Naseem (film)
Naseem | |
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Makrand Deshpande | |
Cinematography | Virendra Saini |
Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
Music by | Vanraj Bhatia Sharang Dev |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Naseem (transl. The Morning Breeze) is a 1995
Plot
The film is set between June and December 1992, the days preceding the infamous demolition of the structure of
Muslim family and her ailing grandfather takes the story forward as the family watches with increasing horror on their TV the news of the growing tension between Muslims and Hindus. The grandfather keeps regaling her with stories of life marked by communal harmony in the pre-independence city of Agra
. As communal tension erupts in the city of Bombay, Naseem notices changing dynamics at her school and in the neighborhood, while her grandfather watches helplessly at a city getting deeply divided on communal lines. The old man dies on 6 December coinciding with the news of the destruction of the mosque.
Cast
- Mayuri Kangoas Naseem
- Kaifi Azmi as Naseem's Grandfather
- Seema Kelkar as Naseem's Grandmother
- Kay Kay Menon as Zafar
- Salim Shah as Mushtaq
- Makrand Deshpande
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Naseem's Father
- Surekha Sikri as Naseem's Mother
Reception
Reviewing the film at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India, S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote that "Mayoori Kango as Naseem has exceled in acting in quite a number of scenes. The director Saeed Akthar Mirza has done his home work properly. The film is the pick among the Panorama selections".[2]
Accolades
The film won National Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay for Saeed Akhtar Mirza.[3]
References
- ^ "Saeed Mirza's 'Naseem', starring Kaifi Azmi, Mayuri Kango". India Today. 31 December 1996.
- ^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (12 January 1996). "The cream of Indian cinema". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996.
- ^ "Naseem". The Hindu. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
External links
- Naseem at IMDb
- Naseem (The Morning Breeze) at Rotten Tomatoes
- Naseem (1996) at AllMovie