Qala (film)

Qala
Official poster
Directed byAnvita Dutt
Written byAnvita Dutt
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySiddharth Diwan
Edited byManas Mittal
Music bySongs:
Amit Trivedi
Sagar Desai
Background Score:
Sagar Desai
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 1 December 2022 (2022-12-01)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Qala (transl.Art) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period psychological drama film,[1] written and directed by Anvita Dutt.[2] The film is produced by Karnesh Sharma under Clean Slate Filmz[3] and stars Tripti Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee, and Babil Khan in his film debut.[4][5][6]

Qala was released on Netflix on 1 December 2022.[7] It is loosely based on K. Viswanath's Swathi Kiranam, and Miloš Forman's Amadeus.[8]

At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Qala received 6 nominations, including Best Web Original Film, Best Actress in a Web Original Film (Dimri) and Best Supporting Actress in a Web Original Film (Mukherjee), and won Best Production Design (Web Original Film) (Meenal Agarwal).

  1. ^ "Psychological drama 'Qala' to release on Dec 1". Mid-Day. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Keswani, Pallavi (29 November 2022). "'Qala' director Anvitaa Dutt on telling a mother-daughter story in the upcoming film". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ Kanabar, Nirali (25 April 2022). "Anushka Sharma's brother Karnesh on Babil's acting debut Qala, says he has dad Irrfan's 'rawness'". India Today. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Tripti Dimri, Babil Khan-starrer Qala set for December release on Netflix". The Indian Express. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ Cyril, Grace (31 August 2022). "Sir, Qala belongs to me too! Swastika Mukherjee slams trade analyst for omitting her name from film cast". India Today. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Irrfan Khan's son Babil's 'Qala' ready to go on floors in December". The Statesman. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Babil Khan, Tripti Dimri's Qala to premiere on Netflix on December 1. New poster out". India Today. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Qala poster shows Tripti Dimri in her classical singer avatar, release date of Netflix film announced". Hindustan Times. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.