Shakti: The Power (2002) on Netflix
NR20023h 5mActionDramaThriller
Nandini and Shekhar live in Canada with their young son. News of bloodshed in his Indian village takes them to his father Narsimha, who heads one side of a long-running feud.
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Plot summary
Shekhar has told Nandini nothing about the relatives he left behind in India. The couple and their young son have built a life in Canada, and Nandini has family of her own there. Then bulletins about violence in a rural part of northern India reach them, and Shekhar, afraid that his mother may have been caught in it, asks Nandini to come with him. She is taken aback to learn that he has any family at all, but she agrees. In his village, his uncle and cousin receive them, and Nandini meets his father, Narsimha, who leads a family locked for generations in a feud with another clan. The violence around her frightens her, and she begins to fear for her three-year-old son, to whom Narsimha is deeply attached. She and her father-in-law confront each other over the child.
Cast
- Tara Deshpandeas Shekhar's Sister
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Shakti: The Power (2002)
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- Sridevi, the retired actress, produced Shakti: The Power as a comeback vehicle for herself, but had to find a replacement when she discovered she was pregnant. She first offered the role to Kajol, who turned it down, and Karisma Kapoor was signed instead.
- Shakti: The Power is a remake of the 1998 film Anthahpuram, which was itself based on the real-life story of Betty Mahmoody, told in the 1991 film Not Without My Daughter and in her book of the same name.
- The makers of Shakti: The Power originally wanted Fardeen Khan for the role that went to Sanjay Kapoor, and the film was originally titled Vaapsi.
