Viruddh

Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Prem Chopra, Sharat Saxena, Beena, Shivaji Satam, Sachin Khedekar, Amitabh Dayal, Anousha Dandekar, Srivallabh Vyas, Tom Alter, Ninad Kamat, Atul Kale, Viju Khote, Bipasha Basu

On the whole, VIRUDDH has the merits to remain etched in your memory even after the screening has concluded. At the box office, the film may be a slow starter, but has the merits to climb the ladder on the strength of the strong emotional quotient and topnotch performances. Read More

You know Viruddh has you hooked completely and it has only Amitabh Bachchan to blame for it when the characters in this domesticated drama about the joy and trauma of a middle class family, begin to matter to the audience. Read More

Speaking of story, you took Amitabh Bachchan and made him evolve even further as an actor. Not only that, you brought back Sharmila Tagore, in a role tailor made for her. And to top it off, you got John Abraham in a smaller but effective role. Read More

DMahesh Manjrekar has plenty of, as is evident in Viruddh, a bleak but brave tale in which screen icons Amitabh Bachchan and Sharmila Tagore play an elderly couple who are devastated when their only son becomes a victim of a heinous crime. Read More

All said, Viruddh is a sensitive movie that will appeal to niche audience. The movie's sad and somber mood and its lethargic pace (at places) may not go down well with youngsters. Read More

In "Viruddh", Amitabh Bachchan towers above everyone and everything, including the occasionally staccato script, to deliver a bludgeoning performance as Vidyadhar Patwardhan, a retired man content squabbling with his domineering wife & the weekly call to their only son in London until the son dies. Read More