Yugpurush

About the film

Yugpurush is a 1998 Indian Drama film directed by Partho Ghosh and produced by Vijay Mehta. The film stars Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Mohnish Bahl and Manisha Koirala in the title roles. It is an adaptation of the 1969 Bengali film Aparichita, which itself is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot.

Plot

Anirudh is released from a facility that treats patients with mental ailments. Anirudh also happens to be an exceptional artist and does portraits of new people he meets. He come to live with Mr. Kapoor's family. Mrs Kapoor is his mother's friend. Kapoor's daughter Deepti silently loves Anirudh. As he struggles with adjusting with the "normal" world, he encounters Sunita, an escort and Ranjan, the son of a renowned politician. Ranjan, is madly in love with Sunita, but Sunita does not feel the same way about him. Anirudh is the only person to see beyond Sunita’s seemingly comfortable and affluent existence and knows that deep down she is extremely sad and alone. They develop a special bond of friendship despite their vastly different personalities and backgrounds. Anirudh also becomes good friends with Ranjan. Ranjan is a good-hearted but egotistical man who cannot bear even the thought of failure in any aspect of his life. Can he handle Sunita’s rejection? Can he deal with the fact that Sunita feels closer to Anirudh than him? Will Sunita find happiness? And, most importantly, will Anirudh survive in this "sane" world?

Music

The music of the film was composed by Rajesh Roshan and Amar Parshuram Haldipur, while the sound mixing was done by Hitendra Ghosh and Buta Singh. The lyrics of the film were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri under the music company T-Series.

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