''Yeh Ballet'' () is a

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Film written and directed by

Sooni Taraporevala Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of ''Mississippi Masala'', ''The Namesake (film), The Namesake'' and Oscar-nominated ''Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), all directed by Mira Na ...

and produced by

Siddharth Roy Kapur Siddharth Roy Kapur (born 2 August 1974) is an Indian film producer and the founder and managing director of Roy Kapur Films. He is the former managing director of The Walt Disney Company India and the former president of the Producers Guild o ...

. The film features two newcomers—Achintya Bose as

Amiruddin Shah Amiruddin Shah is the first male ballet dancer from India to excel in classical ballet and has achieved notable milestones. He has been compared to the protagonist of "Billy Elliot" BBC World Service. Shah has danced professionally with the Mia ...

, and

Manish Chauhan Manish (''also'' Maneesh) (Devanagari: मनिष ''or'' मनीष) is a common Hindu masculine given name that literally means "The God of the Mind" or the one who has controlled and mastered one's mind (representing an intellectual, geni ...

portraying Nishu (character based on his own life), as the leads. The film also stars

Julian Sands Julian Richard Morley Sands''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, ...

Jim Sarbh Jim Sarbh (born 27 August 1987) is an Indian film and stage actor. Best known for his supporting work in the Hindi films, he is the recipient of a Screen Award, an International Indian Film Academy Award and two Filmfare Award nominations. Add ...

, Danish Husain,

Vijay Maurya Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, writer and director who works in Hindi films and theatre. He is best known for his work in the 2019 Hindi musical film ''Gully Boy.'' Early life Maurya was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His brother, A ...

, Heeba Shah, and Kalyanee Mulay. The film is streaming now on

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. The film is a fictionalized version of a short documentary by Taraporevala by the same name.

Plot

Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.

Cast

Julian Sands Julian Richard Morley Sands''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, ...

as Saul Aron *Achintya Bose as Asif *Manish Chauhan as Nishu *

as Academy Head *Danish Husain as Asif's father *

as Nishu's father *Heeba Shah as Asif's mother *Kalyanee Mulay Nishu's mother *Sasha Shetty as Nina *Purva Barve as Nishu's sister *Mekhola Bose as Asha *Mikhail Yawalkar as Arjun *Nizamuddin Shah as Asif's brother *

Sarah-Jane Dias Sarah-Jane Dias is an Indian actress, host, VJ and former beauty queen. She was the winner of Femina Miss India 2007 and was a VJ for Channel V. Early life Sarah-Jane Dias was born in Muscat, Oman. Her father, Eustace Dias, is a marketing ma ...

as show judge (Special appearance) *

Boman Irani Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor, photographer and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema he has also worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has acted in more than a 100 films in his career. Ear ...

as show judge (Special appearance) *

Rahul Khanna Rahul Khanna (born 20 June 1972) is an Indian actor, VJ and writer who works in Bollywood. He is the older son of actor turned politician Vinod Khanna and the older brother of Akshaye Khanna. Early life and background Khanna was born and rai ...

as show judge (Special appearance)

Release

''Yeh Ballet'' was released on Netflix on 21 February 2020.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 10230436 2020 films 2020s Hindi-language films Hindi-language Netflix original films Indian direct-to-video films 2020 direct-to-video films