Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes
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| Directed by | Ashok Kaul |
| Written by | Ashok Kaul |
| Starring | Tabu Milind Soman |
| Cinematography | Sameer Arya Peter Pereira Thomas A. Xavier |
| Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language partly-animation film written and directed by Ashok Kaul, and it is the first Indian film which is almost two-thirds animated, with "live actors" doing the rest.[1] The film is based on the love story between Prince Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah of Hyderabad and Bhagmati.[2]
At 2 hours and 40 minutes, the film was billed as "the world's longest animated film that also has living characters".[3][4]
Plot
Cast
- Tabu as Shivaranjani/Bhagmati
- Milind Soman as Aseem/Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah[5]
- Ashok Kaul as Professor Bhanupratap
- J. V. Somayajulu
- Mahima Chaudhry (voice)[6]
- Hema Malini (cameo)
Soundtrack
- "Alvida" – Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam
- "Falsafi O Falsafi" – Ravindra Jain
- "Ishq Abhi Tak Zinda Hai" – Farid Sabri, Vinod Sehgal
- "Jiya Jaye Amma" – Asha Bhosle, Roop Kumar Rathod
- "Kaise Kahan Kab Ho Gaya" – Suresh Wadkar
- "Meri Jaan Meri Jaan Meri Jaan Meri Jaan" – Rekha Bhardwaj
- "Prem Diwani" – Asha Bhosle
- "Suraj Ki Aag Mein" – Roop Kumar Rathod, Sujatha Mohan
Reception
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film one out of five stars and wrote, "On the whole, BHAGGMATI - THE QUEEN OF FORTUNES is a poor show".[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Mix 'n' match". India Today. 9 November 1998. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ Jha, Subhash K. (24 August 2005). "'I don't need Tabu to sell Bhaggmati'". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Toon first for India". Manchester Evening News. 12 January 2013.
- ^ Dhawan, Himanshi (14 January 2002). "'Bhagmati-The Queen of Fortunes' billed India's first no-gags animated feature film". India Today.
- ^ "rediff.com, Movies: The Milind Soman interview". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/animation-action-in-debut-run/cid/1259154
- ^ Adarsh, Taran. "Bhaggmati-The Queen of Fortunes Movie Review: BHAGGMATI - THE QUEEN OF FORTUNES is a poor show". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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