| Tahaan | Santosh Sivan | Rahul Bose, Sarika, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher | Adventure, Drama |
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A local moneylender takes away an eight-year-old boy's pet donkey in lieu of an unpaid loan. When the boy goes to retrieve it, he meets a terrorist who gives him a grenade to fulfil a task.
Release date: 5 September 2008 (India)
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5 September 2008. Country, India. Language, Hindi. Tahaan – A Boy With a Grenade (Hindi: तहान) is an Indian drama film by Santosh Sivan.
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Tahaan – A Boy With a Grenade (Hindi: तहान) is an Indian drama film by Santosh Sivan. The film is based on the life of a young boy and his pet donkey.[1] It is a fable-like journey of the eponymous
eight-year-old boy, whose life revolves around the pursuit to find real
purpose in his little world. The film stars Purav Bhandare as the young
boy. Anupam Kher, Sarika, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna and Victor Banerjee form the rest of the cast. It was filmed on location in Jammu and Kashmir.
On his way back home, Tahaan encounters Idrees, a teenager who discourages him, saying that his efforts will not be sufficient to get Birbal back. Instead he suggests to do him a favour. Tahaan is asked to take a package across the mountains in his onward journey. Upon seeing his eagerness, Idrees hands him over a grenade and says that when the time is right, he will be told what needs to be done. At a checkpoint the package and grenade are not discovered due to the fact that the soldiers know and trust Subhan Darr. Tahaan is about to commit a terrorist act with the grenade and has already removed the pin, when he changes his mind and throws it safely in a river. He then sees his father emerge from the building he almost blew up. Subhan's nephew learns that Tahaan is fond of Birbal, and at his request Subhan gives the donkey back to Tahaan.
Since Kashmir is a strife-torn area, films are rarely picturised there. However, in the case of this film, Sivan thought that audiences can relate it to the film well.[3] It was only after 18 years that a film was filmed in Kashmir.[4]
While filming in Pahalgam, Sivan realised to his surprise that children were comfortable with guns. It seemed to him that it was a part of everyday life for them.[5][6] The film makes eloquent use of Quranic verses or azaan, for which the director took help from research scholars in Kashmir.
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Plot
After salvaging money using various means, Tahaan reaches the moneylender to reclaim Birbal. He is told that old Subhan Dar (Anupam Kher) bought the donkey and went across the mountains in which Tahaan's father went missing. Gathering courage, Tahaan goes in search of the old man. He finds him and he follows Subhan and his assistant Zafar (Rahul Bose) and their mule train, leading Birbal despite their protests. Although Subhan promises to return Birbal to Tahaan if he can win a race against the incompetent Zafar, when he wins Subhan refuses to give him Birbal. Instead, Subhan gives the donkey to his eight-year-old nephew. Zafar tries to give Tahaan his sunglasses as a replacement for the donkey, but Tahaan will not accept the gift.On his way back home, Tahaan encounters Idrees, a teenager who discourages him, saying that his efforts will not be sufficient to get Birbal back. Instead he suggests to do him a favour. Tahaan is asked to take a package across the mountains in his onward journey. Upon seeing his eagerness, Idrees hands him over a grenade and says that when the time is right, he will be told what needs to be done. At a checkpoint the package and grenade are not discovered due to the fact that the soldiers know and trust Subhan Darr. Tahaan is about to commit a terrorist act with the grenade and has already removed the pin, when he changes his mind and throws it safely in a river. He then sees his father emerge from the building he almost blew up. Subhan's nephew learns that Tahaan is fond of Birbal, and at his request Subhan gives the donkey back to Tahaan.
Cast
- Purav Bhandare.... Tahaan
- Rahul Bose.... Zafar
- Anupam Kher.... Subhan[2]
- Sarika.... Haba
- Victor Banerjee.... Grandfather
- Rahul Khanna.... Kuku Saab
- Fatima Sana Shaikh.... Zoya
- Ankush Dubey.... Idrees
- Dheirya Sonech.... Yasin
- Rasika Dugal
- Tavasvat singh(babina )
Production
After major commercial releases such as The Terrorist (1999), Asoka (2001), Anandabhadram (2005) and Before the Rains (2007), award-winning director Santosh Sivan got the idea for this film after reading a newspaper report. He formed a fable-like story from the report.[3]Since Kashmir is a strife-torn area, films are rarely picturised there. However, in the case of this film, Sivan thought that audiences can relate it to the film well.[3] It was only after 18 years that a film was filmed in Kashmir.[4]
While filming in Pahalgam, Sivan realised to his surprise that children were comfortable with guns. It seemed to him that it was a part of everyday life for them.[5][6] The film makes eloquent use of Quranic verses or azaan, for which the director took help from research scholars in Kashmir.
