Thursday, May 15, 2014

Bioscope – III [ Hindi Offbeat ]



The list consists some of the best offbeat movies from Bollywood.

1. Gram Hawa (1973)

Directed                      :      M. S. Sathyu
Produced                    :      Ishan Arya
ScreenPlay                  :      Kaifi Azmi / Shama Zaidi
Stor                            :      Ismet Chugtai
Cast                            :      Balraj Sahni, Farooq Shaikh,  Geeta Siddharth,
                                          Shaukat Azmi, A. K. Hangal
Music                          :      Aziz Ahmed, Bahadur Khan, Khan Warsi

Awards:

Academy Awards
Nominated
Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
Nominated
Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm
National Film Awards
Won
Best Feature Film on National Integration
Filmfare Awards
Won
Best Dialogue -- Kaifi Azmi
Filmfare Awards
Won
Best Screenplay - Kaifi Azmi,
Filmfare Awards
Won
Best Story - Ismet Chugtai


2. Paar (1984)

Directed by                 :      Goutam Ghose
Screenpaly                  :      Partha Banerjee
Story                          :      Paathi by Samaresh Basu
Starring                       :      Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah. Om Puri
Utpal Dutt


Awards:

    National Film Award
   
Won

 Screenplay - Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee
 Actor- Naseeruddin Shah
 Actress - Shabana Azmi
    Volpi Cup
Won
 Actor - Naseeruddin Shah
    UNESCO Award
Won
Venice Film Festival
    Fipresci Award
Won

    Red Cross Award
Won
Verna Film Festival

3. Jaane Do Bhi Yaaron (1983)

Directed                      :      Kundan Shah
Produced                    :      NFDC
story & screenplay       :      Sudhir Mishra, Kundan Shah
Cast                            :      Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri,
                                          Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Bhakti Barve,
                                          Satish Kaushik, Ashok Banthia, Neena Gupta
Music                          :      Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography          :      Binod Pradhan
Editing by                   :      Renu Saluja

Indira Gandhi Award
Won
Best First Film of a Director - Kundan Shah
Filmfare!Won
Won
Best Comedian - Ravi Baswani


4. Bhuvan Shome (1969)


Directed                      :      Mrinal Sen
Produced                    :      Mrinal Sen Productions
Written                       :      Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
Narrated                     :      Amitabh Bachhan
Starring                       :      Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Mithun Chkraborty
Music                          :      Vijay Raghav Rao
Cinematography          :      K. K. Mahajan

Awards:

    National Film Award
Won
Best Feature Film
    National Film Award
Won
Best Director - Mrinal Sen
    National Film Award
Won
Best Actor - Utpal Dutt


5. Mirch Masala (1987)


Directed                      :      Ketan Mehta
Written                       :      Chunilal Madia, Ketan Mehta, Shafi Hakim
Starring                       :      Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
                                          Suresh Oberoi, Deepti Naval, Dina Pathak,
                                          Mohan Gokhale, Paresh Rawal
Music                          :      Rajat Dholakia
Cinematography          :      Jehangir Choudhury

Awards:

National Film Award
Won
Best Supporting Actor - Suresh Oberoi
Moscow International Film Festival
Nominated
Golden Prize  - Ketan Mehta
Bengal Film Journalists' Association
Won
Best Supporting Actor - Suresh Oberoi



Manthan (1976)


Directed                      :      Shyam Benegal
Produced                    :      Amul
Dialogue                     :      Kaifi Azmi
Screenplay                  :      Vijay Tendulkar
Story                          :      Verghese Kurien & Shyam Benegal
Cast                            :      Smita Patil, Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah,
                                          Amrish Puri
Music                          :      Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography          :      Govind Nihalani
Editing                        :      Bhanudas Divakar



Awards:

National Film Award
Won

 Best Feature Film
 Best Screenplay - Vijay Tendulkar
Academy Award
Not nominated
Indian film  for Best Foreign Language Film
Filmfare Award
Won
 Best Female Playback Singer - Preeti Sagar


Holy by Ketan Mehta, which was Aamir Khan’s debut movie, Kalyug and Damul are the few other names could have included in the list.

!!! In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it. - Daniel Waters!!!

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