Iqbal (film)

Iqbal is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age sports drama film directed and co-written by Nagesh Kukunoor. Produced by Subhash Ghai, under "Mukta Searchlight Films", the story follows a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy from a remote Indian village as he aims to overcomes difficulties to become a cricketer and fulfill his dream of playing for the Indian national cricket team. The film received the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues.

Iqbal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNagesh Kukunoor
Written byNagesh Kukunoor
Mir Ali Hussain (dialogues)
Screenplay byNagesh Kukunoor
Story byNagesh Kukunoor
Produced bySubhash Ghai
Starring
  • Naseeruddin Shah
  • Shreyas Talpade
  • Girish Karnad
  • Yatin Karyekar
  • Prateeksha Lonkar
  • Shweta Basu Prasad
CinematographySudeep Chatterjee
Edited bySanjib Datta
Music by
  • Songs:
  • Himesh Reshammiya
  • Salim-Sulaiman
  • Sukhwinder Singh
  • Om The Fusion Band
  • Kedar-Sarosh
  • Background Score:
  • Salim-Sulaiman
Distributed byMukta Searchlight Films
Release date
  • 26 August 2005 (2005-08-26)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Sign language
Budget₹2.25 crore
Box office₹5.60 crore

The film was screened retrospective on 18 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.

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