Saanjh

Saanjh (Dusk) is a 2017 Indian Himachali Language drama film directed and Produced by Ajay K Saklanni. The film features Aditi Charak, Vishal Parpagga and Rupeshwari Sharma[3] in the lead roles, while Asif Basra and Taranjit Kaur play supporting roles. This film received best feature film award in Borrego Springs Film Festival 2017[4] and Award of Merit in Accolade Global Film Competition,[5] November 2016. Saanjh marks the debut of Producer and Director, Ajay K Saklanni, who, through this movie attempts to bring to the fore the lesser known Himachali language and tries to revive the almost forgotten Tankri Script. Saanjh is the first feature film[6] to have been made and released in the Western Himalayan/ Pahari language or Western Pahari. Shot in several picturesque locations in and around the Kullu Valley including Shangarh, Parvati Valley, Great Himalayan National Park and Rohtang Pass, Parashar Lake in Mandi and also in Lahaul and Spiti Valley. The movie treats the audience with some of the most mesmerising shots taken from the remotest corners of Himachal Pradesh. The serenity of village life amidst the Himalayas reaches the peak of sublimity as the visual tour is accompanied by some of the most melodious songs rendered by Mohit Chauhan and Pavithra Chari which strike the heart strings of even those who are unfamiliar with the Pahari dialect. The movie provides a perfect audio-visual setting for a beautiful confluence of the emotional journeys of a daughter, a mother and an orphaned boy as the sun sets on their lives and dusk sets in. Saanjh was the first film in Pahari (Himachali) dialect chain of Western Pahari to be released in cinema halls across India.

Saanjh
Directed byAjay K Saklanni[1]
Written byAjay K Saklanni
Produced byAjay K Saklanni
StarringAditi Charak
Vishal Parpagga
Asif Basra
Taranjit Kaur
Rupeshwari Sharma
CinematographyAjay K Saklanni
Edited byAjay K Saklanni, Manwar Rana
Music byGaurav Guleria
Production
company
Enoxx Entertainment
Distributed byEnoxx Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 April 2017 (2017-04-14)[2]
Running time
109 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHimachali (Dogri)

Plot

Set in the beautiful Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh, Saanjh follows the journey of a 16-year-old girl from Chandigarh named Saanjh (Sanju), who becomes the victim of cyber crime. Instead of supporting his daughter, her father sends her away to their ancestral home in a remote village to live with her grandmother. Isolated and dejected, Sanju is unable to cope up with the village life where she encounters an imbecile house guest, Jonga, with whom she has a rough start. As time passes, however, she finds solace in his company and with him hatches a plan to raise just enough money to escape from the village and return to her home in the city. Meanwhile, Sanju gradually begins to understand her grandmother's pain of living a secluded life and they bond over being ostracised by the man who failed to be a good son and father at the same time. When Sanju's grandmother falls sick, the film captures that unforgettable saanjh (dusk) when twilight dissolves into the darkness of loss and despair.

Cast
  • Aditi Charak as Sanju
  • Vishal Parpagga as Jonga
  • Rupeshwari Sharma as Dadi
  • Asif Basra as Shamsher
  • Taranjit Kaur as Sanju's Mother

Production

The production of Saanjh film begun in July 2015 and was completed by November 2016. The film was submitted to various film festivals across the world. Saanjh was officially selected for Borrego Springs Film Festival 2017[7] where the film won the Best Feature Film Award.[4] The film also bagged Award of Merit in The Accolade Global Film Competition November 2016.[5] Saanjh film was officially selected for Los Angeles International Women's Film Festival 2017[8] and Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival,[9] Louisiana 2017.

Music
Saanjh
Soundtrack album by
Gaurav Guleria
Released7 April 2017[10]
Recorded2016
StudioEnoxx Music
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length26:18
LanguageHimachali
LabelEnoxx Music

The film's music was composed by Gaurav Guleria, vocals by Mohit Chauhan, Pavithra Chari and Gaurav Guleria.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Dheeme Dheeme"Pavithra Chari5:38
2."Deva Mere"Mohit Chauhan4:20
3."Dil Jo Kahe"Pavithra Chari, Gaurav Guleria4:00
4."Puchhe Amma Meri"Mohit Chauhan5:05
5."Saanjh"Pavithra Chari3:11
6."Deva Mere (Reprise)"Gaurav Guleria4:04
Total length:26:18

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