Dharm (film)
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K.K.Raina | |
Edited by | Steven Bernard |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Dharm (English: Religion) is a 2007 Hindi film directed by
At the 2007
Plot
The story is based in
Critical reception
Dharma was premiered[5] at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and became the closing film of the World Cinema Section at the festival; it was also the official Indian entry to the Festival.[1] It was screened at 38th International Film Festival of India (2007), in Goa, and later went to film festivals like the Cancun Film Festival, Mexico; Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore; and the Palms Spring Festival, California.[6] The film was awarded the Swarovski Trophy for Best Film at the Asian Festival of First Films.[7]
At home, though it wasn't a box office success, it opened to excellent reviews from the critics[8] and later the world rights of the film were acquired by Films Distribution, France.[9]
Dharm was embroiled in a controversy in India, where it became one of the finalists for India's official entry to the Oscars, a race it lost to Eklavya: The Royal Guard.[10]
Cast
- Pankaj Kapooras Pandit Chaturvedi
- Supriya Pathak as Parvati
- Hrishitaa Bhatt as Mani
- Pankaj Tripathi as Surya Prakash
- K. K. Raina as Surya Prakash's father
- Daya Shankar Pandey as Pandit at the Ganga River Banks
References
- ^ a b Soundtrack of Cannes Fest entry 'Dharm' launched entertainment.oneindia, Thursday, 17 May 2007
- Govt. of India).
- ^ Preview: Acceptance in Cannes bestows prestige and honour Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cannes, India celebrate 60 years
- ^ Cannes World Premiere for Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm screenindia, The Indian Express Group, 4 May 2007.
- ^ Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm to be screened at the IFFI-2007 merinews, 16 November 2007
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ Dharm - Movie Review Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine IndiaFM, Friday, 8 June 2007.
- ^ Bhavna Talwar, Creative Director Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine wsgpictures
- ^ "India's entry to Oscars caught in a legal tangle". Reuters India. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2007.