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Though a flawed film. This movie is the best Bachchan film in years, with the Big B giving a restrained performance. The comedy sequences are out of place, with little relevance to the plot. It's a shame that this movie flopped. Die hard Big B fans will enjoy this film

Movie is good ,satisfying,gives lighter moments,have some stupid but funny scenes.Ii is touchy and a good emotional drama.A good time pass for 186 minutes. It is the movie which shows a father -son relationship with some moral values.A illiterate person can be successful due to his qualities,his moral values and etc etc.. Amitabh is a legend and this movie is a good example of his high class acting.His role as a Hera is simple superb. It is much different from movies which show simple fight scenes, copied stories. Sooryavansham for everyone and not for a particular age-group. In my views this movie is at least one time watch.

Sooryavansham review :

A Padmalaya production featuring Amitabh Bachchan in a father- son role; Sooryavansham came in summer of 1999 just a couple of months after Big B's Lal Badshah which managed to make money in the Northen interiors despite the heavy criticism. Sooryavansham wasn't that lucky and it tanked at the box office in no time!!

Surprisingly, the film became a rage when it premiered on Sony Max and must have been screened atleast thousand times on this channel. Today, it has become a cult classic with memes popping up on the poisoned kheer and what not!!

Amitabh Bachchan was terrific in the older avatar of Thakur but seemed out of place as his youngster son. Maybe, a younger star like Ajay Devgn or Akshay Kumar would've worked here but then jaane bhi do yaaro!!

Curiously, Rekha dubbed for the lead heroine Soundarya as well as Jayasudha who played the mother. Her familiar husky voice elevated both the ladies performance to a significant extent. Anupam Kher and Kader Khan provided the comic quotient efficiently. Current heartthrob Ishan Khattar's parents Rajesh and Neelima appear in small roles.

Sooryavansham is also memorable for Bachchan crooning his own number "Chori se chori se"... it was his lean phase when he was trying to gain his ground in his much touted second innings. But as they say, legends never go. They just adapt to the time. That's exactly what Bachchan did after facing failure since his ill fated Mrityudaata (1997). He re-invented himself with Kaun Banega Crorepati and Mohabattein in 2000 and hasn't looked back since!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

In Soviet era Indian movies were so famous.

So according to even my grandparent knew and liked indian movies.

I watched this movie i think when i was 6 or 7 , i guess from VHS.

I think my grandpa showed me this movie. At that time i was so good for me. The music was fantastic and also the story.

When he baceme rich i was so happy, i was kid ;)

Great Movie, specially in both characters of Amitabh, in a father and in a son, really great.

In reality how a father feels for a son, and a son what feels after being taunted by father, both characters are superb in the movie, and songs are also a plus point.

I appreciate the story writer and the directer for bringing this issue up on the screen. and acting of Amitabh, Kay Kenna.

The others also play nice roles, and they didn't bother the story.

A little comedy is essential in the story, so there is.

Amitabh as Heera, suits him. I would like to say all the fathers to see this movie.

Amitabh is the main reason I am giving this movie a 7. He is quite convincing in the roles of both father and son. Some of the plot lines, though, are not as convincing, especially towards the end. I concur completely with another reviewer who felt that the comedy attempts were unnecessary and want to add that the comedic music cues were grating and distracting. I came very close to fast forwarding during these sequences. The subtitles were also very hard to follow, primarily because they were so small and because of their fancy font.

The acting was good throughout, especially by Amitabh and all the female characters. The music was OK and some of the songs were quite memorable. I still cannot understand, though, why so many Bollywood films do not have subtitles for the songs. The film quality is not what one would expect from some of the more recent Bollywood films, blurry and choppy at times -- at least on my DVD.

Technically, the DVD had other problems -- while the various features went from top to bottom, one had to press the right key to go from top to bottom. Also, two thirds of the way through, the subtitles stopped and I had to return to the chapter and start the subtitles again.

Sooryavansham released at a time when Amitabh Bachchan made a series of Flops. Insaniyaat, mrityudaata, Major Saab, Lal Badshaah, Bade Miyan chote miyan and Kohraam were all duds in the box office. A percentage of the audience were not keen on his next release since all those flops in a row, coming from a Bollywood legend. The trailer of Sooryavansham didn't look too good, mainly because of the setting in a village and unknown actresses. This is the reason the movie did not do well financially. Majority of the people watched this on Video rather then Cinema. The reviews turned out to be Excellent. The film had a great storyline, great acting and nice music. Amitabh in a double role delivers yet another brilliant performance. The supporting cast were quite good especially Kader Khan and Anupom Kher, who gave us the comedy. Sooryavansham is a heart warming family movie, which you can enjoy watching with the family.

