Patang (film)

Patang
Directed by Goutam Ghose
Produced by Sanjay Sahay
Durba Sahay
Screenplay by Goutam Ghose
Ain Rasheed Khan
Story by Sanjay Sahay
Starring Shabana Azmi
Shafiq Syed
Om Puri
Robi Ghosh
Music by Goutam Ghose
Cinematography Goutam Ghose
Edited by Moloy Banerjee
Production
company
G.N.S. Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 1993
Running time
 104 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Robi Ghosh. The film is set in small railway station near Gaya, and the life of people in illegal slums near it.[1][2] The film was shot in Gaya and Manpur in Bihar.

At the 41st National Film Awards (for 1993), the film won the award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.[3] Also at the Taormina Film Fest, Shabana Azmi won the Best Actress Award.[4]

Child actor, Shafiq Syed who played the lead role of Krishna (Chaipau) in Mira Nair's Academy Award-nominated film Salaam Bombay! (1988) also acted in the film. This was the only other film he did.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Patang". Goutam Ghose website. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Patang". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  3. ↑ "41st National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India.
  4. ↑ "Patang - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  5. ↑ K.M. Rakesh (May 1, 2012). "Salaam Bombay tea boy to TV help". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 2014-06-15.

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