Priyadarshan made great Hindi films in 1990s like GARDISH, Virasat too is another brilliant film a remake of Thevar Magan. The film is set in a village where Anil Kapoor returns from London with long hair(perhaps hair extensions) alongwith his girlfriend Pooja Bhatra His father is Amrish Puri who is a thakur of the village and there is a rivalry between his brother Govind Namdeo who is disabled and has 2 wives and a son Milind Gunaji. Resembling MAHABHARAT there is a feud between families and the film is well handled,There are several brilliant scenes like the flood scene, the scenes where Anil and his father have a talk, The scene in the Panchayat and the scene followed where Amrish Puri vents his anger(shot in single shot) and his death. The drama that ensues after Tabu's marriage is stopped and Anil marrying her, the finale
Direction by Priyadarshan is great Music by Anu Malik who copied Illayaraja's tunes from the original yet was a success, Dhol Bhajne Laga, Diya Aur Baatin, Payalein Chunmum all are great numbers
Anil Kapoor is excellent in his role, in the same year he did DEEWANA MASTANA and this film, he had to portray 2 shades of the character, for the initial portions he lost weight and put on weight for the second part, he is simply brilliant Pooja Bhatra(with voice dubbed by Padmini Kolhapuri) is decent in one of her first films, Tabu is fantastic Amrish Puri is fab, He always proved his worth more in strong character roles rather then normal villain roles which he did Govind Namdeo is good, Milind Gunaji is okay, Neeraj Vohra is good Satyen Kapoo is good, Sulabha Deshpande is good too Dilip Dhawan is good, The actor playing the cop(dubbed by Danny)is okay
Direction by Priyadarshan is great Music by Anu Malik who copied Illayaraja's tunes from the original yet was a success, Dhol Bhajne Laga, Diya Aur Baatin, Payalein Chunmum all are great numbers
Anil Kapoor is excellent in his role, in the same year he did DEEWANA MASTANA and this film, he had to portray 2 shades of the character, for the initial portions he lost weight and put on weight for the second part, he is simply brilliant Pooja Bhatra(with voice dubbed by Padmini Kolhapuri) is decent in one of her first films, Tabu is fantastic Amrish Puri is fab, He always proved his worth more in strong character roles rather then normal villain roles which he did Govind Namdeo is good, Milind Gunaji is okay, Neeraj Vohra is good Satyen Kapoo is good, Sulabha Deshpande is good too Dilip Dhawan is good, The actor playing the cop(dubbed by Danny)is okay
