Today marks 20 years since the release of Bollywood’s underrated action-crime thriller film Family: The Ties of Blood (2006) 🎬
The film was directed by 90s legendary #RajkumarSantoshi, starring Bollywood’s Mahanayak #AmitabhBachchan, OG Khiladi #AkshayKumar, with #AryamanRam in a key role, and the legendary #KaderKhan, #RajaMurad & #GulshanGrover in supporting roles.
Amitabh Bachchan’s portrayal of Viren Sahay, a ruthless Bangkok gangster, was pure menace — a larger-than-life negative role, marking Big B’s 7th villainous performance. His screen presence, intensity, and authority elevated the film to cult status. 🔥
The film was shoot across grand international locations Bangkok (Thailand), Dubai (UAE), Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA), and several locations across Mumbai, India, but despite its powerful cast and scale the film was huge flopped on box office, due to a weak, over-stretched script, disjointed narrative, poor execution, and uninspired music.
Producer Keshu Ramsay’s decision to launch his son Aryaman Ramsay as the lead affected the film’s focus, while #AkshayKumar was not a full-fledged lead — his character exits before the interval, leaving audiences disappointed.
Santoshi presented Amitabh Bachchan in a truly massive, larger-than-life gangster avatar in this film, and it also carried a strong social message.
“If you have everything in life but don’t have your family, then whatever you have is meaningless.”
The film may have failed at the time of its release, but a film should never be judged as best or worst solely by box-office numbers or commercial verdicts — content and intent matter just as much, cinema history is full of films that flopped initially but later became cult classics, and also of many blockbusters that faded away with time.
Box office is temporary. Impact is permanent. 🎬🔥
Today’s gen loves Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Krrish…
But our 90s superhero was #Toofaan! ⚡❤️
🎧 Wear headphones!
My new edit is OUT NOW! 🎬
Starring Mahanayak #AmitabhBachchan sir as #Toofaan, with the goosebumps anthem Aaya Toofan by legend #KishoreKumar 🔥
মনে হচ্ছে "পাকিস্তানের" একটা পেপারের হেডলাইন।
আমি এজন্যই বলি, ভারতের শত্রু দেশের বাইরে না, দেশের ভিতরেই আছে।
ক্ষনিকের সন্তানরা এই দেশে থাকবে,
খাবে আবার দেশ বিরোধিতা করবে।
@SrBachchan Good Morning Gurudev ji. Have a wonderful day. Stay blessed with finest of health and loads of happiness. Lots of love and hugs. Regards.🙏❤️🌹
The most deserving and award winning movie. I want to Talk and finally it’s getting the deserving recognition. So so proud of you @juniorbachchan
The movie had the superlative acting and original inspirational story. Keep rising and shining
@SrBachchan
গুমনামি বাবা এই সিনেমা তৈরি করতে গেলে বুকের পাটা লাগে।সেই পাটা @srijitspeaketh দেখিয়েছে।কারণ নেতাজির কোন ধর্ম নেই,বর্ণ নেই,জাতি নেই।নেতাজি প্রত্যেকটা ভারতবাসীর মনের ভেতর গেঁথে আছে।
সৃজিত মুখার্জির পরিচালনায় সিনেমার মধ্যে অন্যতম একটি সিনেমা গুমনামি বাবা।