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| Dharm | |
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 Movie poster for Dharm | |
| Directed by | Bhavna Talwar |
| Written by | Varun Gautam (dialogue) Vibha Singh (screenplay) |
| Starring | Pankaj Kapoor Hrishitaa Bhatt Supriya Pathak |
| Edited by | Steven Bernard |
Release dates | June 8, 2007 |
| Language | Hindi |
Dharm is a 2007 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Bhavna Talwar and starring Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak in lead roles. This debut film of the director [1], is based around the theme of communal harmony is set and most of it shot in Varanasi.
Critical Reception
Dharma was premiered [2] at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, and became the closing film of the World Cinema Section at the festival; it was also the official Indian entry to the Festival [1]. It was also screened at 38th International Film Festival of India (2007), in Goa, and later went to film festivals like the 'Cancun Film Festival', Mexico; Asian Film Festival of first films, Singapore; and the 'Palms Spring Festival', California [3].
At home, though it wasn't a box office success, it opened to excellent reviews from the critics [4], and later the world rights of the film were acquired by Films Distribution, France [5].
It was also embroiled in a controversy back home, where it first became one of finalist in race to become India's official entry to Oscars, a race it later lost out to Eklavya: The Royal Guard [6].
Cast
- Pankaj Kapoor
- Hrishitaa Bhatt
- Supriya Pathak
- K. K. Raina
- Daya Shanker Pandey
- Aamir Fahim
- Hozaif IITIAN
- Nazir Bewda
References
- ^ a b Soundtrack of Cannes Fest entry 'Dharm' launchedentertainment.oneindia, Thursday, May 17, 2007
- ^ Cannes World Premiere for Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm screenindia, The Indian Express Group, May 04, 2007.
- ^ Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm to be screened at the IFFI-2007 merinews, 16 November 2007
- ^ Dharm - Movie Review IndiaFM, Friday, June 08, 2007.
- ^ Bhavna Talwar , Creative Director wsgpictures
- ^ "India's entry to Oscars caught in a legal tangle". Reuters India. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
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