''Budhia Singh – Born to Run'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language
biographical
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sports film
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directed by Soumendra Padhi. It is based on the life of
Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner, who ran 48 marathons, when he was only five years old. The film stars
Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two ...
as a coach and Mayur Patole as the title character. It won the
Best Children's Film award at the
63rd National Film Awards
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in 2016.
Cast
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Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two ...
as Biranchi Das
*Mayur Patole as
Budhia Singh
*
Tillotama Shome
Tillotama Shome (born 25 June 1979) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in independent films. She began acting with a supporting role in Mira Nair's film ''Monsoon Wedding'' (2001). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actr ...
as Sukanti
*
Shruti Marathe
Shruti Marathe is an Indian actress known for her works in Marathi cinema, Marathi and Tamil cinema, Tamil films and television.
Personal life
Shruti married actor Gaurav Ghatnekar in 2016. She sometimes goes by the name Shruti Prakash or Hem ...
as Gita
*Chhaya Kadam as Minister of Child Welfare
*
Gopal K Singh
Gopal Singh (born 14 November 1976) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. Singh is majorly known for his power packed performances and unconventional roles in Hindi films. His major work includes ''Company, Calcutta Mail, Ek Haseena ...
as litu
*Prasad Pandit as JD Pattanaik
*
Gajraj Rao
Gajraj Rao (born 1971) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. He is widely known for his performance in the comedy-drama film ''Badhaai Ho'' for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He debuted in 1994 ...
as chairman, Child Welfare
*Rajan Bhise as Dr Mohanty
*Shivraj D Walvekar as B S Gill
*
Pushkaraj Chirputkar
Pushkaraj Chirputkar is a Marathi actor and host widely known for his role of 'Ashu' on the Marathi sitcom '' Dil Dosti Duniyadari'', as well as for his role in its sequel, '' Dil Dosti Dobara''. Since then he has appeared in Hindi and Marathi m ...
as journalist
Production
Director Soumendra Padhi had auditioned more than 1200 kids for the title role from different states including
Odisha
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,
Chhattisgarh
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, Pune, Delhi and Mumbai, before he finalized Mayur for the role.
Music
The music for the film is composed by Sidhant Mathur, Ishaan Chhabra and Hitesh Sonik while the lyrics have been penned by Abhishek Dubey, Gopal Datt, Prashant Ingole and Vikrant Yadav.
References
External links
Website*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Budhia Singh – Born to Run
2016 films
Indian sports films
Indian biographical films
Biographical films about sportspeople
2010s sports films
Films set in Odisha
Running films
Best Children's Film National Film Award winners
Viacom18 Studios films
2010s Hindi-language films
2010s Indian films
Cultural depictions of Indian people
Cultural depictions of track and field athletes
2010s biographical films
Sports films based on actual events
Indian children's films
Films shot in Odisha
Hindi-language sports films