List of Haryanvi-language films

South Asian cinema

Haryanvi films are films in the Haryanvi dialect of Hindi. Due to the dominance of the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry, films in Haryanvi were not extensively produced until the 1980s. The First movie of Haryanvi cinema is Dharti, released in 1968. The financial success of Devi Shankar Prabhakar's Chandrawal (1984) was largely responsible for the continuing production of Haryanvi films, although none have been as successful.[1] Other films such as Phool Badan and Chora Haryane Ka followed with only about one out of twelve films being profitable at the box office.[1] In 2000, Aswini Chowdhary won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the National Film Awards for the Haryanvi film Laddo.[2] In 2010 the government of Haryana announced they were considering establishing a film board to promote Haryanvi-language films.[3] At the 62nd National Film Awards, the Haryanvi movie Pagdi The Honour won the award for Best Feature Film in Haryanvi and Baljinder Kaur won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the same.

In the 63rd National Film Awards, Satrangi, directed by Sundeep Sharma, won the Best Feature Film in Haryanvi and also won six awards in the Haryana International Film Festival, Hissar in 2017. Yashpal Sharma won the best actor award for Satrangi in the JIFF (Jharkhand International Film Festival), 2018.

  1. ^ a b "'Haryanvi movies need govt push'". The Times of India. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  2. ^ Press Trust of India (16 September 2000). "President to give away national film awards on Sept 18". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Haryana may set up board to promote Haryanvi films". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2011.