Sooryavansham (1999)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 56 mins

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This emotionally-charged family-oriented drama revolves around a wealthy zamindar and his family called "The Sooryavansh family" of Bharathpur village has a God like image among the villagers. This generation is headed by Thakur Bhanupratap Singh. He has 3 sons, the youngest, Heera he considers to be the black sheep, as he is illiterate and will not have anything to do with him. Deshraj Thakur, a village badman goes to jail as a result of the judgement given by the Panchayat headed by Bhanu Pratap and ignoring his own misdeeds develops vengeance against Bhanu Pratap. Bhanupratap is enraged when Heera proposes to marry his ward, Gauri; and even more angered when Heera flip-flops, albeit at the request of Gauri, and refuses to marry her. Heera is shunned by one and all in the family, including Gauri. Then, in a serendipitous twist, the bold and beautiful Radha enters his life; she marries him; encourages him to live independently; and helps his business flourish. Soon they are blessed with birth of a son. In a strange situation Bhanu Pratap meets his grandson and friendship blossoms then. Will circumstances further improve, so that the relationship between Heera and his father can blossom into that of love and trust? Or, will be enemies of the family succeed in taking advantage of their separation to destroy the family?
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Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Soundarya Raghu

Crew: Satyanarayana EVV (Director), Gopal Reddy S (Director of Photography), Anu Malik (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance

Release Dates: 21 May 1999 (India)

Tagline: The saga rises.

Hindi Name: सूर्यवंशम

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Did you know? The film marked the Hindi movie debut of Telugu director E. V. V. Satyanarayana. Read More
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as Dual Role (Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh & Heera Singh)
as Radha Singh
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Dharmendra
as Radha's mother
as Cards playing village
Supporting Actor
as Deshraj Thakur / Kevda Thakur
Supporting Actor
as Radha's father

Direction

Codirector

Production

Production Company

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Screenplay Writer
Story Writer
Dialogue Writer

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography
Still Photographer

Sound

Audio Assistant

Art

Art Director

Editorial

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Marketing and Public Relations

Public Relations Officer

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Stunt Director

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: Venus Records and Tapes

Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sameer Pandey
Playback Singer: Sonu Kumar Nigam

Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sameer Pandey
Playback Singer: Kumar Sanu

Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sameer Pandey
Playback Singer: Kumar Sanu

Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sameer Pandey
Playback Singer: Kumar Sanu, KS Chithra

Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sameer Pandey
Playback Singer: Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu

Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sameer Pandey
Playback Singer: Sonu Kumar Nigam
Taglines:
The saga rises.
Movie Connection(s):
Remake of: Suryavamsam (Telugu)
Remake of: Suryavamsam (Tamil)
Trivia:
The film is a remake of the Tamil movie Suryavamsam (1997).

The film marked the Hindi movie debut of Telugu director E. V. V. Satyanarayana.

The makers considered casting real life father and son Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan in the principal roles.

Soundarya and Jayasudha's voices were dubbed by Rekha.