Vaastav: The Reality (1999)

Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar (Sanjay Dutt) and his best friend Dedh Footiya (Sanjay Narvekar) struggle to find work in Mumbai. They decide to run a pav bhaji stall.But fate steps in when ... See full summary »

Director:

Mahesh Manjrekar

Writers:

Imtiaz Hussain (dialogue), Mahesh Manjrekar (screenplay),

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Mohnish Bahl

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar
Namrata Shirodkar	...	Sonia
Mohnish Bahl	...	Vijay (Raghu's brother)
Ekta Sohini	...	Puja (as Ektaa)
Reema Lagoo	...	Shanta (Raghu's mother) (as Rima)
Shivaji Satam	...	Namdev (Raghu's father)
Kashmira Shah	...	Dancer (Song 'Jawani Se')
Deepak Tijori	...	Sub-inspector Kishore Kadam (as Dipak Tijori)
Paresh Rawal	...	Suleiman Bhai
Mohan Joshi	...	Babbanrao Kadam (Home Minister)
Ashish Vidyarthi	...	Vitthal Kaanya (as Ashish Vidhyarthi)
Himani Shivpuri	...	Laxmi Akka (Bordello Madam)
Usha Nadkarni
Achyut Potdar
Kishore Nandlaskar

Storyline

Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar (Sanjay Dutt) and his best friend Dedh Footiya (Sanjay Narvekar) struggle to find work in Mumbai. They decide to run a pav bhaji stall.But fate steps in when Raghu accidentally kills a customer who turns out to be the brother of a notorious gangster, Fracture Pandya and end up in the Mumbai underworld. Vitthal Kaanya (Ashish Vidyarthi), a rival gang lord, offers Raghunath and Dedh Footiya protection and later hires them both as hitmen. Raghunath becomes a respected hit man, with Dedh Footiya as his accomplice. With Raghunath in his gang Vitthal Kaanya hits a peak in the Mumbai underworld. He is protected by a politician who uses Raghunath for his needs. While BabbanRao (Home Minister) relies on Raghunath, there are some others who despise Raghunath, and are just waiting in the sidelines to see when Raghunath makes an error. Raghunath does so, and hence becomes an embarrassment for BabbanRao. Soon Raghunath is on the run, both from the police, and BabbanRao's...

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Plot Keywords:

police | gangster | hitman | violence | father son relationship | 

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Taglines:

The reality

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

7 October 1999 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Adishakti Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sanjay Dutt's much needed comeback after his bad phase post his jail return

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Connections

Spoofed in Plan (2004)

User Reviews

The Best Sanjay Dutt Film ever..

This is in my Top 10 Bollywood Best Movies of all time. It is no doubt the Best Sanjay Dutt movie ever. Sanjay Dutt received BEST Actor award from Filfare, Zee and International Indian Awards. I remember when this movie first came out. I was told its a new Gangster movie and is a Big Hit in India. I did not expect much since Bollywood hasn't really made any realistic Gangster Movies (apart from Parinda) in the likes of Hollywood Classics (Scarface, Goodfellas, Godfather). Vaastav is easily among the best Hindi Gangster Movie, others include (Company, Hathyar). There have been Hindi Gangster Movies before, but all copy of Hollywood movies such as Aatish (A better tomorrow), Aatank hi aatank + Sarkar (Godfather), footpath (State of Grace) etc. Vaastav has its own storyline that suits with India life, Serious and Entertainment. Sanjay dutt gives a powerhouse performance of his career. Namrata Shirodkar looks quite sexy as the prostitute and wife of Raghu. I managed to get a few people into Bollywood because of this film. If you ain't seen it, then See it.