Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro | |
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Directed by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
Written by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza Hriday Lani (dialogue) |
Produced by | NFDC |
Starring | Pavan Malhotra Makrand Deshpande Ashutosh Gowariker |
Cinematography | Virendra Saini |
Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
Music by | Sharang Dev |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (transl. Don't Cry for Salim, the Lame) is a 1989 Indian film directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, with Pavan Malhotra as lead.[1][2] The film won the 37th National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1989 and 1990 National Film Award for Best Cinematography.
Plot
The film is set in the period of the Hindutva mobilization of the 1980s, the consequent explosive communal conflict, and its impact on the lives of the young men of the minority Muslim community, represented by a working class Muslim family in Mumbai. Salim Pasha (Langda or Lame) is a small-time thief and goonda and lives with his parents and sister in a shady neighborhood where crime and illegal activities are accepted professions.[3][4][5]
Cast
- Pavan Malhotra as Salim, the Lame (Langda)
- Makrand Deshpande as Peera
- Ashutosh Gowariker as Abdul
- Rajendra Gupta as Aslam
- Neelima Azeem as Mumtaz
- Vikram Gokhale as Salim's father
- Surekha Sikri as Amina, Salim's mother
- Nishigandha Wad as Anees, Salim's Sister
- Haidar Ali as Nathu Seth
- Shakti Singh as Rajan
- Tom Alter as Johan
- Ajit Vachani as Rafiq bhai
- Neeraj Vora as Churan miya
- Naresh Suri as police inspector
- Achyut Potdar as Lala
- Ashok Banthia as Vilas Nakkashe
Awards
- 1989:National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
- 1990:National Film Award for Best Cinematography: Virendra Saini
- 1989:Tokyo international film
References
External links
Categories:
- 1989 films
- 1980s crime drama films
- 1980s Hindi-language films
- Indian films
- Indian crime drama films
- Films about religious violence in India
- Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography National Film Award
- Best Hindi Feature Film National Film Award winners
- Films directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza
- National Film Development Corporation of India films
- 1989 drama films
- 1980s Hindi-language film stubs