When shooting there we only wanted to show the real life. I had heard some Quranic verses there at some Dargah. I thought I could use them to send a message of hope. I wanted to use the azaan for a nice purpose, a beautiful thing, not for any wrong deed... At the end I wanted to show the positive power of a dream.[5]
Soundtrack
| Tahaan | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Taufique Qureshi & Kvanaa | |
| Released | 3 September 2008[7] |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 38:04 |
| Label | T-Series |
| Tracklist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Jee Lo" | Mehboob | Adnan Sami | 04:18 |
| 2. | "Mastaan Mastaan" (Modern) | Mehboob | Ritesh Menon | 05:15 |
| 3. | "Mastaan Mastaan" (Folk) | Fazil Kashmiri | Gulzar Ahmad Ganai | 03:39 |
| 4. | "Chakhri" (Modern) | Mehboob | Sumedha Karmahe | 03:48 |
| 5. | "Tahaan" (Victory Theme) | 01:16 | ||
| 6. | "Tahaan" (The Beginning) | 02:05 | ||
| 7. | "Ha Faqeero" | A.G. Madhosh | Gulzar Ahmad Ganai | 06:08 |
| 8. | "Agony" | 00:47 | ||
| 9. | "The Missing" | 01:34 | ||
| 10. | "Hope" | 01:24 | ||
| 11. | "Storytelling" | 01:08 | ||
| 12. | "Shaft of Light" | 02:03 | ||
| 13. | "Kashmiri Pundit's" | 01:19 | ||
| 14. | "Idrees's" (Rebel Theme) | 01:24 | ||
| 15. | "Dilemma" | 00:48 | ||
| 16. | "Tahaan Theme" (Slow) | 01:08 | ||
| Total length: | 38:04 | |||
Critical reception
The film opened to generally positive reviews. Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu hailed the film as a 'visual poem' and "Responsible cinema, brilliant cinema."[6] Raja Sen of Rediff gave it 4 out of 5 stars, calling it a "must-watch".[8] Rajiv Masand of CNN-IBN called it a "film of great virtue" and gave 3 out of 5 stars.[9] Baradwaj Rangan called it a "film of first-rate performances".[10]Awards
- Tahaan won a High Commendation in Children's Feature Film section at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[11]
- Tahaan Won Best feature film award, CIFEJ Award (Centre International du Film pour l' Enfant et la Jeunesse)and UNICEF Award at 11th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People in 2008 held at Greece[12]
- Tahaan won "The German Star of India award" at "Bollywood and Beyond" festival at Stuttgart Germany in 2009[13]
Festivals
The film has gone to the following festivals:- 2008
- Pusan
- Rome
- Cinekid
- London Film Festival
- Olympia Film Festival in Greece. (Winner of 3 awards at the festival)
- Amazonas in Brazil
- 2009
- Palm Springs Festival in the USA.
- Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Stockholm International Film Festival
- New York International Children’s Film Festival
- Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland
- Cairo International Film Festival
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Titanic International Film Festival (Hungary)
- Movies that Matter (Amsterdam) Showcase sponsored by the Amnesty International.
- Munich Film Festival
- Stuttgart Festival
Distribution
Tahaan was picked up for US distribution by GKIDS.[14] The film will play as the Centerpiece Selection of the MIAAC Indian Film Festival,[15] as well as the Starz Denver Film Festival,[16] the St Louis Film Festival,[17] the Three Rivers Film Festival,[18] and the New York/San Francisco International Children's Film Festival.[19]References
| Tahaan – A Boy With a Grenade | |
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| Directed by | Santosh Sivan |
| Produced by | Shripal Morakhia Mubina Rattonsey |
| Written by | Santosh Sivan Ritesh Menon Paul Hardart |
| Starring | Purav Bhandare Anupam Kher Sarika Rahul Bose Rahul Khanna Victor Banerjee Fatima Sana Shaikh |
| Music by | Taufique Qureshi |
| Cinematography | Santosh Sivan |
| Edited by | Shakti Hasija |
| Distributed by | GKIDS (USA) |
Release date
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5 September 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Drama ... Tahaan (2008). Not Rated | 1h 37min | Drama | 5 September 2008 (
A tender fable about childhood innocence amid the
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A tender fable about
childhood innocence amid the realities of war is set against the rugged
landscape of Kashmir, so long a flash point for the territorial claims
of neighboring India and Pakistan. The title character, an eight year
old mountain boy, often hears distant gunfire. But it is not until he
goes on a quest to reclaim his beloved donkey, which has been
confiscated as payment of his poor family's debts, that he is drawn
toward a violence he has no capacity to understand.
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A good movie by any standards!!
Its a very picturesque
and touchy movie the director Santhsoh Sivan.Even though the treatment
is close to Iranian style the film is much beautifully shot and has a
fable like quality about it as promised by the director.I can assure you
that there isn't another Hindi movie like this so far. The film has a
great cast and they does justice to their characters especially the 8
year old boy who plays Tahaan and Rahul Bose.Santhosh Sivan's
cinematography is simply superb. Its this kind of movies that needs to
be promoted for the future of Indian cinema.Am not spoiling your chance
of enjoying a good movie by commenting on the plot.So go watch the movie
and have a great time!!!
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