Turtle (film)

Turtle is an Indian Hindi-language film directed by Dinesh S Yadav and Produced by Mr. Ashok H Choudhary. The film stars Sanjay Mishra, Amol Deshmukh, Teetu Verma, Yash Rajasthani, Ankit Sharma, Ramnath Choudhary and Monica Sharma.[1][2] The film is based on the issue of World Water Crisis. It had its premiere at the Jagran Film Festival on 2 July 2018[3][4] and has been selected in China Film Festival, Third Eye Asian Film Festival and Rajasthan International Film Festival.[5]

Turtle
HindiTurtle - कछुआ
Directed byDinesh S. Yadav
Produced byAshok H. Choudhary
Written byDinesh Yadav
StarringSanjay Mishra
Music byKunaal Vermaa
Repariyaa Baalam
CinematographyYogesh Koli
Edited byAseem Sinha
Production
company
Shivazza Films & Entertainment
Release date
  • 2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) (Jagran Film Festival)
  • 21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) (Theatrical release)
Running time
1 Hour 15 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

At 66th National Film Awards, Turtle received the National Film Award for Best Rajasthani Film.[6] The film is inspired by a real story of Mr. Ramkaran Choudhary (Bagod) from Village Dehlod, Rajasthan.

Synopsis

In this folktale, Turtle, digs the earth to deepen the water. The film is a metaphorical depiction of the turtle where in a drought struck village of Rajasthan, Sanjay Mishra (as Ramkaran Choudhary), is churning the parched, sun baked earth, to extract water and the common folk indulged in a tug of war, rotating on his shell, desperate to quench their thirst.

Cast
  • Sanjay Mishra as Ramkaran Choudhary
  • Amol Deshmukh as Shambhu
  • Ankit Anil Sharma as Hari
  • Monica Sharma as Ashok's mother
  • Ramnath Choudhary as the Alghoza player and Long Mustache
  • Yash Rajasthani as Ashok
  • Zoya Shah as Reena

Filming

Turtle has been shot in and around Jaipur, Phagi and Kudli village of Rajasthan.[7]

Awards
  • The film Turtle won the National Film Award for Best Rajasthani Film at 66th National Film Awards in August 2019.[8] After winning the award, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot congratulated to producer Ashok Choudhary over the call.[9]
  • The film won the Special Critic Award for Best Director in Hindi Feature Film at the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) in January 2019.[10]

See also

References
  1. Khan, Murtaza Ali (5 August 2018). "Sanjay Mishra: The film Turtle is all about the looming crisis over water". National Herald (India).
  2. Yadav, Suresh (10 August 2019). "डायरेक्टर दिनेश यादव ने कहा राजस्थानी सिनेमा मेरा पहला प्यार" (in Hindi). Rajasthan Patrika.
  3. "Shefali Shah, Arjan Bajwa, Pahlaj Nihalani graced day 2 of 9th Jagran Film Festival". Mid-Day. 5 October 2018.
  4. "Jagran Film Festival". Dainik Jagran. 2 July 2018.
  5. "Indore's Ankit Sharma's film selected in China Film Festival". The Free Press Journal. 11 August 2018.
  6. Vaid, Kritika (9 August 2019). "66th National Film Awards: Ayushmann Khurana for 'Badhaai Ho' And Vicky Kaushal For 'Uri', Check The List of Winners Here". India.com.
  7. Shukla, Richa (14 August 2019). "Dinesh Yadav, 'My film addresses the need for water conservation'". The Times of India.
  8. "Awards are Great but Films Serve Purpose When Released for Mass Audience, Says Sanjay Mishra". News18. 20 August 2019.
  9. Kumar Sharma, Pawan (11 August 2019). "राजस्थानी फिल्म टर्टल को मिला अवार्ड, सीएम गहलोत ने निर्माता अशोक चौधरी को फोन पर दी बधाई". Rajasthan Patrika.
  10. Syed, Siraj. "RIFF 2019, Jaipur, January 19–23, Winners list, Part II". Filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.


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