Lahore (film)
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Lahore is a 2010 Bollywood
sports film that was released on March 19, 2010. It was directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
and produced by Vivek Khatkar
, with Sai Om Films Pvt. Ltd.’s, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie is based on 1989 martial arts film Best of the Best
.
The film stars debutants Aanaahad
and Shraddha Das
in lead roles and has veteran actors like Farouque Shaikh, Nafisa Ali, Late Nirmal Pandey
, Sushant Singh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kelly Dorji, Mukesh Rishi, K Jeeva, Shraddha Nigam in key roles.
, Mumbai
, Lahore
, Hyderabad, Ladakh, Lonavala, Malaysia & Bhiwandi
.
Hollywood's Master Tony Leung Siu Hung was the Action Choreographer of the film. Background Score has been done by Wayne Sharpe. Lisbeth Scott
of Avatar, Munich
, and Chronicles of Narnia
fame has sung vocals for Lahore also her first Asian Film. Rob Miller, who earlier won a Filmfare award for Chak De! India (2007), is Lahore's sports consultant. MM Kreem has done music for the film.
at Tenerife International Film Festival(UK), Most Aspiring Film Maker(Sanjay Chauhan) at Filmmakers International Film Festival(UK), Best actor - Aanaahad
- at Salento International Film Festival, Italy and had all 6 nominations at Asian Festival Of First Films, Singapore.
went to producer Vivek Khatkar and director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan while Farooque Shaikh won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
.
Many have criticized the movie Lahore for its overtly hateful message portraying Pakistan in a bad light and sensationalizing the conflict between the two countries. .
Nominated
2011 Zee Cine Awards
Nominated
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
sports film that was released on March 19, 2010. It was directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for his award winning and internationally acclaimed film Lahore....
and produced by Vivek Khatkar
Vivek Khatkar
Vivek Khatkar is an Indian film producer, who is most known for his award winning and internationally acclaimed film Lahore.He received the Indira Gandhi Award at the 2009 National Film Award.-Career:...
, with Sai Om Films Pvt. Ltd.’s, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie is based on 1989 martial arts film Best of the Best
Best of the Best
Best of the Best is a 1989 martial arts film. The plot revolves around a team of Americans facing a team of Koreans in a taekwondo tournament. Several sub plots pop up in the story - moral conflicts, the power of the human spirit triumphing over adversity are some themes...
.
The film stars debutants Aanaahad
Aanaahad
Aanaahad is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He first appeared in the 2010 award winning, internationally acclaimed film Lahore for which he won award for Best Actor at Salento International Film Festival, 2009 and Tenerife International Film Festival, 2009.- Career :Aanaahad made...
and Shraddha Das
Shraddha Das
Shraddha Das is an Indian film actress who has mainly appeared in Telugu films.-Early life:Shraddha Das was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bengali parents. Her father is a businessman, who hails from Purulia, while her mother is a housewife. She was brought up in Mumbai, where she completed her...
in lead roles and has veteran actors like Farouque Shaikh, Nafisa Ali, Late Nirmal Pandey
Nirmal Pandey
Nirmal Pandey was an Indian Bollywood actor, who was known for his role Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen , for portrayal of a transvestite in Daayraa for which he won a Best Actor Valenti award in France, Train To Pakistan and Godmother .He was supposed to watch his latest film...
, Sushant Singh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kelly Dorji, Mukesh Rishi, K Jeeva, Shraddha Nigam in key roles.
Plot
An Indian kickboxer defeats a Pakistani kickboxer in an international tournament. But the event ends in a tragedy due to the Pakistani players intemperance. Will the peace process, initiated by the two countries lose its momentum, specially when the Indian hero's brother is determined to avenge his family, and country during a second international bout that is being held in Lahore this time?Cast
- AanaahadAanaahadAanaahad is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He first appeared in the 2010 award winning, internationally acclaimed film Lahore for which he won award for Best Actor at Salento International Film Festival, 2009 and Tenerife International Film Festival, 2009.- Career :Aanaahad made...
... Veerender Singh - Sushant SinghSushant SinghSushant Singh is an Indian actor, born in 1971.-Biography:He hails from Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh. He did his schooling from a residential public school in Nainital - Birla Vidya Mandir. He did his post graduation in English Literature from Kirori Mal College and was involved with the fine...
... Dheeru - Farooq ShaikhFarooq ShaikhFarooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema...
... S K Rao - Shraddha NigamShraddha NigamShraddha Nigam is an Indian television actress. She was very popular after her debut serial Choodiyan. She then played the role of a detective in popular serial Krishna Arjun along with Hussain Kuwajerwala.-Career:...
... Neela Chaudhary - Shraddha DasShraddha DasShraddha Das is an Indian film actress who has mainly appeared in Telugu films.-Early life:Shraddha Das was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bengali parents. Her father is a businessman, who hails from Purulia, while her mother is a housewife. She was brought up in Mumbai, where she completed her...
... Ida - Mukesh RishiMukesh RishiMukesh Rishi is an Indian film actor who works in Bollywood and Tollywood and Canada. Coming from a brahmin family in Jammu, Mukesh was the first person in his family to try his luck in the world of cinema...
... Noor Mohammmad - Nafisa Ali ... Amma
- Sabyasachi ChakrabortySabyasachi ChakrabortySabyasachi Chakraborty is a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. Sabyasachi Chakraborty is one of the most talented and prolific actors of Bengal whose acting prowess is well known all over India.-Early life:...
