 60 plus couple - Vidhyadhar Patwardhan and his wife are forced to search for their faith in human values and society after the death of their only son Amar. In the process they undergo the most testing struggle of their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Son | Death | Justice | Truth | Grief

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Vidhyadar Ramkrishna Patwardhan
Sharmila Tagore	...	Sumitra V. Patwardhan
John Abraham	...	Amar V. Patwardhan
Sanjay Dutt	...	Ali Asghar
Anusha Dhandekar	...	Jenny Mayer
Prem Chopra	...	Arora
Sharat Saxena	...	Vidhadhar's friend
Beena Banerjee	...	Swati Chitnis (as Beena)
Shivaji Satham	...	Bharucha
Sachin Khedekar	...	Police Inspector
Amitabh Dayal	...	Harshwardhan Kadam
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Alter	...	Anderson (British Consultate)
Tanvi Hegde	...	Asha
Ninad Kamat
Viju Khote	...	Politician
Naresh Suri	...	Judge
Rocky Verma	...	Hawaldar (as Rocky)

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

India

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12A | Australia:M

Company:

Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (A.B.C.L.)

Trivia:

The movies script was written keeping Amitabh Bachchan's character in mind. Mahesh was initially apprehensive to approach Amitabh; he tentatively approached the actor during the shooting of Kaante, and started developing the script after he got a positive response.

Movie Connections:

Remake of In the Bedroom (2001)

Big B excels

Impressive performances by Big B and Sharmila Tagore are enough to make the movie worth a watch. The first half is good with quite a few light moments thrown in. The second half kinda spins the mood on it's head and become serious. A few characters in the movie have been wasted (like sharat saxena and prem chopra). Sharmila Tagore's on screen chemistry with Mr.Bachchan is excellent. John Abraham has done justice to his role. And newcomer Anusha Dandekar does a decent job with her screen time. Sanjay Dutt turns in a good performance with the limited role he had (with flashes of munna bhai appearing!!) Mahesh Manjerakar is at home with plots revolving around family and sentiments. If any flaws are to be pointed out...it can only be sed of the marginally illogical end. But anything else would have made the movie less acceptable to the movie going public.

This movie once agen proves that Big B is indeed BIG.