The Blue Umbrella (film)
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| Directed by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Story by | Vishal Bhardwaj Abhishek Chaubey Minty |
| Based on | The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond |
| Starring | Pankaj Kapoor Shreya Sharma Deepak Dobriyal |
| Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Cinematography | Sachin Kumar Krishnan |
| Editing by | Aarif Shaikh |
| Distributed by | UTV Classics |
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| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The Blue Umbrella (Romanagari: Chatri Chor) is a 2005 Indian film based on the novel, The Blue Umbrella, by Ruskin Bond and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapur in lead roles. The music was by Bhardwaj and lyrics were penned by Gulzar.
Plot
The story is set in a small village of Himachal Pradesh, where a girl, Binya, trades her bear claw necklace for a pretty, blue, Japanese umbrella. The richest man in the village is the shopkeeper of an old ruined shop. Soon the shopkeeper becomes envious of the umbrella. He will not pay for one from Japan and employs a boy to steal Binya's.
In a pasture, Binya finds her umbrella missing. Soon after, the shopkeeper gets a similar umbrella in red. With this, the center of attraction shifts from the girl to the shopkeeper. His celebrity status does not last long as the villagers discover the red umbrella is the stolen umbrella, only it had been dyed.
The shopkeeper's name is tarnished and people stop visiting his shop. The story concludes with the girl giving the umbrella to the shopkeeper and dancing down the road, happy.
Cast
- Pankaj Kapur ... Nandakishore 'Nandu' Khatri
- Shreya Sharma ... Biniya
- Deepak Dobriyal ... Robot Owner
- Rahul Kumar ... Tikku
- Paramjit Singh Kakran ... Rajaram
- Piu Dutt ... Binya's mother
- Shailendra Mohite ... Cobbler
- Bhupinder Sharma ... Vaidji
- Kamal Tiwari ... Mukhiya
- Kumar Thakur ... Chander
- Dolly Ahluwalia ... Lillavati
- Alok Mathur ... Masterji
- Rajesh Sharma ... Policeman
- Anil George ... Barber
- Samrat Mukerji ... Bijju
- Vikas Bandhu ... Dan
- Avtar Sahani ... Choudhary
- Baldev Khosia ... Umbrella Seller
- Shlok Sharma ... Bijju's Friend
- Mohammad Shahid ... Bijju's Friend
- Gyaneshwar ... Bijju's Friend
- Bishnu Pandey ... Postman
- Rani Bansal ... Village Woman
- Seema ... Village Woman
- Abhay Sharma ... Postmaster
- Anushka Yadav ... Village woman
Soundtrack
| # | Track | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | Aasmani Chhatri | Upagna Pandya |
| 2 | Barfaan | Sukhwinder |
| 3 | Biniya The Warrior Princess | Instrumental |
| 4 | Chutti Hai | Upagna Pandya |
| 5 | Evil Lurks | Instrumental |
| 6 | Nandu The King | Instrumental |
| 7 | Panga | Upagna Pandya |
| 8 | Rise Above The Sky | Instrumental |
| 9 | Tesoo | Upagna Pandya |
| 10 | The Arrival | Instrumental |
| 11 | The Blue Umbrella | Instrumental |
| 12 | The Chash | Instrumental |
| 13 | The Desert | Instrumental |
| 14 | The Sky In My Hand | Instrumental |
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