Yugpurush

For 2016 Gujarati play, see Yugpurush (play).

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.^[2][3] It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot.

Yugpurush
Movie poster
Directed by	Partho Ghosh
Written by	Pradeep Ghatak (screenplay) Hriday Lani (dialogue)
Produced by	Vijay Mehta
Starring	Nana Patekar Jackie Shroff Manisha Koirala Mohnish Bahl
Cinematography	K. V. Ramanna
Edited by	R. Rajendran
Music by	Amar Haldipur Rajesh Roshan
Production company	Prathima Films
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	27 March 1998 (1998-03-27) (India)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹5.25 crore[1]
Box office	₹4.93 crore[1]

Cast

• Nana Patekar as Anirudh Desai
• Jackie Shroff as Ranjan Duara
• Manisha Koirala as Sunita Jaiswal
• Mohnish Bahl as Mohnish Vaswani
• Ashwini Bhave as Deepti Khurana
• Yashwant Dutt as Doctor
• Shivaji Satam as Paresh Kumar
• Mohan Joshi as Mohan Kapoor
• Sulbha Deshpande as Mrs. Simran Mohan
• Jayant Sawarkar as Mohnish Father

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?^[4][5]

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bandhan Khula Panchhi Udaa"	Anuradha Sriram, Lehmber Hussainpuri	4:52
2.	"Chale Hum Do Jan Sair Ko"	Kumar Sanu, Hariharan	5:42
3.	"Yeh Jeevan Path Mera"	Ravindra Sathe	5:27
4.	"Koi Jaise Mere Dil Ka"	Asha Bhosle	5:11
5.	"Kanhaiya Se Kahiyo"	Ravindra Sathe	6:17
6.	"Hello Hello Aayee"	Alka Yagnik	7:03
7.	"Ae Meri Jaan Main"	Sonu Nigam, Kavita Paudwal	6:17
8.	"Aaya Tha Churane"	Anuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet	4:18
9.	"Phoolon Ke Sang Bhanware"	Anuradha Paudwal, M. M. Kreem	5:21