Mere Desh Ki Dharti (film)
Mere Desh Ki Dharti (transl. The earth of my country) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Faraz Haider and produced by Vaishali Sarwankar under the banner of Carnival Motion Pictures,[2] part of entertainment conglomerate Carnival Group.[3] The film has an ensemble cast of Divyenndu Sharma, Anant Vidhaat, and Anupriya Goenka and rotates around two engineers and their transforming journey in life.[4] The film also portrays the harsh realities of farmers in the villages of India.[3][5]
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Directed by | Faraz Haider |
Written by | Piyush Mishra (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Faraz Haider |
Story by | Neel Chakraborty |
Produced by | Vaishali Sarwankar |
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Cinematography | Hari K. Vedantam |
Edited by | Pratik Chitalia |
Music by | Vikram Montrose |
Production company | Carnival Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 111 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
The concept of Mere Desh Ki Dharti was devised by Dr. Shrikant Bhasi, and the story and screenplay were then written by Neel Chakraborty and Faraz Haider respectively while Piyush Mishra has written the dialogues.[6] The film was scheduled to be released theatrically on August 14, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other casts include Inaamulhaq, Brijendra Kala, Rajesh Sharma, Atul Shrivastava, and Farrukh Jaffar.[7][8] The film premiered at the 2022 Jaipur International Film Festival, where it won 2nd Best Film.[9] It is scheduled for theatrically release on 6 May 2022.[10]
Plot
Divyenndu plays a character of young engineer Ajay, who goes to rural India with his friend Sameer aka Anant Vidhaat after facing setbacks in his career. The two then goes on to revolutionize the farming sector.[7]
Cast
- Divyenndu Sharma as Ajay
- Anant Vidhaat as Ajay's friend, Sameer
- Anupriya Goenka as Jhumki
- Inaamulhaq as Pappan Khan
- Brijendra Kala as Dubey Ji
- Rajesh Sharma as Kishanlal
- Avantika Khattri as Priyanka Khurrana
- Atul Shrivastava as Ajay's father
- Farrukh Jaffar as Daadi
- Rutuja Shinde as Shilpa
- Dali Tahil as Shilpa's father
- Manu Rishi Chadha as Billu
- Imran Rasheed as Ramdas
- Kamlesh Sawant as Bhau
- Scarlett Wilson as Special appearance
- Neel Chakraborty as Gautam
Production
Filming
Mere Desh Ki Dharti was formally launched in 2020. Principal photography of the film began in January 2020 in Bhopal, Madhya Pardesh.[3] Filming was wrapped up in March 2020. Most of the scenes were shot in the Sehore district of Bhopal in January followed by Mumbai, Maharashtra in February and March.[4]
Music
The music of the film is composed by Vikram Montrose and the title song has been sung by Sukhwinder Singh.
Release
Earlier, the film was slated to release on 14 August 2020, but was postpond due to the Covid-19. Now the movie is releasing in theaters on 6th May 2022.[8][11][12]
References
- "Mere Desh Ki Dharti Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". Times of India.
- "शहरी व ग्रामीण जीवनातील बदलांवर प्रकाश टाकणारा 'मेरे देश की धरती'". Loksatta (in Marathi). 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Script is soul of any film: Faraz Haider". The Pioneer (India). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Patowari, Farzana (30 January 2020). "Mere Desh Ki Dharti movie shot in Bhopal - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Pioneer, The. "Carnival gears up to bring back exciting cine-experience". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- "Makers of Mere Desh Ki Dharti unveil motion poster on Kisan Diwas". Cinestaan. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Divyenndu Sharma's next 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti' to showcase problems faced by farmers". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- "Divyenndu Sharma is a farmer in Mere Desh Ki Dharti". Cinestaan. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "'Mere Desh Ki Dharti' wins 2nd best Film AWard at Jaipur International Film Fest". Mangalorean. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- "Mirzapur fame Divyenndu's film Mere Desh ki Dharti gets a new release date". The Indian Express. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- "Mere Desh Ki Dharti". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ""Mere Desh ki Dharti is a very special movie; I would say it is one of those films that you want to see on the big screen" – Vaishali Sarwankar". Bollywood Hungama. 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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