Bhonsle (film)

Bhonsle
Film poster
Directed byDevashish Makhija
Written byDevashish Makhija
Mirat Trivedi
Sharanya Rajgopal
Produced byShabana Raza Bajpayee[1]
Piiyush Singh
Abhayanand Singh
Saurabh Gupta
Sandiip Kapoor
StarringManoj Bajpayee
Santosh Juvekar
CinematographyJigmet Wangchuk
Edited byShweta Venkat Mathew
Music byMangesh Dhakde
Production
companies
Muvizz
Manoj Bajpayee Productions
Distributed bySonyLIV
Release dates
  • 5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) (Busan)
  • 26 June 2020 (2020-06-26) (India)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Bhonsle is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Devashish Makhija and co-produced by Piiyush Singh,[2] The film stars Manoj Bajpayee in the title role: a retired Mumbai police officer who befriends a North Indian girl and her brother who are targeted among other migrants by local politicians. Its first look was launched at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

Bhonsle premiered in the 'A Window on Asian Cinema' section of the 2018 Busan International Film Festival and was also screened in the non-competitive India Story section at the MAMI Film Festival, the 2018 Dharamshala International Film Festival, the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Bengaluru International Film Festival and the Singapore South Asian film festival.[4][5][6][7][8][9] It won the Best Screenplay and Best Director Award at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona.[10] It was released on SonyLIV on 26 June 2020.[11] Manoj Bajpayee won the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 67th National Film Awards.

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  9. ^ "Selected For 3rd Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2019". SpotboyE. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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  11. ^ Bhasin, Shriya (19 June 2020). "Manoj Bajpayee looks forward to OTT release of 'Bhonsle,' shares endearing trailer | Celebrities News – India TV". www.indiatvnews.com.