Godmother (film)

Godmother

Directed by	Vinay Shukla
Produced by	Rajat Sengupta
Written by	Vinay Shukla
Starring	Shabana Azmi Milind Gunaji Nirmal Pandey
Music by	Vishal Bhardwaj
Cinematography	Rajan Kothari
Edited by	Renu Saluja
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release dates	15 October 1999 (1999-10-15)
Running time	150 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Godmother is a 1999 Hindi biographical drama film directed by Vinay Shukla released in 1999, and ostensibly inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja, who ran the Mafia operations of Porbandar, Gujarat in the late 1980s and early 1990s and later turned politician.^[1]

Cast

Shabana Azmi - Rambhi
Milind Gunaji - Veeram
Nirmal Pandey - Jakhra
Govind Namdev - Kesubhai
Vinit Kumar - Lakhubhai
Loveleen Mishra - Ramde's Wife
Raima Sen - Sejal
Sharman Joshi - Karsan

Music

Vishal Bhardwaj for the music & Javed Akhtar for lyrics grabbed the National Awards for this movie. The songs in the movie were as below.

"Gunje Gagan Gunje Lalkaren Ham" (Singer:Roop Kumar Rathod)
"Matee Re Matee Re" (Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)
"Raja Kee Kahanee Puranee Ho Gayee" (Singer: Usha Uthup, Rekha, Kavita Krishnamurthy )
"Suno Re Suno Re Bhayila" (Singer: Sanjeev Abhyankar )
"Tum Agar Yeh Mujhse Puchho" (Singer: Abhijeet )

Awards

National Film Awards

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Best Story Award: Vinay Shukla

IIFA Awards

IIFA Best Background Score Award: Vishal Dadlani

References

↑ "Santokben 'Godmother' Jadeja dead". Rediff.com News. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-03.

External links

Godmother at the Internet Movie Database
Godmother at Yashraj Films

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1954–1960

Mirza Ghalib (1954) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955) No Award (1956) Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) Madhumati (1958) Anari (1959) Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Certificate of Merit	Jagriti (1954) Shree 420 and Devdas (1955) Basant Bahar (1956) Mother India and Musafir (1957) Lajwanti and Karigar (1958) No Award (1959) Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai and Kanoon (1960)

1961–1980

Dharmputra (1961) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) Bandini (1963) Dosti (1964) Shaheed (1965) — (1966) Hamraaz (1967) Aashirwad (1968) Satyakam (1969) Anand (1970) — (1971) Maya Darpan (1972) 27 Down (1973) No Award (1974) Nishant (1975) — (1976) Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) (1977) Kasturi and Junoon (1978) — (1979) Aakrosh (1980)

Certificate of Merit	Gunga Jumna and Pyaar Ki Pyaas (1961) No Award (1962) Mere Mehboob and Gumrah (1963) Yaadein and Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (1964) Oonche Log and Guide (1965) Discontinued after 1965

1981–2000

2001–present

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