Iqbal

Drama Sports

13+

India

Hindi

August 26, 2005

2hr 12min

Status: released

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Iqbal Movie Details:

Country	India
Language	Hindi
Genre	Sports, Drama
Release date	August 26, 2005
Running time	2hr 12min
Certificate	13+
Starring	Naseeruddin Shah Girish Karnad Shreyas Talpade Shweta Basu Prasad Yatin Karyekar Prateeksha Lonkar
Directed by	Nagesh Kukunoor
Written by	Dialogues: Mir Ali Hussain Screenplay& Story: Nagesh Kukunoor
Produced by	Subhash Ghai
Cinematography by	Sudeep Chatterjee
Edited by	Sanjib Datta
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Salim–Sulaiman Sukhwinder Singh Om The Fusion Band Kedar–Sarosh Background Score: Salim–Sulaiman
Production Company	Mukta Searchlight Films
Distributor	Ultra Media & Entertainment (DVD)

Iqbal Movie Cast & Characters:

Naseeruddin Shah as Mohit Mishra
Girish Karnad as “Guruji”
Shreyas Talpade as Iqbal Saeed Khan
Shweta Basu Prasad as Khadija Saeed Khan
Yatin Karyekar as Anwar Saeed Khan
Prateeksha Lonkar as Saida Saeed Khan
Dilip Salgaonkar as Bipin
Jyoti Joshi as Farida
Adarsh Balakrishna as Kamal
Gururaj Manepalli as Akash
D. Santosh as Satish Bhatawdekar
Kapil Dev as himself (Special Appearance)

Storyline:

The film follows a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy from a remote Indian village as he aims to overcome difficulties to become a cricketer and fulfill his dream of playing for the Indian national cricket team.

Iqbal Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	₹2.25 crore
Domestic Collection	₹5.41crore
International Collection	$45,000
Worldwide Collection	₹5.60 crore

About Iqbal Movie:

Iqbal is a Hindi sports drama film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and produced by Subhash Ghai under the banner of Mukta Searchlight Films. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Shreyas Talpade, Shweta Basu Prasad, and Yatin Karyekar.

This was Shreyas Talpade’s debut film in Bollywood.

Iqbal was screened retrospectively on August 18, 2016, at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and the Ministry of Defense, commemorating the 70th Indian Independence Day.

The film received the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. Naseeruddin Shah won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actor category for this movie.