Sanjay Dutt’s 1999 film Vaastav completed 20 years of release on Monday. The actor took to social media to express his feeling on the film achieving such a feat. The Kalank actor wrote that Vaastav is a film that gave him the real sense of being an actor.
In 1999, Vaastav was directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. The film tells the story of an unemployed youngster Raghu, who becomes a feared gangster of Mumbai. Vaastav was Mahesh Manjrekar’s debut film.
This scene is still popular among cinema-lovers. Vaastav’s climax scene is considered one of the most iconic sequences ever. Sanjay Dutt pleading with his mother to kill him is impactful here it goes sanjay telling his mother (played by Reema Lagoo), “Ye dekhreli hai. Asli hai asli. Pachas tola, pachas tola. Kitna? Pachas tola.”
Vaastav was Sanjay Dutt’s first successful film post his return from jail. Vaastav, in many ways, re-launched Sanjay Dutt’s career as he was not able to give any hit for a long time after his arrest in 1993. Sanjay Dutt received first Best Actor Filmfare Award of his career for the film. Vaastav also starred Namrata Shirodkar, Shivaji Satam, Mohnish Bahl, Paresh Rawal and Ashish Vidyarthi in pivotal roles.
