EXCLUSIVE: Vanvaas actor Utkarsh Sharma opens up on the heart-wrenching reality of ‘kid guilt’ in the pursuit of success

Vanvaas is the story of an old man and a young chap, both of whom are abandoned. Deepak Tyagi (Nana Patekar) lives in Shimla in a mansion named Vimla Sadan. He built the mansion and named it after his wife Vimla (Kushboo Sundar). Vimla passed away a few years ago.... Deepak is a dementia patient and at times, he forgets that his wife is no more. He lives with his three sons, their wives and grandchildren. His sons and wives are fed up taking care of him and his tantrums. When Deepak decides to hand over the house to a trust, they conclude that enough is enough. They devise a plan - they would go on a holiday to Banaras and admit Deepak in an old-age home, without his consent. Deepak is not aware of this devious plan and travels to Banaras with them. There, his family faces a problem when all the old-age homes ask for ID proof. They refuse to accept this condition as they fear that Deepak will be returned back to Vimla Sadan once they realize that he's not ready to stay in an old-age home. Hence, they ask the old age homes to admit him without any ID proof or details of the family address. They even agree to pay more but all the old age homes refuse the request. With no other option, they decide to abandon him at a Ghat. They take away his identity cards and even empty his medicine bottle. In the absence of his pills, Deepak forgets who he is and assumes that his children are in their teens. He starts looking for them but to no avail. This is when he comes across a petty thief Veeru (Utkarsh Sharma) who acts as his saviour. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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