Vaastav: The Reality (1999) Online
SPOILER: 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 ...
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Sanjay Dutt | - | Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar |
 | Namrata Shirodkar | - | Sonia |
 | Mohnish Bahl | - | Vijay (Raghu's brother) |
 | Ekta Sohini | - | Puja (as Ektaa) |
 | Reema Lagoo | - | Shanta (Raghu's mother) (as Rima) |
 | Shivaji Satam | - | Namdev (Raghu's father) |
 | Kashmira Shah | - | Dancer (Song 'Jawani Se') |
 | Deepak Tijori | - | Sub-inspector Kishore Kadam (as Dipak Tijori) |
 | Paresh Rawal | - | Suleiman Bhai |
 | Mohan Joshi | - | Babbanrao Kadam (Home Minister) |
 | Ashish Vidyarthi | - | Vitthal Kaanya (as Ashish Vidhyarthi) |
 | Himani Shivpuri | - | Laxmi Akka (Bordello Madam) |
 | Usha Nadkarni | ||
 | Achyut Potdar | ||
 | Kishore Nandlaskar |
Sanjay Dutt admitted he was hugely inspired by Al Pacino's performance in Arminägu (1983) and felt he wanted to bring it alive in his own way in Bollywood.
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.
The film is rumored to be based on early life of Chota Rajan.
Reema Lagoo is 1 year older to Sanjay Dutt in real life.
Sanjay Dutt's much needed comeback after his bad phase post his jail return
Sanjay Dutt got a news lease with this film for his fading career,he went on to win the Flimfare best actor for 2000.
The film followed with a sequel Hathyar in 2002 but was a major flop.
'Mahesh Manjekar' dubbed for almost 5-6 people in the film.
Film's director Mahesh Manjrekar makes an appearance in the song Chota Kadh Aur Peth Bada Hai.
Real life couple Monish Bahl and Ekta Bahl play as husband and wife in the film.
In a scene, where Raghu (Sanjay Dutt) is faking studying, Dedh Footiya (Sanjay Narvekar) whistles the tunes of the song "Sapno me milti hai" from the movie Satya. Both movies' (Vaastav and Satya) genre is same (Gangster crime drama) and both were blockbusters at their time and both are considered cult classics in Gangster genre
Marathi actors Bharat Jahdav,Makrandh Anaspure and Yatin Kadam did small parts in the film whereas now they are big names in Marathi film industry with Bharat Jadhav given the superstar tag.
The film was shot at Chunbhatti close to Sion a huge set a had been created which Mahesh Manjrekar used later on for his films like Tera Mera Saath Rahein 2001 and Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye 2003.
Shivaji Satam And Reema Lagoo who play Sanjay Dutt's parents in the film,Shivaji Satam is a few years older to him whereas Reema Lagoo is a year older to him.
The supporting cast of the film consisted mostly from Marathi theatre background.
Regarded as Sanjay Dutt come back performance in Bollywood after his bad jail phase.
Kashmira Shah's item number Jawaani Se Ab Jung Hone Lagi got her noticed in the film.
Urmila was signed for the lead role but opted out.
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