Gour Hari Dastaan

Gour Hari Dastan
Directed by	Anant Mahadevan
Written by	C. P. Surendran
Produced by	Bindiya Khanolkar Sachin Khanolkar
Starring	Vinay Pathak Konkona Sen Sharma Ranvir Shorey Tannishtha Chatterjee
Cinematography	Alphonse Roy
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Dr. L. Subramaniam
Release date	14 August 2015 (2015-08-14)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Gour Hari Dastan – The Freedom File is a 2015 Indian, biographical film on freedom fighter Gour Hari Das,[1] directed by Anant Mahadevan. The film starred Vinay Pathak, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey and Tannishtha Chatterjee, among others.[2] The film depicts the life of the Indian freedom fighter from Odisha, Sri Gour Hari Das.

The film released on 14 August 2015, and received good response from critics.[3]

Plot

Gour Hari Dastaan is a story of an Odisha freedom fighter, Gour Hari Das who made his way through a long battle of silent war that lasted for 32 years, against his own government to prove his patriotic association towards the nation. He fought for a certificate recognizing his work as a freedom fighter which took three full decades to arrive. At the age of 84, the much sought-after certificate, when it was ultimately awarded, was a bittersweet victory.[4]

Cast

• Vinay Pathak as Gour Hari Das
• Konkona Sen Sharma as Lakshmi Das
• Ranvir Shorey as Rajiv Singhal
• Tannishtha Chatterjee as Anita
• Vikram Gokhale as Chief Minister
• Vipin Sharma as Ahirkar
• Rajit Kapoor as Mohan Joshi
• Saurabh Shukla as Special Secretary – Freedom Cell
• Neha Pendse as Neha Das
• Asrani as Khadi Commission Boss
• Parikshat Sahni as Principal
• Murli Sharma as Godbole
• Viju Khote as Grossary Man
• Jackie Shroff
• Ashok Banthia as Hari Das (Gour Hari Das' Father)
• Rahul Vohra as Rajiv Mitra
• Vinay Apte as MLA Walve
• Siddharth Jadhav
• Neena Kulkarni as Ms. Apte
• Bharat Dabholkar as Commando 1
• Upendra Limaye as Jail Chief
• Surendra Rajan as Gandhiji
• Sandeep Kulkarni as Home Minister
• Suhas Palshikar as 1st Gandhiwadi
• Kishore Pradhan as Retired Postman
• Ganesh Yadav
• Achint Kaur
• Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
• Deepak Satsule as Alok
• Vidya Malvade as Tanvi
• Chhaya Kadam as Khadi Commission
• Khushboo as Rajiv's feminist-wife
• Satish Pulekar
• Pradeep Haldankar
• Gary Richardson as British Teacher
• Sunil Shende
• Jay Palkar as train passenger

Soundtrack

All music is composed by L. Subramaniam

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"A Country Gone Wrong"	L Subramaniam	0:38
2.	"A Country Wins Freedom"	L Subramaniam	0:22
3.	"A Dream Fulfilled"	L Subramaniam	0:48
4.	"A New Era Dawns"	L Subramaniam	0:33
5.	"Atharva Veda"	Manjikudi Shastri	1:17
6.	"Babul Mora"	Kavita Krishnamurthy	4:06
7.	"Denial of the Truth"	L Subramaniam	0:58
8.	"Failing Memory"	L Subramaniam	0:41
9.	"Holding on to the Past"	L Subramaniam	2:30
10.	"Hope Recedes"	L Subramaniam	0:59
11.	"Lest I Forget"	L Subramaniam	0:35
12.	"Love Theme"	L Subramaniam	0:39
13.	"Page From The Past"	L Subramaniam	2:22
14.	"Raghupati Raghav"	Narayana Subramaniam	3:17
15.	"Right Now"	Bindu Subramaniam	4:01
16.	"The Englishman and the Flag"	L Subramaniam	0:47
17.	"The Past Is A Memory"	L Subramaniam	0:18
18.	"The Truth Dawns on Alok"	L Subramaniam	0:32
19.	"The Truth Stares"	L Subramaniam	3:16
20.	"Vaishnava Janato Ft. Kavita Krishnamurthy"	Pandit Jasraj	3:10
21.	"Vaishnava Janato Remembering Gandhi"	Kavita Krishnamurthy	5:32
22.	"War of Words"	L Subramaniam	1:31
Total length:			38:52

References

1. Gour Hari Das Interview
2. Cast & Crew List
3. Review by The Hindu
4. "Official Website". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

External links

• Gour Hari Dastaan at IMDb