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 Rabi Ghosh
Music by	Goutam Ghose
Cinematography	Goutam Ghose
Edited by	Moloy Banerjee
Production company	G.N.S. Motion Pictures
Release dates	1993 (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 Rabi 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

Shabana Azmi as Jitni
Shafiq Syed as Somra
Om Puri as Mathura
Rabi Ghosh
Abul Khair
Mohan Agashe
Ashad Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha as Rabbani
Durba Sahay as Collector's Wife

References

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

External links

Patang at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Goutam Ghose

Maa Bhoomi (1979) Dakhal (1981) Paar (1984) Antarjali Jatra (1987) Padma Nadir Majhi (1992) Patang (1993) Gudia(1997) Abar Aranye (2003) Yatra (2006) Kaalbela (2009) Moner Manush (2010) Shunyo Awnko (2012)

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1954–1960

Mirza Ghalib (1954) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955) No Award (1956) Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) Madhumati (1958) Anari (1959) Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Certificate of Merit	Jagriti (1954) Shree 420 and Devdas (1955) Basant Bahar (1956) Mother India and Musafir (1957) Lajwanti and Karigar (1958) No Award (1959) Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai and Kanoon (1960)

1961–1980

Dharmputra (1961) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) Bandini (1963) Dosti (1964) Shaheed (1965) — (1966) Hamraaz (1967) Aashirwad (1968) Satyakam (1969) Anand (1970) — (1971) Maya Darpan (1972) 27 Down (1973) No Award (1974) Nishant (1975) — (1976) Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) (1977) Kasturi and Junoon (1978) — (1979) Aakrosh (1980)

Certificate of Merit	Gunga Jumna and Pyaar Ki Pyaas (1961) No Award (1962) Mere Mehboob and Gumrah (1963) Yaadein and Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (1964) Oonche Log and Guide (1965) Discontinued after 1965

1981–2000

2001–present

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