Gangoobai

Gangoobai
Directed by	Priya Krishnaswamy
Produced by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Starring	Sarita Joshi; Purab Kohli; Mita Vashisht; Rajendranath Zutshi; Nidhi Sunil;
Music by	Ved Nair
Cinematography	Anil Chandel ; Sandeep Patil
Edited by	Priya Krishnaswamy
Release date	October 2012 (Mumbai Film Festival); 11 January 2013;
Country	India
Language	Hindi ; Marathi

Gangoobai[1] is 2013 Bollywood drama film, produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India and directed by Priya Krishnaswamy.[2] It stars Sarita Joshi in the lead role as Gangoobai.

The story is about an elderly maid servant who works hard to achieve her dream of an extremely expensive Gara sari and changes the lives of people she interacts with while in Mumbai to buy the sari. The film was premiered at MAMI 2012, in the New Faces in Indian Cinema section; the South Asian Film Festival in Canada; the Hanoi International Film Festival in Vietnam and the IFFI 2012.[3]

Cast

Sarita Joshi as Gangoobai
Purab Kohli as Waman Ponkshe
Mita Vashisht as Daksha
Rajendranath Zutshi as Rohan[4][5]
Nidhi Sunil as Monisha
Ankita Shrivastav as Santripti
Aparna Kanekar as Malanbai (Gangoobai's friend in village)
Gopi Desai as Mrs. Tahiliani
Behram Rana as Jamshyd Mistry
Rushad Rana as Khushru Mistry
Ardra Swaroop as Simone's assistant

Critical response

The Times of India gave it 2.5 stars out of 5 and the reviewer summarizes it as "Gangoobai doesn't sweep your heart away, but leaves you with some sweet, feel-good moments."[2] MiD DAY gave the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars and says: "[T]his heartwarming film subtly teaches us something about our generation."[6] The reviewer at Live Mint called it "a fairy tale".[7]

References

'Gangoobai 2013 film full details on cast, crew, story and production' imdb.com. Retrieved January 2013.
Madhureeta Mukherjee (10 January 2013). "Hinto movie reviews: Gangoobai". Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
Rika Aash (11 January 2013). "NFDC to release Gangoobai on January 11". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
"Gangoobai movie preview". glamsham.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
IANS (11 January 2013). "Good to see actors of our age getting lead roles: Sarita Joshi". Zee News. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
Shakti Shetty (11 January 2013). "Movie Review: Gangoobai". MiD DAY. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
Nandini Ramnath (11 January 2013). "Film Review: Gangoobai: A fairy tale measured in six yards". Live Mint. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

External links

Gangoobai at IMDb

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[1] 'Gangoobai 2013 film full details on cast, crew, story and production' imdb.com. Retrieved January 2013.

[TOI-2] Madhureeta Mukherjee (10 January 2013). "Hinto movie reviews: Gangoobai". Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[3] Rika Aash (11 January 2013). "NFDC to release Gangoobai on January 11". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[4] "Gangoobai movie preview". glamsham.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[5] IANS (11 January 2013). "Good to see actors of our age getting lead roles: Sarita Joshi". Zee News. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[6] Shakti Shetty (11 January 2013). "Movie Review: Gangoobai". MiD DAY. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[7] Nandini Ramnath (11 January 2013). "Film Review: Gangoobai: A fairy tale measured in six yards". Live Mint. Retrieved 1 August 2013.