Patang (film)

Patang
Poster
Directed by	Goutam Ghose
Screenplay by	Goutam Ghose Ain Rasheed Khan, Sanjay Sahay
Story by	Sanjay Sahay
Produced by	Sanjay Sahay Durba Sahay
Starring	Shabana Azmi Shafiq Syed Om Puri Rabi Ghosh
Cinematography	Goutam Ghose
Edited by	Moloy Banerjee
Music by	Goutam Ghose
Production company	G.N.S. Motion Pictures
Release date	1993 (1993)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Patang ('Kite') is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Rabi Ghosh. It is set in small railway station near Gaya and shows the lives of people in illegal slums near it. ^{[1] [2]} The film was shot in Gaya and Manpur in Bihar.

At the 41st National Film Awards (for 1993), Patang won the award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. ^[3] At the Taormina Film Fest, Shabana Azmi won the Best Actress Award. ^[4] Child actor Shafiq Syed, who played the lead role of Krishna (Chaipau) in Mira Nair's Academy Award-nominated film Salaam Bombay! (1988), acted in the film. This was the only other one he did. ^[5]

Plot

Son of Jitni, Somra resides in Manpur, a tiny Bihar railway station close to Gaya. Somra has a kite obsession. Jitni and Mathura, a small-time criminal, have a covert but acknowledged relationship. Rabbani, an idealistic railway officer, tries in vain to alter a system that is closely associated with politicians, criminals, and bureaucracy. With kites flapping in the background, shady transactions take place in the relentless heat.

Cast

• Shabana Azmi as Jitni
• Shafiq Syed as Somra
• Om Puri as Mathura
• Rabi Ghosh
• Abul Khair
• Mohan Agashe
• Kamlesh Kunti Singh
• Ashad Sinha
• Shatrughan Sinha as Rabbani
• Durba Sahay as Collector's Wife

References

1. "Patang". Goutam Ghose website. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
2. Sandra Brennan. "Patang". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
3. "41st National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016.
4. "Patang – Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
5. K.M. Rakesh (1 May 2012). "Salaam Bombay tea boy to TV help". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

External links

• Patang at IMDb