''Riwayat'' () is a 2010 Indian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

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and produced by Ajay Rane and Sanjay Patole. The film stars

Khalid Siddiqui Khalid Siddiqui ( ur, خالد صدیقی) (born 1 February 1974) is an Indian film and television actor & model. Siddiqui has worked in a number of television shows and Bollywood films. He had a supporting role in '' Ghajini''. Recently he wo ...

Samapika Debnath Samapika Debnath is an Indian film and television actress and model. She has mainly acted in Bengali and Hindi films. She made her debut in 2007 with film '' Kaal''. Works Films * '' Astra'' (2012) * ''Riwayat'' (2012) * '' Shatru Sanghar' ...

, Saurabh Dubey and

Salil Ankola Salil Ashok Ankola (; born 1 March 1968) is a former international cricketer who played one Test match and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for Mumbai, re ...

in pivotal roles. The film is based on the issues of

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. The film was screened at international film festivals and won several international awards.

Cast

as Raja Desai *

as Anita Desai *

as Deepak Desai * Saurabh Dubey as Seth Girdhar Desai (Raja and Deepak's father) *

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as Kabeer *

Aditya Lakhia Aditya Lakhia is an Indian character actor. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer. He began his acting career in 1988 playing small roles and worked as an assistant director in ''Akele Hum Akele Tum''. The character of Kachra in the movie ...

as Gangaram *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Bhojpuri films and several Marathi Plays. Sayaj ...

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (29 August 1968 1 May 2021) was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played supporting roles in many films and television serials. Kanwarpal shared screen space with actor Anil K ...

Achint Kaur Achint Kaur is an Indian television and Cinema actresses and is best known for playing the antagonists ''Mandira'' and ''Pallavi'' in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap operas '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' and ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', respective ...

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* Gauri Kulkarni as Radha

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. Srijana Das Mitra from

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rated the film 2 out of 5, praised the acting and criticised that the film should have "highlighted the issue only". Shaheen Parker from

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rated 1.5 out of 5 criticised the film's story and direction.

Accolades

The film was selected officially at many

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s, including Monaco Charity International Film Festival,

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Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year sin ...

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, CinefestOZ, and various film festivals in India. The film won five awards at different international film festivals.

References

External links

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portal * *
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