Sooryavansham

Sooryavansham (1999)

सूर्यवंशम

Thakur Bhanupratap, a well-respected village head, deems his youngest son Heera, a failure and treats him poorly. However, despite his father's disappointment, Heera tries his best to make him proud.

Date of release
1999-05-21
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (46)
Runtime
3h 2m
Genres
Action, Drama, Family
Director
E.V.V. Satyanarayana

Casting

Interesting facts

Sooryavansham is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, with Soundarya, Jayasudha, Rachna Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan. The film is a remake of the 1997 Tamil-language film Surya Vamsam, and revolves around a traditional father and his illiterate yet obedient son.

Production

The film was initially to be directed by Vikraman, the director of Surya Vamsam (1997) with R. B. Choudary of Super Good Films and G. Adiseshagiri Rao of Padmalaya Studios as the producers. Songs were recorded and composed by Anu Malik at various places in Chennai including at the White House, Saligramam; V G P Video Studio at Mount Road; and The Residency. The film was planned to be shot in Rajasthan.

Before working in Hindi language films, Soundarya had acted in a total of 65 South Indian films. Her brother Amarnath, who managed her career, stated that she always performed decorous roles and same would be the case in Bollywood. Soundarya said that she was excited when a role in the film was offered to her and to have got an opportunity to co-star with Amitabh Bachchan.

The film's muhurat ceremony was attended by a number of celebrities from the Telugu cinema, including Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Vijaya Nirmala, and Naresh. Rekha lent her voice for actresses Jayasudha and Soundarya. The film was shot at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad.

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