Dhanak

Dhanak
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNagesh Kukunoor
Written byNagesh Kukunoor
Story Idea:
Yusuf M. Shaikh
Produced byNagesh Kukunoor
Elahe Hiptoola
Manish Mundra
Starring
CinematographyChirantan Das
Edited bySanjib Dutta
Music byTapas Relia
Production
companies
Distributed byPVR Pictures
Release dates
  • 8 February 2015 (2015-02-08) (Berlin Film Festival)
  • 17 June 2016 (2016-06-17) (India)
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Running time
106 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dhanak (Hindi pronunciation: [d̪ʰənək]; transl. Rainbow) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language children's road film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor.[2] Produced by Manish Mundra, Nagesh Kukunoor, and Elahe Hiptoola, the film features Hetal Gada and Krrish Chhabria as the two children, playing brother and sister, in the leading roles, with supporting performances from Chet Dixon, Vipin Sharma, Gulfam Khan, Vibha Chibber, Flora Saini, and Vijay Maurya.[3] The film was released India wide to widely positive reviews on 17 June 2016.[4][5] Dhanak received the Best Children's Film trophy at the 64th National Film Awards.[6] Dhanak won the Special Mention Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film by The Children's Jury for Generation Kplus at the 65th Berlinale.[7]

  1. ^ "'Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dhanak' has Shah Rukh Khan's magic". indiaglitz. 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ "'Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dhanak' has Shah Rukh Khan's magic". indiaglitz. 18 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Dream come true to be working with Nagesh Kukunoor again in Dhanak: Flora Saini". 17 June 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference auto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Dhanak movie review: A charming film about the power of love & SRK". 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ "64th National Film Awards, 2016" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  7. ^ "- Berlinale - Archive - Annual Archives - 2015 - Programme - Dhanak - Rainbow - Regenbogen".