| Hu Tu Tu | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Gulzar |
| Screenplay by | Gulzar Meghna Gulzar |
| Produced by | Dhirajlal Shah |
| Starring | Nana Patekar Sunil Shetty Tabu Suhasini Mulay |
| Cinematography | Manmohan Singh Rajan Kothari |
| Edited by | Ram Koti Ram Sada |
| Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Release date |
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Running time | 173 Mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Hu Tu Tu is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Gulzar, starring Nana Patekar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu and Suhasini Mulay. [1]
The story opens with the kidnapping of Panna Barve, the daughter of Chief Minister Malti Barve. The responsible gang's demand is that one of their members be released from police custody. While in captivity, Panna reminisces about her childhood, where she had to struggle to grow up with a power hungry and inconsiderate mother and a simple, quiet, and spineless father. Panna's mother had also been carrying on a rather open affair with party co-member Sawantrao Gadre. Flashback over and Panna soon meets the man behind her kidnapping Aditya Patel who Panna knows from before.
Via second flashback, we learn that Panna and "Adi" were lovers once upon a time. Their closeness stemmed from the fact that he also was struggling with a corrupt parent in the form of businessman father, P.N. Patel. Panna and Adi both find solace in a poor basti with the company of Adi's old teacher Joshi Master and in the philosophy of poet Bhau, much to the dismay of the couple's respective parents. Bhau even goes to the extent of becoming Malti's most vociferous opponent. Due to a sudden car accident, however, Adi is presumed dead and Panna loses Adi's out-of-wedlock baby before it can be born. Thus ends the second flashback.
Getting back to the kidnapping, Adi and Panna reunite after quite some time. They talk to each other and piece together the events that have occurred since their separation. Just then, the missing gang member is sent back to Adi. It is none other than Bhau, who is returned to the gang with his brain destroyed by electric shock. News also comes that Joshi Master is killed in jail and it is portrayed as a suicide. Panna and Adi then decide what the best form of poetic justice will be for their parents. They both sneak into an election campaign of Malti Barve and P.N. Patel, and explode bombs attached to them, thus destroying everything. The film ends with Panna's father working as headmaster in a school.
Gulzar suggests that although we have already ruined the world for Generation X, we should focus our efforts into the protection and education of our school children. If we shield them from this corruption, they will become the leaders of tomorrow, and they will run the country the way it should be.
| Hu Tu Tu | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1998 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Tips Music |
Music by Vishal Bhardwaj. [2]
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Hu Tu Tu ranks as one of Gulzar's finest and is a must see". [3] A critic from India Today wrote that "Hu Tu Tu may well be Gulzar's political manifesto. The brutally honest and uncompromising statement doesn't make it easy for even the audience or the box office". [4]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Filmfare Awards | Best Actress | Tabu | Nominated |
| Best Actress (Critics) | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Suhasini Mulay | Nominated | ||
| National Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
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