Vaastav (1999)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 33 mins

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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 men. Raghunath knows now that he must protect his wife, parents, and family, as they too are in danger. Then Raghunath comes to know that the police have been ordered to kill him in an "encounter", and Raghunath now realizes that there is no escape from this harsh reality. Unable to save himself from police, Raghu comes back to his home and asks his mother to shot him down for a graceful end of life. His mother does the same and his wife doesn't stop her from doing this.
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Cast: Namrata Shirodkar, Sanjay Dutt

Crew: Mahesh Manjrekar (Director), Vijay Kumar Arora (Director of Photography), Jatin Pandit (Music Director), Lalit Pandit (Music Director), Rahul Ranade (Music Director)

Rating: A (India)

Genres: Action, Crime, Adventure, Drama

Release Dates: 07 Oct 1999 (India)

Tagline: The Reality

Hindi Name: वास्तव

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as Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar
Special Appearance
Supporting Actor
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as Vitthal Kaanya
Supporting Actor
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as Sub-inspector Kishore Kadam
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as Puja
as Laxmi Akka
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as Dancer
Supporting Actor
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Supporting Actor
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as Babbanrao Kadam
as Vijay/Raghu's Brother
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as Suleiman Bhai
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as Shanta/Raghu's Mother
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Namdev/Raghu's Father
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Supporting Actress

Direction

Director

Production

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Story Writer
Screenplay Writer
Dialogue Writer

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography

Sound

Sound Effects Designer
Sound Effects Editor
Sound Re-recording Mixer

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Editorial

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Stunt Coordinator Assistant
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
DTS
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: T-Series
05:42

Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Jatin Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Vinod Rathod, Atul Kale
04:38

Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Jatin Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Kumar Sanu
05:39

Music Director: Rahul Ranade
Lyricist: Gautam Joglekar
Playback Singer: Shankar Mahadevan
01:38

Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Jatin Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Ravindra Sathe
03:16

Music Director: Jatin Pandit, Lalit Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Ravindra Sathe
01:14

Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Jatin Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Ravindra Sathe
04:23

Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Jatin Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Atul Kale, Kumar Sanu
04:44

Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Jatin Pandit
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: Preetha Mazumdar
Taglines:
The Reality
Movie Connection(s):
Followed by: Hathyar - Face to Face with Reality (Hindi)
Reference: Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story (Hindi)
Reference: Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (Hindi)
Reference: Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (Hindi)
Spoofed in: Plan (Hindi)
Trivia:
Sanjay Dutt admitted he was hugely inspired by Al Pacino's performance in Scarface (1983) and felt he wanted to bring it alive in his own way in Bollywood.

The film is rumored to be based on early life of Chota Rajan.

'Mahesh Manjekar' dubbed for almost 5-6 people in the film.

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

Sanjay Dutt considers the final scene one of the best scenes done by Dutt. The scene was shot in 2 takes. Two cameras were used, one inside the house and one outside the house.

Reema Lagoo is 1 year older to Sanjay Dutt in real life.