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:

Death | Grief | Justice | Son | Truth

Awards:

1 nomination

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	...	Swati Chitnis
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

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 mahurat (start of filming) was scheduled for 28 June 2004, but was called off at the last minute owing to the death of well-known producer Yash Johar.

Movie Connections:

Remake of In the Bedroom (2001)

A full load of crap

sometimes its just a wonder what the script writer, the director and the actors were thinking during the make of the movie. Viruddh is a complete senseless movie with lack of acting, story line... so much so that it even portrays a fictional legal system. after an hour and half of crappy romance between amitabh and sharmila when u finally feel the movie would gain on some story, the director adds another hour and half of nonsense. I came out of the theatre with a high bp. The good part of the movie: made me believe that I am also capable of writing better stories and directing in a better way. just gained come confidence in myself.