Iqbal (2005)

Popularity:

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Director:

Nagesh Kukunoor

Writer:

Nagesh Kukunoor

Release Date:

20 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Iqbal, the deaf and mute son of a farmer, has a passion for the game of cricket and seeks the tutelage of washed-up, alcoholic ex-player.

Plot Keywords:

Character Repeating Someone Else's Dialogue | Sign Language | Deaf Mute | Underdog | Drunkard

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Naseeruddin Shah	...	Mohit
Girish Karnad	...	Guruji
Shreyas Talpade	...	Iqbal
Shweta Prasad	...	Khadija
Yatin Karyekar	...	Anwar
Prateeksha Lonkar	...	Saida
Dilip Salgaonkar	...	Bipin
Jyoti Joshi	...	Farida
Aadarsh Balakrishna	...	Kamal
Gururaj Manepalli	...	Akash
Rajita Joshi	...	Doctor
Srikanth Chitrao	...	Sunil Mitra, the Selector
Vikram Inamdar	...	DeSouza, the Team Manager
Elahe Hiptoola	...	TV Reporter
Balaji Manohar	...	Mohammed, the Team Captain
D. Santosh	...	Satish Bhatavadekar
Vibhu Kashyap	...	Match Reporter
K. Sridhar	...	Boy at KCA
T.P. Varun	...	Boy at KCA
Rohit Bharadwaj	...	Boy at KCA
Nitin Tangaraj	...	Boy at KCA
Chaitanya	...	Boy at KCA
Koti Babu	...	Boy at KCA
G. Avinash	...	Boy at KCA
Sridhar	...	Boy at KCA
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kapil Dev	...	Himself

Directed by
Nagesh Kukunoor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nagesh Kukunoor

Produced by
Subhash Ghai	....	producer
Elahe Hiptoola	....	executive producer
Prem Pillai	....	consulting producer

Original Music by
Salim Merchant		(as Salim-Sulaiman)
Suleiman Merchant		(as Salim Sulaiman)
Sukhwinder Singh

Cinematography by
Sudeep Chatterjee

Film Editing by
Sanjib Datta

Production Design by
Devika Bahudhanam

Art Direction by
Sunil Babu

Costume Design by
Fabeha
Elahe Hiptoola

Production Management
Vibhu Kashyap	....	production manager
Pranav Surendra Shastri	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shashi Sudigala	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Manjula Dasgupta	....	assistant art director
Janani Ravichandran	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Sanjay Kurian K.	....	sound recordist
Namita Nayak	....	sound designer
Justin Jose	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Anirban Chatterjee	....	second assistant camera

Music Department
John Stewart Eduri	....	engineer: score (as John Stewart)
Sandeep Shirodkar	....	additional background music

Other crew
Nabeel Abbas	....	publicity designer
Dennis Davidson	....	Publicity campaign
Raj Khatri	....	design visualizer
Alnoor Merchant	....	website design
Akash Patel	....	design visualizer
Devang Shah	....	design visualizer
Mihir Shah	....	design visualizer

Production Companies

• Mukta Searchlight Films

Distributors

• Ultra Media & Entertainment (2006) (India) (DVD)

Other Companies

• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  publicity

Also Known As:

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Company:

Mukta Searchlight Films

Trivia:

This was Shreyas Talpade's first movie to enter Bollywood.

Goofs:

Plot holes: At the start of the movie when Iqbal practices bowling in the field, he closes his eyes and imagines a crowds roar as if in a stadium. He can never imagine this since he has never heard it. He clearly doesn't know what a crowds roar is like and can never have even the faintest idea about it since he is deaf and dumb since birth.

Quotes:

Mohit:[to Guruji] For a long time I wanted to say this to you, my father and all others who wanted my good, go to HELL!

Soundtrack:

JEETENGE JEETENGE...

iqbal-a winner

Iqbal doesn't require those plain, ch..ya reviews but aggressive reviews. Call it a bouncer, a sixer, a century, whatever. The experience is as exhilarating. Welcome new cinema. Welcome Iqbal. A movie devoted to a criminally ignored aspect of cricket called bowling with so much of spunk, style, freshness, novelty and surprises that even those not interested in game find it simply irresistible. It has all the aces. Firstly, amazing stories and people happening in small towns too who are crying to be a part of mainstream but nobody really took notice of them. No need to add situational/ item numbers (read non situational)songs or beautiful bimbettes in the name of "heroines". Instead a brother-sister combo is remarkably portrayed. And when it starts talking cricket-the game, the passion, the technique, the struggle, the pain, the politics, the victory, everything beautifully woven interspersed in between in subtle humor such that it all looks as real as life itself in flesh and blood. The honors should equally be shared by background score, songs, cinematography, editing (especially), sound design and script. All performances are first rate. Ultimately, and at last a director's film-Nagesh Kukunoor's best among his six and not to forget a superb one coming from producers mukta arts years after. Three cheers. Now few Grey areas. The film slightly looses its crispness in certain parts such as-Iqbal trying hard to get Naseer to coach him; the struggle Iqbal went through after inducted in Ranji Team and lastly the film ends on a slightly abrupt note. But all these are minor diversions. Lastly, a word of advice to established set ups tried and tested, star-studded, NRI romances format of film making. Please step aside. Your turn is over. A New dawn has set. A New player in the offing. Indian films finally finding their identity. Undoubtedly, the best film released so far this year, year 2005 will be remembered for Iqbal and likes. And Box office. F... box office. To those conventional distributors, being a modest budget film it is an easy break even so you GTH (go to hell) Also, if Tax free status is not granted sooner to this film then it is better to abolish this system of promotion via tax-free. Jiyo Iqbal !