Dhanak
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Dhanak (Hindi pronunciation:
Plot
Every morning Pari (Hetal Gada) and Chotu's (Krrish Chhabria) long walk to school begins with a coin toss outside their hut. The winner will decide if the story that will be told on the way to school that day will be one about a Shah Rukh Khan film or a Salman Khan film. The siblings are rivals in their love for the two stars. Pari is devoted to Shah Rukh and Chotu worships Salman Khan (down to wearing a replica of the star's trademark silver bracelet with a blue stone).
Ten-year-old Pari holds her precocious eight-year-old brother's hand throughout the journey to school and back. She's not just his friend and sister but, since Chotu is visually impaired, also his guide. With just months to go before Chotu turns nine, Pari feels the pressure to fulfill her promise to her brother - that he will have his eyesight back before his ninth birthday.
She finds some hope when she spots a poster of Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) encouraging eye donations. She begins to write him letters addressed to his home, Mannat, in Mumbai, which go unanswered. Eventually, they realize that he is not in Mumbai, but in a village in Rajasthan for a film shoot portraying a Rajput Prince. Convinced that a meeting with SRK is all it would take to get Chotu his eyes back, the children set off alone on a 300 km journey traversing testing terrain.
Cast
- Krrish Chhabria as Chotu
- Hetal Gada as Pari
- Vipin Sharma as Dungaram
- Gulfam Khan as Gowri
- Idhant Singh as Madan Mohan
- Swastik Chavan as Bully
- Narendra Singh Rajpurohit as Bathposh
- Harmeet Arora as Aashajii
- Rajiv Laxmanas Gardu
- Pratyaksh Kalra as Shamsher Singh
- Rahul Lohani as Saffron Robed man
- Ramakant Dayma as Prataap Sharma (Kidnapper)
- Vibha Chibber as Sheera Mata/Vibha
- Ramakant Dayama as Old Man (Kidnapper)
- Chet Dixon as Douglas Adams (special appearance in Damadam)
- Flora Saini as Gypsy Woman
- Bharati Achrekar as Dadisa
- Suresh Menon as Badrinath
- Ninad Kamat as Aatmaram Khandelwal
- Vinny Arora as Asha
- Priyank Sharma
Production
Dhanak was entirely shot in Jodhpur, and Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.[4][8]
Release
The film was premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).[9] Dhanak was also screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released nationwide in India on 17 June 2016.[4][10]
Accolades
The film won the
Soundtrack
All songs were composed and produced by Tapas Relia. The lyrics were by Manoj Yadav, Mir Ali Husain and Tapas Relia.
| No. | Title | Singers | Lyricist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chal Chalein" | Papon , Vibha Saraf, Shivamm Pathak
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Ali Mir Husain | 5:21 |
| 2 | "Jeene Se Bhi Zyada Jiyein" | Shivamm Pathak | Manoj Yadav | 5:02 |
| 3 | "Dhanak" | Monali Thakur | Ali Mir Husain | 5:10 |
| 4 | "Damadam" (Let's Give Love A Chance) | Chet Dixon, Devu Khan Manganiyar | Tapas Relia, Traditional | 4:40 |
| 5 | "Mehandi" | Anwar Khan Manganiyar, Swaroop Khan, Niyaz Khan | Traditional | 3:56 |
References
- ^ "'Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dhanak' has Shah Rukh Khan's magic". indiaglitz.
- ^ "'Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dhanak' has Shah Rukh Khan's magic". indiaglitz.
- ^ "Dream come true to be working with Nagesh Kukunoor again in Dhanak: Flora Saini". 17 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dhanak' now set to release on June 17th, 2016". imdb.
- ^ "Dhanak movie review: A charming film about the power of love & SRK".
- ^ a b "64th National Film Awards, 2016" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "- Berlinale - Archive - Annual Archives - 2015 - Programme - Dhanak - Rainbow - Regenbogen".
- ^ "Dream come true to be working with Nagesh Kukunoor again in Dhanak: Flora Saini". 17 June 2016.
- ^ a b "- Berlinale - Archive - Annual Archives - 2015 - Programme - Dhanak - Rainbow - Regenbogen".
- ^ "Dhanak movie review: A charming film about the power of love & SRK".
- ^ "'Dhanak' honoured in Poland".
External links
- Dhanak at IMDb
