Lahore (film)

Lahore
Directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Produced by Vivek Khatkar
Written by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan & Piyush Mishra
Starring
Music by
Cinematography
  • Neelabh Kaul
  • Rolf Dekens
Edited by
  • Sandeep Singh Bajeli
  • Hidi Lai
Production
company
Sai Om Films Private Limited
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 19 March 2010 (2010-03-19)
Running time
 126 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹ 250,000,000

Lahore (Hindi: लाहौर) is a 2010 Bollywood sports film that was released on 19 March 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 loosely based on American martial arts movie Best of the Best.

The film stars debutants Aanaahad and Shraddha Das in lead roles and has veteran actors like Farooq Shaikh, Nafisa Ali, Nirmal Pandey, Sushant Singh, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kelly Dorji, Mukesh Rishi, 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, especially 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?[1]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Delhi, Mumbai, Lahore, Hyderabad, Ladakh, Lonavala, Malaysia, Bhiwandi, Chembur, Ghatkopar, and Chinchpokli.

Hollywood's master Tony Leung Siu Hung was the action choreographer of Lahore. The background score was by Wayne Sharpe. Lisbeth Scott of Avatar, Munich, and Chronicles of Narnia fame has sung vocals for Lahore — her first Asian film. Rob Miller, who earlier won a Filmfare award for Chak De! India (2007), is Lahore's sports consultant.[2] MM Kreem has done the music.

Home release

Lahore's DVDs and VCDs are available in Hindi with English subtitles on Moserbaer Home Video.[3] The DVD also features the making of the film.

Soundtrack

International awards and recognition

Lahore has won international awards including Special Jury Award at the 42nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival,[4] Best Actor - Aanaahad 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 six nominations at Asian Festival Of First Films, Singapore.

National film awards

After setting the international festival circuits ablaze, Lahore won two awards at the 57th National Film Awards, Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director went to producer Vivek Khatkar and director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan while Farooque Shaikh won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.[5]

Criticism

The film was not released in Pakistan as it was regarded there as portraying Pakistan in a bad light.[6]

Other awards and nominations

6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

Nominated

2011 Zee Cine Awards

Nominated[7]

Subtitles

The film subtitles major places in either Devanagari for India or Nastaleeq for Pakistan.

References

  1. ↑ Kazmi, Nikhat (18 March 2010). "Lahore". The Times Of India.
  2. ↑ "Preview: Lahore". The Times of India. 5 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Lahore on Moserbaer".
  4. ↑ Awards for Lahore at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ "Bollywood holds sway over National Film Awards". The Times of India - Newspaper. 16 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "Will 'Lahore' Hindi movie be released in Pakistan?".
  7. ↑ "Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-01-07.

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