Another hit double role movie of Amitabh Bachchan Sooryavansham, is a Hindi remake of the Tamil movie which was released on 21 May 1999. Currently, numerous memes are made on Sooryavansham. Sooryavansham has been telecasted so many times on TV that people have memorized even its dialogues. Sooryavansham is a Hindi language romantic musical drama movie released in 1999, directed by E. V. V Satyanarayan. In the star cast of the movie, Amitabh Bachchan is again seen in a double role and along with him in the movie features Soundarya, Jayasudha, Rachana Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan.
The Storyline Of Amitabh Bachchan's Iconic Movie Sooryavansham:
It is a remake of the 1997 Tamil movie Sooryavansham. The music composer of the movie is Anu Malik and the lyrics are written by Sameer. The story of the movie revolves around a traditional father-and-son relationship. Bhanu Pratap Singh, a village head is a father in the movie and hates his younger son Heera for being illiterate and dumb. This leads to a rift between father and son and they part ways in future, however, despite many obstacles, Heera succeeds and fulfils his father's dream by building a hospital.
Connection Between Set Max And Sooryavansham:
The story of the movie was written by Vikar Man who was also going to direct it but later the direction was done by E. V. V Satyanarayan. The movie Sooryavansham Was released on 21 May 1999 and in the same year, the Set Max channel was launched. Both the movie and the channel were released in the same year. The channel has bought the rights to this movie for 100 years, which is why this movie is shown again and again on Set Max. The channel Set Max has now changed to ‘Sony Max.’ In a hilarious incident a person, fed up after watching the movie Sooryavansham, went straight to Set Max and wrote a letter asking how many more times this movie would be telecast in the future.
Amitabh Bachchan's Successful Movie Sooryavansham:
Sooryavansham proved to be a blockbuster in Bengal. This movie completed 100 days in Kolkata's Metro Cinema. Five years after the release of this movie, actress Soundarya died in a helicopter accident. At that time, she was 31 years old and was pregnant, sadly her family members weren't able to find her dead body after an accident.
Beneficial TV Release For Sooryavansham:
The movie, made for just a few crore rupees, had an average run at the theatres but the TV release made it earn crores of rupees and Heera Thakur's name has become popular among the children. In the movie, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan's chemistry was a hit. They made the audience laugh a lot.
Amitabh Bachchan has played the double role of father and son in the movie. Amitabh seems to do complete justice in the roles of Heera Thakur and Bhanu Pratap Singh. When this movie came, Amitabh's age was on the decline, his increasing age was visible on his face but with The passion with which Amitabh has played the roles, especially the role of a father, he looked promising.
