| Naseem | |
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| Directed by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Written by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Screenplay by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza Ashok Mishra |
| Produced by | NFDC |
| Starring | Mayuri Kango Kaifi Azmi Kay Kay Menon Surekha Sikri Kulbhushan Kharbanda Makrand Deshpande |
| Cinematography | Virendra Saini |
| Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia Sharang Dev |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Naseem (transl. The Morning Breeze) is a 1995Hindi film directed bySaeed Akhtar Mirza. The film starred well-knownUrdu poetKaifi Azmi,Mayuri Kango, Seema Kelkar,Surekha Sikri,Kulbhushan Kharbanda andKay Kay Menon.[1]
The film is set between June and December 1992, the days preceding the infamous demolition of the structure ofBabri Masjid atAyodhya in theIndian province ofUttar Pradesh by groups. The relationship between Naseem, a 15-year-old schoolgirl belonging to a middle classBombay basedMuslim family and her ailing grandfather takes the story forward as the family watches with increasing horror on their TV the news of the growing tension between Muslims and Hindus. The grandfather keeps regaling her with stories of life marked by communal harmony in the pre-independence city ofAgra. As communal tension erupts in the city of Bombay, Naseem notices changing dynamics at her school and in the neighborhood, while her grandfather watches helplessly at a city getting deeply divided on communal lines. The old man dies on 6 December coinciding with the news of the destruction of the mosque.
Reviewing the film at the Indian Panorama section of theInternational Film Festival of India, S. R. Ashok Kumar ofThe Hindu wrote that "Mayoori Kango as Naseem has exceled in acting in quite a number of scenes. The director Saeed Akthar Mirza has done his home work properly. The film is the pick among the Panorama selections".[2]
The film wonNational Award for Best Direction andBest Screenplay forSaeed Akhtar Mirza.[3]
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