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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = 27 Down<br />
| image = 27_Down_Poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = Original Movie Poster.<br />
| director = Awtar Krishna Kaul<br />
| producer = Awtar Krishna Kaul<br />
| writer =<br />
| screenplay = Awtar Krishna Kaul<br />
| story =<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''Athara Sooraj Ke Paudhe''|Ramesh Bakshi}}<br />
| starring = [[Raakhee]]<br />[[M.K. Raina]]<br />
| music = [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]]<br /> [[Bhubaneswar Mishra (Musician)|Bhubaneswar Mishra]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Apurba Kishore Bir]]<br />
| editing = Ravi Patnaik<br />
| studio =<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1974|||}}<!-- {{Film date|df=yes|Year|Month|Day|Location}} --><br />
| runtime = 118 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''27 Down''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1974|1974]] [[India]]n [[drama film]] directed by Awtar Krishna Kaul, starring [[Raakhee]] and [[M.K. Raina]]. The film is based on the [[Hindi]] novel ''Athara Sooraj Ke Paudhe'', by Ramesh Bakshi, about a railways employee who meets a girl on the train. The film's music was performed by classical musicians [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and [[Bhubaneswar Mishra (Musician)|Bhubaneswar Mishra]],<ref>{{cite web| title = Pandit Bhubaneshwar Mishra <br />
| url = http://www.odissivilas.org/mishra.htm | accessdate = 2013-09-19 }}</ref> while the production design was by [[Bansi Chandragupta]].<br />
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At the [[21st National Film Awards]], the film won the Award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]] as well as [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], for [[Apurba Kishore Bir]].<ref name="21staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091451/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=1 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="21stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> The film's director Avatar Kaul died in an accident the same week the awards were announced. It was his only film.<ref name=time/><ref name=exp/><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is set on 27 Down, the Bombay-Varanasi Express, Sanjay (M.K. Raina) is on a pilgrimage journey to [[Varanasi]] (Banaras), and remembers his life in [[Flashback (narrative)|flashbacks]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=27 Down Bombay-Varanasi Express (1974) |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/155794/27-Down-Bombay-Varanasi-Express/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424000811/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/155794/27-Down-Bombay-Varanasi-Express/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |author=Clarke Fountain |date=2008 |archive-date=2008-04-24}}</ref> Sanjay gives up his dreams to become an artist, in order to support his family he takes up his father's profession of railways employee. He spends his days as a railways ticket checker, till he meets a [[Life Insurance Corporation]] employee, Shalini (Raakhee), on the suburban train. After a few more meetings, they fall in love, and Sanjay starts seeing life differently, but when his father finds about their relationship, he fixes his marriage with some other girl.<ref name=time/><ref name=exp>{{cite news |title=Silences of the heart|author=Shubhra Gupta|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/silences-of-the-heart/971265/0 |work=The Indian Express|date=7 July 2012 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=nyt/><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Raakhee]] as Shalini<br />
*[[M.K. Raina]] as Sanjay<br />
*Rekha Sabnis as Sanjay's Wife<br />
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Anna (Sanjay's father)<br />
* Madhavi Manjula<br />
*[[Sadhu Meher]]<br />
*[[Sudhir Dalvi]] as Sanjay's friend<br />
*[[Nilesh Vellani]] as young Sanjay<br />
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==Music==<br />
#"Chuk Chuk Chuk" - Ravi Kichlu<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was shot on location on Mumbai trains, platforms, and at Mumbai's [[Victoria Terminus]] station, the cinematographer of the film, [[Apurba Kishore Bir]] was 22 years old when he got the project, he shot 70 percent of the film using a [[hand-held camera]], inspired by ''[[The Battle of Algiers]]'', a 1966 war film with an aim to put the camera right in the conflict, he shot with wide lenses rather than zooms. Bir chose to shoot the film in black and white, as he wanted stark contrasts.<ref name=time>{{cite web|title=Apurba Kishore Bir on 27 Down |url=http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/apurba-kishore-bir-27-down |date=11 December 2009 |publisher=Time Out Mumbai |accessdate=19 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227085908/http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/apurba-kishore-bir-27-down |archivedate=27 February 2014 }}</ref> As it was difficult to control across crowd, most of the film's platform scenes were shot in the night, or at side platforms, and extras made it look like a busy time.<ref name=exp/><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* [http://www.dogheaddevilbarking.com/3wc/27down.html 27 Down : Map of the Human Heart]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0071083|title=27 Down}}<br />
*{{cite web |title=''27 Down'' (1:53) |url=http://www.cinemasofindia.com/movie/view/1039_27-Down |publisher=[[National Film Development Corporation of India#Cinemas of India|Cinemas of India (NFDC)]] |access-date=19 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054946/http://www.cinemasofindia.com/movie/view/1039_27-Down |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}<br />
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