''Godmother'' is a 1999 Hindi biographical drama film directed by Vinay Shukla released in 1999, and ostensibly inspired by the life of

Santokben Jadeja Santokben Sarmanbhai Jadeja was an Indian gangster and politician from Gujarat. She was known popularly known as Godmother. Her area of operations have been in and around Porbandar. Though now marginalized, she was once a key player in the cri ...

, who ran the Mafia operations at

Porbandar Porbandar is a city in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of the Porbandar District and it was the former capi ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, in the late 1980s and early 1990s and later turned politician.

Cast

* Shabana Azmi - Rambhi *

Milind Gunaji Milind Gunaji (born 23 July 1961) is an Indian actor, model, television presenter, writer and author, most known for his roles in Marathi and Hindi cinema. He made his first film appearance in 1993's ''Papeeha'' and has since performed in over ...

- Veeram *

Nirmal Pandey Nirmal Pandey (10 August 1962 – 18 February 2010) was an Indian Bollywood actor who was known for his role of Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur's '' Bandit Queen'' (1994),and Dajjal in Television Series Hatim, for portraying a transvestite in ' ...

- Jakhra *

Govind Namdev Govind Namdev (born 3 September 1954) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Namdev made his debut as a corrupt cop in David Dhawan's ''Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film), Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992). He has acted in numerous movies, often as ...

- Kesubhai * Vinit Kumar - Lakhubhai * Loveleen Mishra - Ramde's wife *

Raima Sen Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in the Hindi and Bengali films. Early life Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma a ...

- Sejal * Sharman Joshi - Karsan

Music

Sanjeev Abhyankar (singing), Vishal Bhardwaj (music) and

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 200 ...

(lyrics) won the National Awards for this movie. The songs were: * "Gunje Gagan Gunje Lalkaren Ham" (singer: Roop Kumar Rathod) * "Matee Re Matee Re" (singer:

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her cont ...

) * "Raja Kee Kahanee Puranee Ho Gayee" (singers: Usha Uthup, Rekha,

Kavita Krishnamurthy Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojp ...

) * "Suno Re Suno Re Bhayila" (singer: Sanjeev Abhyankar ) * "Tum Agar Yeh Mujhse Puchho" (singer: Abhijeet )

Awards

National Film Awards – 1998

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several a ...

* National Film Award for Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj * National Film Award for Best Editing: Renu Saluja *

National Film Award for Best Actress The National Film Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role wit ...

: Shabana Azmi *

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer The following is a list of winners of the National Film Awards, National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Male Playback singer. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in the year 1967. The singers whose performances have won awar ...

: Sanjeev Abhyankar * National Film Award for Best Lyrics:

National Film Award for Best Costume Designer National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

Mandira Shukla Mandira may refer to: * a Sanskrit word meaning ''temple'', and from which the Hindi/North Indian word ''mandir'' derives * Mandira Bedi (born 1972), Indian actress * Mandira Dam Mandira Dam boka dam is located near Kansbahal in Sundergarh distr ...

(Nominated)

Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

* Filmfare Best Story Award: Vinay Shukla

IIFA Awards The International Indian Film Academy Awards, popularly known as IIFA, is an annual awards ceremony for Bollywood. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for th ...

IIFA Best Background Score Award The IIFA Best Background Score is a technical award chosen ahead of the ceremonies. A. R. Rahman is the most awarded artist with six wins followed by Pritam and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy with three wins each. The winners are listed below:- S ...

: Vishal Bhardwaj

References

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