Viruddh... Family Comes First
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| Directed by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Screenplay by | Mahesh Manjrekar Vinay Yash |
| Story by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Sharmila Tagore John Abraham Sanjay Dutt Anusha Dhandekar |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand Roop Kumar Rathod Bhavdeep Jaipurwale Ashit Desai Ajay-Atul Violin Brothers |
| Cinematography | Vijay Arora |
| Editing by | Rahul Bhatawkar |
| Distributed by | Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Satyajeet Movies Pvt. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | July 22, 2005 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Virruddh... Family Comes First (English: Opposites) is a Hindi film, released in 2005, directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham. Viruddh is one among relatively few Hindi films that is not a musical, instead the soundtrack is primarily used as background.
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[edit] Plot
Vidyadhar Patwardhan (Amitabh Bachchan) lives a middle-class life with his wife, Sumitra (Sharmila Tagore). They have a son, Amar (John Abraham) who lives abroad in London. It is through his income that the family lives on. Amar returns home with Jenny Mayer (Anusha Dandekar) and announces his intention to get married to her. Both his parents are pleased and happy for the two.
Amar goes out celebrating with his friends, whilst his parents and Jenny organise a surprise party for him. Meanwhile, outside a pub, Amar witnessed a murder and while trying to apprehend the killer, he got killed in the fight. The family are devastated and they follow the case up to the conviction of the assailant who is identified to be Harshwardhan Kadam (Amitabh Dayal), son of a high ranking official.
The police change the reports and Amar's parents soon find out that the murder of their son has been covered up. They accuse Amar of selling drugs and the witnesses are battered and are forced to change their statements. Soon Jenny is accused of selling drugs and she is locked up in a cell. For her safety, Amar's parents tell her to go back to London. When Harshwardhan is found not guilty, Amar's parents seek justice and they decide to get it their own way with the help of their friend Ali Asgar (Sanjay Dutt).
The song Shree Ganeshay Dheemanhi was selected from one of the Stavanas of Lord Ganesha from Marathi Music maestro Ajay- Atul.
[edit] Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan ad Vidhyadhar Patwardhan
- Sharmila Tagore as Sumitra Patwardhan
- Sanjay Dutt as Ali Asgar
- John Abraham as Amar Patwardhan
- Anusha Dhandekar as Jenny
- Prem Chopra as Arora
- Sharat Saxena as Shetty
- Beena as Mrs. Chitnis
- Shivaji Satam as Bharucha
- Sachin Khedekar as Inspector Desai
- Amitabh Dayal as Harshwardhan Kadam
- Bipasha Basu as (Special Appearance)
- Rocky Verma as Hawaldar
- Viju Khote as Politician
- Tom Alter as Anderson (British Consultate)
[edit] Trivia
- The role played by John Abraham was initially offered to Saif Ali Khan but he could not commit to the film.
- Amitabh Bachchan has produced this film.
- Bipasha Basu can be seen when john abraham is telling the story of how he and his girlfriend met.
- Jaya Bachchan was the first choice for the role eventually played by Sharmila Tagore.
- Much of the London footage was shot in Shad Thames.
