Vaastav: The Reality
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| Directed by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Produced by | Deepak Nikalje |
| Written by |
Imtiyaz Husain (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Story by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Starring |
Sanjay Dutt Namrata Shirodkar Mohnish Bahl Shivaji Satam Reema Lagoo Paresh Rawal Sanjay Narvekar |
| Narrated by | Reema Lagoo |
| Music by | Jatin-Lalit Rahul Ranade |
| Cinematography | Vijay Aroraa |
| Edited by | V.N. Mayekar |
| Distributed by | Adishakti Films |
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144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹5.3 crore (equivalent to ₹16 crore or US$2.4 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹41.3 crore (equivalent to ₹124 crore or US$18 million in 2016) |
Vaastav is a 1999 Indian crime drama written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and starring Sanjay Dutt and Namrata Shirodkar. It also features Sanjay Narvekar, Mohnish Behl, Paresh Rawal, Reema Lagoo and Shivaji Satam in supporting roles.
"The Reality" as described by the film's tagline, refers to the harsh realities of life in the Mumbai underworld. The film is said to be loosely based on the life of Mumbai underworld gangster Chhota Rajan.
The film was very well received by both critics and audiences. It is the 14th highest grossing Bollywood film of 90's decade and the amongst the highest grossing rated R certificate Hindi films of all time, ironically a scene of Sanjay Dutt's character raghu shooting the parsi's mans wife after she spits in his face was cut out in order for the film to get a 15 certificate for DVD and TV.
Sanjay Dutt was nominated for the Filmfare best actor category for the fourth time in his then 18 year old film career and finally winning it, regarded by critics unanimusly amongst being one of Indian cinema's most memorable and most quated onscreen characters. The film was extremely successful both in India and overseas. It was nominated for and won many awards. Over the years it has become a cult film.
The film was followed by the 2002 sequel Hathyar.
Vaastav opens with a family performing the funeral rites of a person on a beach. When the young son of the deceased asks his grandmother all about the deceased, she begins to narrate the story.
As the film opens, Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar or "Raghu" (Sanjay Dutt) and his best friend Dedh Footiya (Sanjay Narvekar) (literally meaning "One and a half feet tall" in Hindi) struggle to find work in Mumbai. Raghu lives in a Mumbai Chawl with his retired father (Shivaji Satham), mother (Reema Lagoo) and a graduate but unemployed brother (Mohnish Behl). They decide to run a pav bhaji stall. But Raghu and Dedh Footiya accidentally kill a customer who turns out to be the brother of a notorious gangster, Fracture Bandya (Jack Gaud). Now on the run, the two of them soon kill Fracture Bandya and his men also, when the latter tries to find them and kill them both treacherously by arranging a meeting through Suleiman Bhai (Paresh Rawal), a middle man in the Mumbai underworld. Raghu and Dedh Footiya now end up in the Mumbai underworld.
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