Though Big B as father was top class but as a Son he looked quite tired and old. A fresh different face would have done wonders in the Box Office collections. A typical South Indian Platter with a bit of North Indian Tadka.

There are very few movies which encourages you to become pure and perfect. I bow down to this movie. 🙏

Set max please stop annoying us by showing again and again this movie, disgusting movie.

This has to be the best Amitabh Bachchan film since his comeback. Amitabh's acting is superb in this film. The songs are not that great with exception to one (Koray Koray Sapne). These are the kind of films Amitabh should be choosing, the kind where his characters grow. If you have a chance to watch this movie, do it, because it is a great movie, with great dialogue. I give it an 8 out of 10.

Amitabh and saundarya played their characters really well.. Rekha has given superb voice over to actress.

Loving it.

And y this haters are here to give it less rating.

Even the memes for this movie and set max is pro these days.

Most glaring drawback is failure to acknowledge the real heroes.

In the speech he did not mention Radha even once. Nor did he mention Kadar Khan's character who loaned him money to buy his first bus. He also failed to Anupam Kher's character who had been his best friend and even introduced him to Radha.

There are serious lapses in story. 1. Radha is shown very rude in the first encounter but then becomes

crazy about him. 2. It is unbelievable that she would give up to even appear for IAS since that was her only ambition. 3. It is never disclosed that his father had become sick due eating food

but still whole crowd knew it already.

This movie teaches us many things. I can't explain all of it , here. Watch the movie , you'll understand yourself. A must watch.

As we all know Amitabh had started with a fantastic Zanjeer then progressed to Sholay, evolved to Agneepath and now finally concludes his Hero venture with this wonderful film.

This film has its moments and the very best part of this movie is its music. The rythm sense of this movie is fantastic and it only excells the chemistry between Amitabh and Soundarya who plays the better half very well.

The rest are good and lend good support to the two leads including a brilliant comic timing by Anupam Kher and Kader Khan, the two seasoned stalwarts.

Overall a very enjoyable film! Must for Amitabh fans.

The 1990s were bad for Amitabh who had no of flops like Hum, Insaaniyat, Mrityudaata, Lal Baadshah, Hindustan Ki Kasam & Kohraam. Sooryavansham was also included in the flops list. The only few hits he had in the 1990s were Aaj Ka Arjun, Khuda Gawah, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Major Saab.

I watched Sooryavansham multiple times in the past and re-watched yesterday (30th October 2022) on prime video with English subtitles. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The storyline was great. Amitabh Bachchan played the Sr Thakur with brilliance. His thundering baritone voice was outstanding. The son's role should have played by some other.younger actor as Amitabh in the son's role was aged. That was one of the reasons of the movie flopping at the box office.

The music by Anu Malik was good especially the songs Dil Mere To Deewana Hai & Kore Kore Sapne Mein. These 2 songs created.a special place in my hearts.

Soundarya was a misfit for Bachchan junior as she is 30 years younger to Bachchan. Some other actress could have worked better for Bachchan. The supporting cast was average. Only Kader Khan and Anupam Kher was brilliant in the comedy scenes. The lady conductor in the bus scene should have been removed immediately as it was a silly comedy.

The scenes where Amitabh Jr praises his father at the hospital inauguration was amazing. He should have also complimented his wife Radha for encouraging him, her uncle who financially supported him during his early days of struggle, his best friend Anupam Kher who has morally supported him too. All these were not mentioned in the movie.

I am giving 9 for the above small reasons not mentioned in the movie.

Best movie to watch with family. And with children also. If you are amitabh bachhan friend then you must watch this movie.

Sooryavansham released at a time when Amitabh Bachchan made a series of Flops. Insaniyaat, mrityudaata, Major Saab, Lal Badshaah, Bade Miyan chote miyan and Kohraam were all duds in the box office. A percentage of the audience were not keen on his next release since all those flops in a row, coming from a Bollywood legend. The trailer of Sooryavansham didn't look too good, mainly because of the setting in a village and unknown actresses. This is the reason the movie did not do well financially. Majority of the people watched this on Video rather then Cinema. The reviews turned out to be Excellent. The film had a great storyline, great acting and nice music. Amitabh in a double role delivers yet another brilliant performance. The supporting cast were quite good especially Kader Khan and Anupom Kher, who gave us the comedy. Sooryavansham is a heart warming family movie, which you can enjoy watching with the family.

Has seen 100 times still want to watch again . Belive me

I just want to know why setmax play this movie every day weekend on their channel lol Like i want know the reason behind it Why just this movie why not something else lol Im tired of seeing him eating kheer n vomiting blood lol.