Agni Varsha

"An Epic Tale of Love & Scrifice"

Aug 30 2002 N/A 2h 10m
Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Based on an incident from the Mahabharata and also made as a play on a Girish Karnad titled Fire in the Rain. The film features Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance as Lord Indra. Jackie Shroff plays the main lead in the film as Puravasu the head priest, Raveena playing the role of his unfaithful wife in love with Yavakri. Nagarjuna played Yavakri the priest's jealous rival and Prabhudeva as a demon who kills Yavakri. While Milind Soman plays the younger brother of Jackie Shroff as Aravasu, the female lead opposite Milind is played by Sonali Kulkarni.

Plot

The film is Based on an incident from the Mahabharata and also made as a play on a Girish Karnad titled Fire in the Rain. The film features Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance as Lord Indra. Jackie Shroff plays the main lead in the film as Puravasu the head priest, Raveena playing the role of his unfaithful wife in love with Yavakri. Nagarjuna played Yavakri the priest's jealous rival and Prabhudeva as a demon who kills Yavakri. While Milind Soman plays the younger brother of Jackie Shroff as Aravasu, the female lead opposite Milind is played by Sonali Kulkarni.

Written by

Girish Karnad, Anil Mehta, Arjun Sajnani

Directed by

Arjun Sajnani

Production Countries

India

Production Companies

iDream Productions, Sunny Films

Languages

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
419
Average Rating
4.6 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA