Pinjar (film)
| Pinjar | |
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| Directed by | Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
| Screenplay by | Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
| Story by | Amrita Pritam |
| Based on | Pinjar by Amrita Pritam |
| Produced by | Lucky Star Entertainment |
| Starring | Urmila Matondkar Manoj Bajpayee Sanjay Suri Kulbhushan Kharbanda Isha Koppikar Farida Jalal Sandali Sinha Priyanshu Chatterjee |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiyil |
| Edited by | Ballu Saluja |
| Music by | Uttam Singh Gulzar (lyrics) |
Production company | Lucky Star Entertainment |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 188 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi Punjabi |
Pinjar (transl. The Cage) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The film revolves around the Hindu-Muslim problems during the partition of India and is based on a Punjabi novel of the same name, written by Amrita Pritam. Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee and Sanjay Suri portray the lead roles. Besides critical acclaim, the film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and the Special Jury Award for Bajpayee.