| Anhe Ghore Da Daan | |
| Director: | Gurvinder Singh |
| Producer: | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Starring: | Samuel John Kul Sidhu Gurpreet Bhangu |
| Music: | Catherine Lamb |
| Cinematography: | Satya Rai Nagpaul |
| Editing: | Ujjwal Chandra |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Punjabi |
Anhe Ghore Da Daan (Eng: Alms in the Name of a Blind Horse, Punjabi 2011) is a Punjabi film based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Gurdial Singh.[1] It derives its title from an ancient myth associated with the Churning of the Ocean, in which Lord Vishnu had been less than fair in his dispensation to the Asuras, supposedly the progenitors of latter-day Dalits. Through this novel, Gurdial Singh emphasizes that just as the Asuras had to depend upon the arbitrary dispensation of the Lord, in the same way, the modern Dalits have to depend on the mercy and compassion of the village overlords. Exploding this myth, Gurdial Singh has created this ‘whirlpool of a novella’ around an unending spate of events that enmesh the hapless lives of its characters, all in a single day.is a 2011 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Gurvinder Singh. It is It portrays the plight and problDalitsfarmers in Punjab
The film was shot in and around Bathinda city in Feb-March 2011.
The film is set in a village on the outskirts of Bathinda City, where the Dalit villagers work in the fields of the local landlord. It is a village where Dalit people are trying hard to make peace with their existence. Daily rituals betray their simmering anger and their helplessness. The landlord has sold his plots to an industry that has demolished the house of one of the villagers who refuses to vacate it. The elderly farmer's son is a rickshaw puller in the nearby town. The rickshaw pullers have gone on a strike that has turned violent. Both father and son are equally clueless about their futures.[2]
Anhe Ghore Da Daan is the first Punjabi-language film to have traveled to numerous international film festivals. The film premiered in the Orizzonti section (Horizons) at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. It won the Special Jury Award and the $50,000 Black Pearl trophy at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. It was also shown at the 55th BFI London Film Festival, 49th New York Film Festival and the 16th Busan International Film Festival.[3] The film won the National Awards for Best Direction and Cinematography (for cinematographer Satya Raj Nagpaul) at the 59th National Film Awards of India. In the regional category (Punjabi language), it was given another award for best film at the 59th National Film Awards.[4] This film has also won the Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 42nd International Film Festival of India.[5]