Haider

2014 2h 30m HI

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 266

CrimeDrama

Synopsis

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A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shahid Kapoor
Haider Meer
Tabu
Ghazala Meer
Kay Kay Menon
Khurram Meer
Shraddha Kapoor
Arshia Lone
Narendra Jha
Dr. Hilal Meer
Irrfan Khan
Roohdaar
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Hussain Meer
Lalit Parimoo
Pervez Lone

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Writers: Basharat Peer, Vishal Bhardwaj
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, shot by Pankaj Kumar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mehdi Hassan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Aarif Sheikh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Shahid Kapoor and Tabu and Kay Kay Menon carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3390572 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Vishal Bhardwaj directs. Pankaj Kumar behind the camera. Mehdi Hassan scores. Aarif Sheikh cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, shot by Pankaj Kumar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mehdi Hassan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Aarif Sheikh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Shahid Kapoor and Tabu and Kay Kay Menon carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3390572 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pankaj Kumar
Original score: Mehdi Hassan
Editing: Aarif Sheikh
Production design: Amit Ray
Costume design: Dolly Ahluwalia
Sound: Shajith Koyeri
Runtime: 150 min · 2h 30m
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Box office: $11,500,000
Return: 164% of budget
Original language: HI
Certification (US): 18
IMDB: Haider (2014)

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badelf2022-11-15
★ 10/10
As a Shakespearean actor, I can tell you this film is the BEST adaptation of one of his plays I have ever seen. It is in the same class as Kurasawa's RAN. It is a brilliantly written screenplay, and both directed and performed at the very highest level. Bhardwaj has taken quite a bit of liberty with the sequence and story line, but not so much that it is unrecognizable from the Bard's work. Even the name of the mysterious revolutionary, Roohdaar means "spirit" in Hindi - or ghost. Much more importantly, Bhardwaj has used the play as a tool to relate and comment on a dark period in the history of the animosity between India and Pakistan. And like Kurasawa, he blatantly rails against revenge and war.

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