Vaastupurush

Vaastupurush (2002)

वास्तूपुरूष

Dr. Bhaskar, a Magsaysay Award winner, returns to his native village after forty years accompanied by his doctor son and American daughter-in-law. While watching the ruins of his ancestral manor, Dr. Bhaskar remembers the critical year before his joining medical college. It was not his Gandhian freedom fighter father nor his feudal uncle or romantic elder brother, but his mother who motivated him to be a doctor for the service of the poor. She believed that is the only way to appease the Guardian Spirit of the house. Bhaskar is indebted to another woman, Krishnatai, his brother's lower caste lover, who was enlightened enough to support his mother's dream. Bhaskar is now back home to fulfill the wish of his mother

Date of release
2002-01-01
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar

Casting

Interesting facts

Vastupurush: The Guardian Spirit of the House is a 2002 Indian Marathi film directed by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar and produced by National Film Development Corporation of India. It is about Bhaskar, who rises above his poor financial conditions and devotes himself to the poor people for his mother believes that their generations have been cursed by the Vastupurush for doing wrong to people of lower castes. The film won several awards on release including the Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 50th National Film Awards and eight awards at the 40th Maharashtra State Film Awards in 2003.

Production

The story of Vastupurush is inspired by Sumitra Bhave's personal experiences. Bhave belongs to a Brahmin family from a village near Kolhapur in Maharashtra. Her mother suggested Bhave to plot the story of her next cinema based on two of her uncles.

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