The Good Road

The Good Road
Film poster
Directed byGyan Correa
Written byGyan Correa
Produced byNational Film Development Corporation of India
StarringAjay Gehi
Sonali Kulkarni
CinematographyAmitabha Singh
Music byRajat Dholakia
Release date
  • 19 July 2013 (2013-07-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageGujarati
Budget 2.25 crore[1]

The Good Road is a 2013 Indian Gujarati-language drama film written and directed by Gyan Correa. It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[2][3] but it was not nominated. The film won the award for Best Gujarati film at the 60th National Film Awards. It is told in a hyperlink format, where several stories are intertwined, with the center of the action being a highway in the rural lands of Gujarat near a town in Kutch.[4] The film is the first Gujarati film ever selected to represent India at the Oscars.[5]

  1. ^ Pathak, Maulik (20 July 2013). "The Good Road: Footloose in Kutch". livemint.com/. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ "'The Good Road' Selected As The Official Indian Entry For Oscars". India Glitz. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ "India nominates The Good Road for Oscars in Best Foreign Film Category". Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "News18.com: CNN News18 Latest News, Breaking News India, Current News Headlines". News18. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ^ IndiaTimes (21 September 2013). "Gujarati Film 'The Good Road' is India's Entry for Oscar | Entertainment". www.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 21 September 2013.