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Not to be confused with New Delhi Times newspaper.
New Delhi Times Directed by Ramesh Sharma Produced by P. K. Tewari Written by Gulzar Starring Shashi Kapoor
Sharmila Tagore
Om Puri
Kulbhushan KharbandaMusic by Louis Banks Cinematography Subrata Mitra Editing by Renu Saluja Running time 123 min. Country India Language Hindi New Delhi Times is 1986 Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sharma and written by Gulzar, starring Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Om Puri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles. The film is about a newspaper editor who exposes the politics-media corruption nexus.
The political drama film with a controversial storyline about political corruption and media, ran into trouble when film distributors and television refused to run the film, though later it went on to win three National Film Awards.[1][2] It remains one of few Bollywood films to tackle the issue of corruption in media, which include Kundan Shah's Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983), Main Azaad Hoon (1989) and Rann (2010)[3][4]
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Plot
The film tells the story of an honest journalist Vikas Pande (Shashi Kapoor) from Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh who moves to Delhi to run a newspaper, and soon uncovers a political assassination, and in the process, falls prey to a corrupt system and the nexus between politicians and media barons.[5]
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor - Vikas Pande
- Sharmila Tagore - Nisha
- Om Puri - Ajay Singh
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda - J.K. (Jugal Kishor)
- A.K. Hangal - Vikas's Father
- M. K. Raina
- Manohar Singh - Jagannath Poddar
- Ram Gopal Bajaj - The Minister [6]
Crew
- Art Direction: Nitish Roy
- Sound designer: Dev Benegal
Awards
- National Film Award
- 1986: Best Actor: Shashi Kapoor
- 1986: Best Cinematography: Subrata Mitra
- 1986: Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director: Ramesh Sharma [7]
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award
- 1986: Best Actor Award (Hindi): Shashi Kapoor
Further reading
- Two Tales of My Times: New Delhi Times, Maachis, by Gulzar. Rupa. 2008. ISBN 8129113554.
References
- ^ "ANALYSIS: On-screen journos". Screen. September 3, 2004. http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8959.
- ^ "Cinemascoop". The Tribune. February 20, 2005. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050220/spectrum/main5.htm.
- ^ Overview New York Times.
- ^ Moview Review:New Delhi Times (1986) :A hard hitting Political Drama!
- ^ At receiving end of media,Bollywood films hit back Indiatimes.com Movies. 11 Jan, 2010.
- ^ New Delhi Times Cast Bollywood Hungama.
- ^ Awards IMDB
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