... Sikandar Hyaat Khan - Kelly DorjiKelly DorjiKelly Dorji is a Bhutanese actor and model based in Mumbai, India. He studied at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and later St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Dorji got his break into the mainstream through the Gladrags Manhunt Contest....
... Gajanan - Jeeva ... Kunjal bhaskar Reddy
- Pramod Mouthu ... Shahnawaz Qureshi
- Nirmal PandeyNirmal PandeyNirmal Pandey was an Indian Bollywood actor, who was known for his role Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen , for portrayal of a transvestite in Daayraa for which he won a Best Actor Valenti award in France, Train To Pakistan and Godmother .He was supposed to watch his latest film...
... Anwar Shaikh - Saurabh ShuklaSaurabh Shukla-Early life:Shukla's family left Gorakhpur for Delhi when he was two years old. After completing his schooling, he did his graduation from Khalsa College, Delhi...
... Madhav Suri - Ashish VidyarthiAshish VidyarthiAshish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....
... Mohd. Akhtar
Production
The film was shot in DelhiDelhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Hyderabad, Ladakh, Lonavala, Malaysia & Bhiwandi
Bhiwandi
Bhiwandi is a city, in the district of Thane, in the western state of Maharashtra, in India, located 20 km to the north-east of Mumbai and 15 km to the north-east of Thane city...
.
Hollywood's Master Tony Leung Siu Hung was the Action Choreographer of the film. Background Score has been done by Wayne Sharpe. Lisbeth Scott
Lisbeth Scott
Lisbeth Scott is a vocalist who was featured on the soundtracks for the films The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Munich. For the first film, she co-wrote and performed the song "Where." She also co-wrote and performed "Good...
of Avatar, Munich
Munich (film)
Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
, and Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of English fantasy films from Walden Media that are based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of novels written by C. S. Lewis...
fame has sung vocals for Lahore also her first Asian Film. Rob Miller, who earlier won a Filmfare award for Chak De! India (2007), is Lahore's sports consultant. MM Kreem has done music for the film.
Home release
Lahore's DVD's and VCD's are available in Hindi with English subtitles on Moserbaer Home Video. DVD also features making of the film.Soundtrack
- Ab Ye Kaafila - KK, Karthik, M.M. Keeravani
- Musafir - Daler Mehndi
- Rang De - Shankar Mahadevan, Shilpa Rao
- Saaware - M.M. Keeravani
- Musafir - M.M. Keeravani
- O Re Bande - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shilpa Rao
- Lahore Theme - Lisbeth Scott
- Fitrat - Surendra Chaturvedi (Lyrics)
International awards and recognition
It has already won various international awards including, Special Jury Award at the 42nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Best Actor - AanaahadAanaahad
Aanaahad is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He first appeared in the 2010 award winning, internationally acclaimed film Lahore for which he won award for Best Actor at Salento International Film Festival, 2009 and Tenerife International Film Festival, 2009.- Career :Aanaahad made...
at Tenerife International Film Festival(UK), Most Aspiring Film Maker(Sanjay Chauhan) at Filmmakers International Film Festival(UK), Best actor - Aanaahad
Aanaahad
Aanaahad is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He first appeared in the 2010 award winning, internationally acclaimed film Lahore for which he won award for Best Actor at Salento International Film Festival, 2009 and Tenerife International Film Festival, 2009.- Career :Aanaahad made...
- at Salento International Film Festival, Italy and had all 6 nominations at Asian Festival Of First Films, Singapore.
National film awards
After setting the international festival circuits ablaze, Lahore bagged two awards at the 57th National Film Awards, The Indira Gandhi Award for best debut film by a directorIndira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director
The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is a National Film Award - Golden Lotus Award, given to a feature film director's first film.The National Film Award - Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director winners:...
went to producer Vivek Khatkar and director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan while Farooque Shaikh won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual award that was first given in 1968. The actors to have won the most awards in this category include Nana Patekar, Atul Kulkarni, and Pankaj Kapoor, each have received two....
.
Criticism
Many have criticized the movie Lahore for its overtly hateful message portraying Pakistan in a bad light and sensationalizing the conflict between the two countries. .
Other awards and nominations
6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild AwardsNominated
- Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) - Farouque Sheikh
2011 Zee Cine Awards
Zee Cine Awards
The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. It was first held in 1998 in Mumbai. Since then, it has gained substantial popularity as a notable awards ceremony to the Indian population as well as to the viewers of Zee Network.In 2004, the ZCA went...
Nominated
- Star Screen Awards for Best Background Score 2010 - Wayne Sharpe
- Stardust Awards for Hottest New Director 2010 - Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Trivia
- The film subtitles major places in either DevanagariDevanagariDevanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
for India; or Nastaleeq for Pakistan.
External links
- Kickboxing for Peace
- Lahore's been a prefect launch : Aanaahad
- The film chose me
- Kelly In Lahore
- Punch Factor: Aanaahad Kicks Up Acclaim
- Feluda In Lahore
- What I took back from the film is a son. Aanaahad still calls me amma. - Nafisa Ali
- Aanaahad didn’t have time to look good!
- Sushant Learning Kick Boxing For Lahore
- Lahore SHoot Complete
- ‘Acting Is Not As Easy As Everyone Makes It Out To Be’