Quest (2006 film)

Quest
Quest
Directed by	Amol Palekar
Written by	Sandhya Gokhale
Produced by	Padma Vellaturi Rao; Uma Ganesh; Vahini Vijay Saradhi
Starring	Mukta Barve; Rishi Deshpande ; Mrinal Kulkarni
Cinematography	Debu Deodhar
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Music by	Anand Modak
Release dates	5 August 2006 (Brisbane International Film Festival); 29 August 2006 (India);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	India
Languages	English; Marathi

Quest (Marathi title: Thang) is a 2006 bilingual English and Marathi Indian drama film directed by Amol Palekar, starring Mukta Barve, Rishi Deshpande, Mrinal Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is last part of the trilogy on sexuality, which includes Daayraa (The Square Circle, 1996) and Anahat (Eternity, 2001). It is an urban story of a woman who discovers that her husband is homosexual.^[1]^[2] It was premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) on 5 August 2006.^[3]

This is first English language film made by Palekar.^[4] Both the version in Marathi and English were shot simultaneously, and the shooting was completed in 25 days.^[3]

At the 54th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.^[5]^[6]

Cast[edit]

Mukta Barve
Rishi Deshpande as Aditya
Mrinal Kulkarni
Vijaya Mehta
Shishir Sharma
Sachin Khedekar

References[edit]

^ "Palekar's Quest: The inside story". CNN-IBN. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Rajeev Masand (29 September 2006). "Quest is a boring saga". Moneycontrol.com, CNBC-TV18. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Amol Palekar has no regrets". Rediff.com movies. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "Amol Palekar's first English feature QUEST". glamsham.com. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "54th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
^ "54th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

External links[edit]

Quest at IMDb
"Thang". Amol Palekar website.

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[1] "Palekar's Quest: The inside story". CNN-IBN. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

[2] Rajeev Masand (29 September 2006). "Quest is a boring saga". Moneycontrol.com, CNBC-TV18. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

[rediff-3] "Amol Palekar has no regrets". Rediff.com movies. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

[4] "Amol Palekar's first English feature QUEST". glamsham.com. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

[54thaward-5] "54th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

[54thawardPDF-6] "54th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

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v t e National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English
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1981–2000	36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) – (1982) – (1983) – (1984) – (1985) Watchman (1986) – (1987) In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1988) – (1989) – (1990) – (1991) Electric Moon (1992) – (1993) English, August (1994) The Making of the Mahatma (1995) – (1996) – (1997) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (1998) – (1999) Pandavas: The Five Warriors (2000)
2001–present	Mitr, My Friend (2001) Stumble (2002) Dance Like a Man (2003) Amu (2004) 15 Park Avenue (2005) Quest (2006) The Last Lear (2007) Land Gold Women (2008) – (2009) Memories in March (2010) – (2011) Lessons in Forgetting (2012) The Coffin Maker (2013) – (2014) – (2015) – (2016) – (2017)