Virsat is a Hindi musical drama film released in India in 1997.It starred Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. It is a remake of a Tamil film Thevar Magan starring Kamal Hassan, Revathi and Gauthami. Virasat was directed by Priyadarshan, story was by Kamal Hassan and Anu Malik was the music composer who copied Maestro Illayaraja’s songs.The film received almost no attention before its release. Even when it opened in cinemas, the halls were empty even though the critics were floored. But soon, word-of-mouth publicity attracted the crowds and the film became a hit.Studded with astounding performances by Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri and Pooja Batra, this film is a cult classic.It received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film, Best Actor(Anil Kapoor)and Best Actress(Tabu). It also won National Award for the best female playback (K.S.Chithra).

After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides.Accompanying him is his leggy girlfriend, Anita, who he is in love with and wants to marry, much to the disapproval of his family.After a few days, Shakti starts to feel that nothing much has changed in this part of India and longs to return, as he is unable to bear the animosity between the townspeople, in general, and in particular between his Zamindar dad, Raja Thakur, and rival Zamindar Birju, none other than Raja’s crippled brother.

When Anita leaves the town to meet her parents elsewhere in India, Shakti too wants to follow her, but his plans change suddenly when his father passes away, and the region is ravaged by unprecedented natural calamities.Following the funeral he decides to stay on to look after the family estate and business temporarily, and that is when he meets local town belle, Gehna, who has given her heart to him years ago, hopes to marry him, with approval from his very own family.Anita returns to find that nothing is the same anymore, and that her role may be reduced to that of a mistress, she must now make a choice to either return back home, or fight and win back Shakti’s love.

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