The Blue Umbrella

2007 1h 30m HI

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★6.8TMDB · 28

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Synopsis

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Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shreya Sharma
Biniya
Pankaj Kapur
Nandakishore 'Nandu' Khatri
Deepak Dobriyal
Robot Owner
Rahul Kumar
Tikku
Paramjit Singh Kakran
Rajaram
Piu Dutt
Binya's mother
Aasmaan Bhardwaj
Binya's friend
Samrat Mukherji
Bijju

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Writers: Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

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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7 / 8

CAST

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Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapur and Deepak Dobriyal carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0457802 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vishal Bhardwaj directs. Sachin K. Krishn behind the camera. Vishal Bhardwaj scores. Aarif Sheikh cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

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Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, shot by Sachin K. Krishn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Vishal Bhardwaj. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Aarif Sheikh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapur and Deepak Dobriyal carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0457802 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.