Filmistaan
| Filmistaan | |
|---|---|
 Official film poster | |
| Directed by | Nitin Kakkar |
| Produced by |
Shyam Shroff Balkrishna Shroff Subhash Chaudary Shaila Tanna Siddharth Roy Kapur |
| Screenplay by |
Nitin Kakkar Sharib Hashmi (dialogues) |
| Story by | Nitin Kakkar |
| Starring |
Sharib Hashmi |
| Music by | Arijit Datta |
| Cinematography | Subhransu Kumar Das |
| Edited by | Sachindra Vats |
Production company |
Satellite Pictures Pvt. Ltd |
Release dates |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Filmistaan is a 2013 Indian comedy film written and directed by Nitin Kakkar.[1]
It was screened at the 17th Busan International Film Festival, the Mumbai Film Festival, and the International Film Festival of Kerala, where it won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award[2] for best debut.[3] It won the Best Feature Film in Hindi in the 60th National Film Awards 2012.[4] Filmistaan was screened internationally at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival, 23rd Tromsø International Film Festival, 36th Göteborg International Film Festival, and 5th Jaipur International Film Festival. It was released nationwide across India on June 6, 2014.[5]
Plot
In Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. Undeterred, he goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary.
One day, a terrorist group kidnaps him instead of an American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target. The house where he is confined belongs to a Pakistani, whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existence.
Cast
- Sharib Hashmi as Sunny
- Inaamulhaq as Aftaab
- Kumud Mishra as Mehmood
- Gopal Dutt as Jawwad
Production
The Pakistani village depicted is the Beermanna village[6] in Rajasthan, India. The film was declared tax free in Maharashtra due to the idea of binding India and Pakistan.[5]
Awards
In 2013 Filmistaan won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Awards for movies from 2012 were given in 2013.[7]
References
- ↑ "I cannot define patriotism". thehindu.com. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ↑ "Suvarna Chakoram for Sta. Nina". thehindu.com. 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ↑ "Curtains down on IFFK". manoramaonline.com. 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ↑ "60th National Film Awards". ibnlive.in.com. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- 1 2 "Movie Filmistaan declared tax free in Maharashtra". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ↑ "Shooting Locations for Filmistan". filmapia.com.
- ↑ "60th National Film Awards". deccanchronicle.com. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-03-19.