Quest (2006 film)

Quest (Marathi title: Thang) is a 2006 bilingual English and Marathi Indian drama film directed by Amol Palekar, starring Mukta Barve, Rishi Deshpande, Mrinal Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is last part of the trilogy on sexuality, which includes Daayraa (The Square Circle, 1996) and Anahat (Eternity, 2001). It is an urban story of a woman who discovers that her husband is homosexual.[1][2] It was premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) on 5 August 2006.[3]

Quest
MarathiThang
Directed byAmol Palekar
Produced byPadma Vellaturi Rao
Uma Ganesh
Vahini Vijay Saradhi
Written bySandhya Gokhale
StarringMukta Barve
Rishi Deshpande
Mrinal Kulkarni
Music byAnand Modak
CinematographyDebu Deodhar
Edited byAmitabh Shukla
Release date
  • 29 August 2006 (2006-08-29) (India)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Marathi

This is first English language film made by Palekar.[4] Both the version in Marathi and English were shot simultaneously, and the shooting was completed in 25 days.[3]

At the 54th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.[5][6]

Cast
gollark: Clearly, people find conveniently getting water in a form they can carry better than just carrying a reusable water bottle around somehow.
gollark: Since most restaurants will let you get a glass or whatever of free tap water here.
gollark: Bottled water is really weird. I figure you're paying for convenience mostly.
gollark: I don't actually treat second hand reports of Facebook comments as a reliable source.
gollark: On the buying watery land thing. Not your opinions on lawn maintenance.

References
  1. "Palekar's Quest: The inside story". CNN-IBN. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. Rajeev Masand (29 September 2006). "Quest is a boring saga". Moneycontrol.com, CNBC-TV18. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. "Amol Palekar has no regrets". Rediff.com movies. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. "Amol Palekar's first English feature QUEST". glamsham.com. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. "54th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  6. "54th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.


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