Naseem (film)
| Naseem | |
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| Directed by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Written by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Screenplay by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza Ashok Mishra |
| Produced by | NFDC |
| Starring | Mayuri Kango Kaifi Azmi Kay Kay Menon Surekha Sikri Kulbhushan Kharbanda Makrand Deshpande |
| Cinematography | Virendra Saini |
| Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia Sharang Dev |
Release date | 1995 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Naseem (transl. The Morning Breeze) is a 1995 Hindi film directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza. The film starred well-known Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, Mayuri Kango, , Surekha Sikri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Kay Kay Menon.[1]
Plot[]
The film is set between June and December 1992, the days preceding the infamous demolition of the structure of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh by misguided groups. The relationship between Naseem, a 15-year-old schoolgirl belonging to a middle class Bombay based 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.[2][3]
Cast[]
- Mayuri Kango as Naseem
- Kaifi Azmi as Naseem's Grandfather
- as Naseem's Grandmother
- Kay Kay Menon as Zafar
- Salim Shah as Mushtaq
- Makrand Deshpande
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Surekha Sikri
Accolades[]
The film won National Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay for Saeed Akhtar Mirza.[4]
References[]
- ^ December 31, india today digital; December 31, 1996 ISSUE DATE; June 11, 1996UPDATED; Ist, 2013 18:43. "Saeed Mirza's 'Naseem', starring Kaifi Azmi, Mayuri Kango". India Today.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Profile-Saeed Akhtar Mirza". Upper Stall. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Naseem – A film by Saeed Akhtar Mirza in 1995". South Asia Citizen's Web. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Naseem". The Hindu. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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