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| Directed by | Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan |
| Produced by | Vivek Khatkar |
| Written by | Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan & Piyush mishra |
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| Studio | Sai Om Films Private Limited |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 19, 2010 |
| Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 250,000,000 |
Lahore (Hindi: लाहौर) is a 2010 Bollywood sports film that was released on March 19, 2010. It was directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and produced by Vivek Khatkar, with Sai Om Films Pvt. Ltd.’s, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The film stars debutants Aanaahad and Shraddha Das in lead roles and has veteran actors like Farouque Shaikh, Nafisa Ali, Late Nirmal Pandey, Sushant Singh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kelly Dorji, Mukesh Rishi, K Jeeva, Shraddha Nigam in key roles.
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An Indian kickboxer defeats a Pakistani kickboxer in an international tournament. But the event ends in a tragedy due to the Pakistani players intemperance. Will the peace process, initiated by the two countries lose its momentum, specially when the Indian hero's brother is determined to avenge his family, and country during a second international bout that is being held in Lahore this time?[1]
The film was shot in Delhi, Mumbai, Lahore, Hyderabad, Ladakh, Lonavala, Malaysia & Bhiwandi.
Hollywood's Master Tony Leung Siu Hung was the Action Choreographer of the film. Background Score has been done by Wayne Sharpe. Lisbeth Scott of Avatar, Munich, and Chronicles of Narnia fame has sung vocals for Lahore also her first Asian Film. Rob Miller, who earlier won a Filmfare award for Chak De! India (2007), is Lahore's sports consultant.[2] MM Kreem has done music for the film.
Lahore's DVD's and VCD's are available in Hindi with English subtitles on Moserbaer Home Video.[3] DVD also features making of the film.
It has already won various international awards including, Special Jury Award at the 42nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival,[4] Best Actor - Aanaahad at Tenerife International Film Festival(UK), Most Aspiring Film Maker(Sanjay Chauhan) at Filmmakers International Film Festival(UK), Best actor - Aanaahad - at Salento International Film Festival, Italy and had all 6 nominations at Asian Festival Of First Films, Singapore.
After setting the international festival circuits ablaze, Lahore bagged two awards at the 57th National Film Awards, The Indira Gandhi Award for best debut film by a director went to producer Vivek Khatkar and director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan while Farooque Shaikh won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.[5]
Many have criticized the movie Lahore for its overtly hateful message portraying Pakistan in a bad light and sensationalizing the conflict between the two countries. [6].
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