Paan Singh Tomar (2012)

The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.

Director:

Tigmanshu Dhulia

Writers:

Sanjay Chauhan (screenplay), Tigmanshu Dhulia (screenplay)

Stars:

Irrfan Khan, Hemendra Dandotiya, Navneet Gairola

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Cast

Credited cast:
Irrfan Khan	...	Paan Singh Tomar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hemendra Dandotiya	...	Gernail Singh
Navneet Gairola
Mahie Gill	...	Indra
Rajendra Gupta	...	Major H.S. Randhawa
Rajiv Gupta	...	Police Inspector
Jhakkad Guru	...	Man at Ice Stall
Ashraf Ul Haq	...	Dacoait
Imran Hasnee	...	Matadeen Singh Tomar
Zakir Hussain	...	M,P.S. Rathore
Brijendra Kala	...	Journalist
Jahangir Khan	...	Bhawar Singh (as Khan Jahangir Khan)
Swapnil kiiran Kotriwar	...	Hanumanta singh tomar
Mamta Patel
Ravi Sah	...	Balram Singh Thomar (as Ravi Bhushan Bhartiya)

Storyline

Paan Singh Tomar is a Hindi-language film, based on the true story of a runner employed by the Army and has won Gold medal at Indian National Games but forced to become notorious baaghi. It is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.

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Plot Keywords:

athlete | army | steeplechase | journalist | police | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Crime | Sport | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

2 March 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Паан Сингх Томар

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,568, 4 March 2012

Gross USA:

$40,311

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$40,311

Company Credits

Production Co:

UTV Spotboy

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There's an inside story, an incident which happened between the Director, Tigmanshu Dhulia and the lead, Irrfan Khan. Both of them were classmates in National School of Drama, and there Tigmanshu had promised Irrfan that one day, he will try and get Irrfan one national award for acting. In the following phase of life, Irrfan got bored of mediocre television roles which he was getting to play, and expressed his desire to quit acting to Tigmanshu, on which the latter said, "Don't you remember? I'm gonna get you a national award, come let's make a film together." That's when Haasil (2003) happened, in which Irrfan's acting was praised critically and then, Irrfan won the National award for acting for Paan Singh Tomar, both the films were directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.

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Goofs

When Paan Singh goes to Rajasthan with his gang to rob the money lender, the shops in that area have Pepsi Logo on them. Pepsi entered India in 1989 while this setting is supposed to be of 70s.

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Quotes

Journalist: You tricked the police of three states. This was quite a big scandal.
Paan Singh Tomar: That's the misfortune of our country. I crossed 28 barriers & 7 water pits to become the national champion, nobody cared. But when I fooled the police and do a kidnapping then everybody started chanting, Paan Singh... Paan Singh!
Journalist: I agree. Sports persons in this country are in a very poor condition.
Paan Singh Tomar: Don't shed crocodile tears. Had I been only a mere sportsperson, would you've taken so much risk to come & interview me?
Journalist: I agree.

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Connections

Featured in 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards (2013)

User Reviews

Excellent watch - Irfan gives a stellar performance

Watched it in the London Film Festival yesterday. Its a star of a movie. Great tight script, super acting, and great direction. All the actors have done a great job but Irfan is just magnificent- he is turning up as the next Nasruddin Shah

Everyone in the cinema seemed to enjoy the movie and the director got a nice applause in the end.

My worry is that this movie might not get a wide release, specially abroad - I hope UTV does it best to publicise and release it as much as it can.

Well recommended !!!!