Naseem (film)

Naseem (transl. The Morning Breeze) is a 1995 Hindi film directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza. The film starred well-known Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, Mayuri Kango, Seema Kelkar, Surekha Sikri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Kay Kay Menon.[1]

Naseem
Poster
Directed bySaeed Akhtar Mirza
Written bySaeed Akhtar Mirza
Screenplay bySaeed Akhtar Mirza
Ashok Mishra
Produced byNFDC
StarringMayuri Kango
Kaifi Azmi
Kay Kay Menon
Surekha Sikri
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Makrand Deshpande
CinematographyVirendra Saini
Edited byJaved Sayyed
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Sharang Dev
Release date
1995
Running time
89 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

The film is set between June and December 1992, the days preceding the infamous demolition of the structure of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh by groups. The relationship between Naseem, a 15-year-old schoolgirl belonging to a middle class Bombay based Muslim family and her ailing grandfather takes the story forward as the family watches with increasing horror on their TV the news of the growing tension between Muslims and Hindus. The grandfather keeps regaling her with stories of life marked by communal harmony in the pre-independence city of Agra. As communal tension erupts in the city of Bombay, Naseem notices changing dynamics at her school and in the neighborhood, while her grandfather watches helplessly at a city getting deeply divided on communal lines. The old man dies on 6 December coinciding with the news of the destruction of the mosque.

Cast

Reception

Reviewing the film at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India, S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote that "Mayoori Kango as Naseem has exceled in acting in quite a number of scenes. The director Saeed Akthar Mirza has done his home work properly. The film is the pick among the Panorama selections".[2]

Accolades

The film won National Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay for Saeed Akhtar Mirza.[3]

References
  1. "Saeed Mirza's 'Naseem', starring Kaifi Azmi, Mayuri Kango". India Today. 31 December 1996.
  2. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (12 January 1996). "The cream of Indian cinema". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996.
  3. "Naseem". The Hindu. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2015.


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