Udaan (2010 film)

Udaan
Udaan
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vikramaditya Motwane
Written by	Vikramaditya Motwane; Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Anurag Kashyap; Sanjay Singh; Ronnie Screwvala
Starring	Rajat Barmecha; Ronit Roy; Aayan Boradia; Ram Kapoor; Manjot Singh; Anand Tiwari
Cinematography	Mahendra J. Shetty
Edited by	Dipika Kalra
Music by	Amit Trivedi
Production; companies	UTV Spotboy; Anurag Kashyap Films
Release date	16 July 2010;
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹50 million
Box office	₹33.5 million

Udaan (transl. 'Flight') is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane in his directorial debut. It was produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap and Ronnie Screwvala under their production companies Anurag Kashyap Films and UTV Spotboy respectively. Written by Motwane and Kashyap, the film stars debutante Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia, Ram Kapoor, Manjot Singh and Anand Tiwari, and follows the story of a teen who is forced to live with his oppressive father back home after he is expelled from boarding school.

Motwane wrote the script in 2003, but could not find a producer. He co-wrote Kashyap's Dev.D (2009), and Kashyap produced and co-wrote Udaan. The film was set and shot in the industrial town of Jamshedpur. Mahendra J. Shetty was its director of photography, and Dipika Kalra was the editor; Aditya Kanwar was the production designer.

Udaan premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and received a standing ovation; it was the first Indian film represented at Cannes in seven years. The film was also screened at the Giffoni Film Festival and the 2011 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Although it was released on 16 July 2010 to critical acclaim, it underperformed at the box-office (grossing ₹33.5 million from a production budget of ₹50 million). At the 56th Filmfare Awards, the film received seven awards: Best Screenplay and Best Story (Motwane and Kashyap), Best Cinematography (Mahendra Shetty), Best Background Music (Trivedi), Best Supporting Actor (Male) (Roy), Best Sound Design Award (Kunam Sharma) and the Best Film (Critics) Award. In 2019, Film Companion ranked Roy's performance second in their list of the 100 greatest performances of the decade.

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[1] "Udaan". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[whoop-2] Mukherjee, Tatsam (18 March 2017). "20 Brilliant Films That Prove You Don't Need Big Budgets, Stars Or Item Numbers To Sell A Story". ScoopWhoop. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[bo-3] "Udaan box office". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

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