Holi (film)
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| Holi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ketan Mehta |
| Written by | Mahesh Elkunchwar (Play & screenplay) Ketan Mehta |
| Starring | Aamir Khan Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Ashutosh Gowariker Raj Zutshi |
| Music by | Rajat Dholakia |
| Cinematography | Jehangir Choudhary |
| Editing by | Subhash Sehgal |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Running time | 120 mins |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
| IMDb profile | |
Holi is a 1984 Indian film directed by Ketan Mehta, whose socially conscious work has been compared to American director, Spike Lee[1]. The film is based on eponymous play by Marathi writer, Mahesh Elkunchwar [2]. The film starred Aamir Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Om Puri, Shreeram Lagoo, Deepti Naval and Naseeruddin Shah.
This film marked the adult film debut of Aamir Khan who later shot to fame with the 1988 blockbuster film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Ashutosh Gowariker who went onto become a successful film director with the Oscar-nominated film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (which Aamir Khan produced and starred in).
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Plot summary
In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friends including Ranjeet Prakash (Ashutosh Gowariker) are a rowdy and troublesome lot. But on one particular day, when Madan and his friends find out there will not be a holiday for them on the day of Holi, the festival of colors, the boys decide not to attend the classes.
The hostel superintendent Professor Singh (Naseeruddin Shah), the only lecturer with some links with the students, watches with apprehension their growing restlessness. A notice announcing a further postponement of examinations adds to the bitterness. A fight erupts out of nowhere between principal Phande's (Om Puri) nephew and another student, in which the principal's nephew is hurt and the other boy is promptly rusticated. This is seen as a drastic punishment, and the news spreads like wildfire to all the students of the college. Resistance is organized in the library, in the laboratory, in the classrooms and the college grounds as the students rebel against the principal.
Production information
This movie was shot mainly on the Fergusson College, Pune [3] grounds. The iconic Fergusson Banyan Tree had just fallen and Ketan Mehta who had studied at Fergusson improvised and picturised a song with the main characters on the fallen tree singing about the falling of a symbolic 'system'.
Cast
- Aamir Khan
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Om Puri
- Shreeram Lagoo
- Deepti Naval
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Paresh Rawal
- Mohan Gokhale
- Raj Zutshi
- Dina Pathak
- Kitu Gidwani
Awards
- 1985: National Film Award for Best Cinematography: Jehangir Choudhary [4]
References
- ^ Overview New York Times.
- ^ Holi (1984)- Movie Review New York Times, April 8, 1985.
- ^ Fergusson College
- ^ Awards imdb.com.
External links
- Holi at the Internet Movie Database
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