Hamid (film)

Hamid
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAijaz Khan
Written byRavinder Randhawa
Sumit Saxena
Screenplay byRavinder Randhawa
Based onPhone No. 786
by Mohd. Amin Bhat[2]
Produced bySiddharth Anand Kumar
Vikram Mehra
StarringRasika Dugal
Vikas Kumar
Talha Arshad Reshi
CinematographyJohn Wilmor
Edited byAfzal Shaikh
Music byAndrew T. Mackay[3]
Production
company
Yoodlee Films
Distributed bySaregama
Release dates
  • 14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) (Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth)
  • 15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)[1]
Running time
108 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu
Box officeest. ₹0.07 crore[4]

Hamid is an Indian drama film directed by Aijaz Khan. The film stars Rasika Dugal,[5][6][7][8] Vikas Kumar and Talha Arshad Reshi in major roles, and is an adaptation of the play Phone No. 786 by Mohd. Amin Bhat.[2] The story revolves around a seven-year-old Hamid who learns that 786 is God's number and decides to try and reach out to God by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his father, who his classmate tells him has gone to Allah. One fine day the phone call is answered, and two lives shattered in the strife of Kashmir find a way to be complete again. The film is produced by Yoodlee Films,[9][10] a venture of Saregama. The official trailer was released on 10 October 2018.[11] Global premiere of Hamid was held at the Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival.[12] The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu at the 66th National Film Awards hosted in December 2019.[13]

  1. ^ Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (5 March 2019). "#Hamid gets a new release date: 15 March 2019... Stars a young boy from #Kashmir Talha Arshad Reshi with Rasika Dugal, Vikas Kumar and Sumit Kaul... Directed by Aijaz Khan... A Yoodlee film... New poster: https://t.co/EzLVZeeVW7" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b Guha, Kunal (15 March 2019). "Hamid movie review Aijaz Khan subliminally highlights sentiments of Kashmiris without turning the film into a political statement". Bangalore Mirror.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference hr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Hamid - Box office collection till now". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. ^ "After Manto, Rasika Dugal To Be Next Seen In Aijaz Khan's Hamid". News18.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Rasika Dugal to play Kashmiri widow in Aijaz Khan's Hamid". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Rasika Dugal to play mother in Kashmir-set film Hamid". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Rasika Dugal signs Yoodle Films Hamid". India Today. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Yoodlee Films announces the line-up of upcoming 10 releases". Outlook. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Yoodlee Films announces the line-up of upcoming 10 releases". India.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  11. ^ Yoodlee Films (10 October 2018), Hamid | Trailer | MAMI | Aijaz Khan | Talha Arshad Reshi, Rasika Dugal, Vikas Kumar, Sumit Kaul, retrieved 21 November 2018
  12. ^ "Hamid at Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival - Jinnions". JINNIONS. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  13. ^ "National Film Awards 2019: Full winners list". The Indian Express. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.