Blue Mountains (2015 film) explained

Blue Mountains: A Modern Day Classic
Director:Suman Ganguli
Producer:Rajesh Kumar Jain
Screenplay:Indranil Goswami
Suman Ganguli
Story:Suman Ganguli
Starring:Ranvir Shorey
Gracy Singh
Rajpal Yadav
Simran Sharma
Arif Zakaria
Mahesh Thakur
Yatharth Ratnum
Sanjeev Rathore
Narrators:-->
Music:Sundeep Gosswami & Surya Vishwakarma
Monty Sharma
Adesh Shrivastava
Cinematography:Chandrashekhar Rath
Editing:Asif Ali Shaikh
Runtime:134 Minutes
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Blue Mountains: A Modern Day Classic is a 2015 Bollywood drama film, written and directed by Suman Ganguli, & produced by Raujesh Kumar Jain.[1] The film stars Ranvir Shorey,[2] Gracy Singh, Rajpal Yadav, Simran Sharma, Arif Zakaria, Mahesh Thakur, Yatharth Ratnum.

The movie released in India on 7 April 2017.

Plot

Som, a hill-town boy, accidentally selected in a singing reality TV show. Som’s mother, a celebrity singer of yesteryear, starts dreaming of materializing her unfulfilled dreams through her son, Som is pushed into the vortex of 'making of a celebrity singer', by everyone, from the sleepy hamlet. But Som's conquest for stardom ends faster than it had begun. He returns to his hometown unceremoniously. Once a dreamer of the Blue Mountains, Som sinks in the abyss of lowest self-esteem. Som's parents, close friends, his school teachers and well wishers take up the Herculean task of retrieving the titanic of Som's morale. But clutching the lineage of music, he comes out victorious, returning to the old prototype of the hill town brat, scaling the highs of his blue mountains once again. Blue Mountains is for those who have not made it to the final of any 'talent hunt contest' - called life.

Awards

The film won the awards at the 2015 Golden Elephant trophy : Best Feature Film[3] Blue Mountains movie won the awards at the 2016 Nashik Film Festival trophy : Best Director and Best Director of photography[4] The film won the awards at the 2016 Hyderabad Film Festival: Best Feature Film[5]

Summary of Awards

Cast

Music

  1. " Bheeni Bheeni Bhor" - Sadhana Sargam, Suraj Jagan, Yatharth Ratnum
  2. "Get Set Go" - Shaan
  3. "Kaare Kaare Badra" - Shreya Ghoshal
  4. "Shanno" - Sunidhi Chauhan
  5. "Vote Do" - Kailash Kher

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Blue Mountains', an inspirational tale from Suman Ganguli. BusinessStandard. 14 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Ranvir Shorey did 'Blue Mountains' for son Haroon. Indian Express. 4 March 2015.
  3. Web site: BLUE MOUNTAINS wins the Golden Elephant trophy . Bollywood Trade. 3 December 2015.
  4. Web site: 8th Nashik International Film Festival – Awards 2016 .
  5. Web site: 9 Award Winning Indian Films at the International Children's Film Fest. The Better India.