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Star Cast
The Blue Umbrella
Shreya Sharma
Biniya
Pankaj Kapur
Nandakishore 'Nandu' Khatri
Deepak Dobriyal
Robot Owner
Rahul Kumar
Tikku
Paramjit Singh Kakran
Rajaram
Piu Dutt
Binya's mother
Aasmaan Bhardwaj
Biniya's Friend
Urmila
Biniya's Friend
Dollram
Biniya's Friend
Kamal
Biniya's Friend
Salil Golu
Biniya's Friend
Puja
Biniya's Friend
Karan
Biniya's Friend
Manvi
Biniya's Friend
Rishabh
Biniya's Friend
Anuj Mathur
Biniya's Friend (as Anuj)
Shriya
Biniya's Friend
Shailendra Mohite
Cobbler
Bhupinder Sharma
Vaidji
Kamal Tiwari
Mukhiya (as Kamal Tewari)
Kumar Thakur
Chander
Dolly Ahluwalia
Lillavati
Alok Mathur
Masterji
Rajesh Sharma
Policeman
Anil George
Barber
Samrat Mukherjee
Bijju
Pradipa
Japanese Tourist
Vinod`Japanese Tourist
Chola
Japanese Tourist
Echo
Japanese Tourist
Nikhil
Japanese Tourist
Danai
Japanese Tourist
Richard
Foreigner Photographer
Vikas Bandhu
Dan
Avtar Sahani
Choudhary (as Avtar Sahni)
Baldev Khosia
Umbrella Seller
Shlok Sharma
Bijju's Friend
Mohammad Shahid
Bijju's Friend
Gyaneshwar
Bijju's Friend
Bishnu Pandey
Postman
Rani Bansal
Village Woman (as Rajni Bansal)
Seema
Village Woman
Abhay Sharma
Postmaster
Ranjeet Cheema
Wrestler
Paramveer Bhuilar
Wrestler
Gurtaljeet Khera
Wrestler
Jagroop Nijjar
Wrestler
Gurmej Malli
Wrestler
Satinder Singh Sonnu
Wrestler
Shiva Thapa
Wrestler
Manek Bedi
Arjun (uncredited)
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Director:
Vishal BhardwajProducer:
Ronnie ScrewvalaMusic:
Vishal BhardwajStory:
Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, Minty Kunwar TejpalGenres:
Comedy, Drama, FamilyCertification:
General audiencesStatus:
Completed
Plot Summary
The Blue Umbrella
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella.
She and her umbrella become very popular with both tourists and the local villagers. A restaurant-owner, Nandkishore Khatri, takes a fancy to this umbrella and attempts several times to buy if off of her - in vain. Then one day while tending to her two cows, the umbrella goes missing. The entire village sympathizes with her.
She suspects Nandkishore, and the police turn his house upside down but are unable to locate the missing umbrella. An embittered and upset Nandkishore orders a red-and-white Japanese umbrella and, in turn, becomes immensely popular with the local villagers as well as with tourists. The question remains: where did Biniya's umbrella disappear to, and will she ever recover it?
Awards
The Blue Umbrella
- Golden Lotus Award
Event: National Film Awards, India
Result: Won
Category: Best Children's Film
Recipient(s): Ronnie Screwvala (producer)
Vishal Bhardwaj (director)