Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes
2005 Indian film
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Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language partly-animation film written and directed by Ashok Kaul, and it is the first Indian film which is almost two-thirds animated, with "live actors" doing the rest.[1] The film is based on the love story between Prince Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah of Hyderabad and Bhagmati.[2]
Milind Soman
Peter Pereira
Thomas A. Xavier
| Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes | |
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| Directed by | Ashok Kaul |
| Written by | Ashok Kaul |
| Starring | Tabu Milind Soman |
| Cinematography | Sameer Arya Peter Pereira Thomas A. Xavier |
| Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
At 2 hours and 40 minutes, the film was billed as "the world's longest animated film that also has living characters".[3][4]
Plot
Cast
- Tabu as Shivaranjani/Bhagmati
- Milind Soman as Aseem/Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah[5]
- Ashok Kaul as Professor Bhanupratap
- J. V. Somayajulu
- Mahima Chaudhry (voice)[6]
- Hema Malini (cameo)
Production
The live-action parts of the film were shot in Hyderabad and some other parts of Andhra Pradesh.[7]
Soundtrack
- "Alvida" – Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam
- "Falsafi O Falsafi" – Ravindra Jain
- "Ishq Abhi Tak Zinda Hai" – Farid Sabri, Vinod Sehgal
- "Jiya Jaye Amma" – Asha Bhosle, Roop Kumar Rathod
- "Kaise Kahan Kab Ho Gaya" – Suresh Wadkar
- "Meri Jaan Meri Jaan Meri Jaan Meri Jaan" – Rekha Bhardwaj
- "Prem Diwani" – Asha Bhosle
- "Suraj Ki Aag Mein" – Roop Kumar Rathod, Sujatha Mohan
Reception
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film one out of five stars and wrote, "On the whole, BHAGGMATI - THE QUEEN OF FORTUNES is a poor show".[8]
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