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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Amdavad Ma Famous<br />
| image = Amdavad Ma Famous poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| director = [[Hardik Mehta]]<br />
| producer = Akanksha Tewari, Arya A. Menon<br />
| writer =<br />
| starring = Zaid<br />
| music = [[Alokananda Dasgupta]]<br />
| cinematography =Piyush Puty and Harshbir Singh<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|09|24|Budapest International Documentary Festival}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
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'''''Amdavad Ma Famous''''' ({{lang-gu|અમદાવાદમાં ફેમસ}}, English: Famous in Ahmedabad) is a documentary film about [[Uttarayan|kite flying]] festival in [[Ahmedabad]], India. The film is directed by [[Hardik Mehta]] and produced by Akanksha Tewari and Arya A. Menon. It was filmed with help of cinematographer Piyush Puty and Harshbir Singh.<ref name="Paniker 2016"/><ref name="DeshGujarat 2016"/><ref name="IBNLive 2016"/> The film received the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]] at [[63rd National Film Awards]] for 2015.<ref name="Ia016">{{cite web|title=63rd National Film Awards, 2015 announced |website=Internet Archive |date=5 April 2016 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138360 |accessdate=5 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405191533/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138360 |archivedate=5 April 2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Set during the kaleidoscopic backdrop of [[Uttarayana]], the kite-flying festival in Ahmedabad city of India, 'Amdavad Ma Famous', witnesses the transformation of an 11-year-old Zaid from a boy next door to an aggressive and a passionate kite-runner, till he comes across a challenge that threatens to keep him away from the one thing he loves.<br />
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==Release==<br />
''Amdavad Ma Famous'' is released on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/murtaza-ali-khan/murtaza-ali-khan/murtaza-ali-khan/amdavad-ma-famous-a-soaring-documentary-about-kite-flying/|title='Amdavad Ma Famous': A Soaring Documentary About Kite-Flying|newspaper=Huffington Post India|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
The film received the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]] at [[63rd National Film Awards]] for 2015.<ref name="Paniker 2016">{{cite web | last=Paniker | first=Shruti | title=A film that is 100% Amdavadi | website=Ahmedabad Mirror | date=29 March 2016 | url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/ahmedabad/others/A-film-that-is-100-Amdavadi/articleshow/51590319.cms | accessdate=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="DeshGujarat 2016">{{cite web | author=DeshGujarat | title=National Film Awards 2016: Film 'Amdavad Ma Famous' bags Swarna Kamal | website=DeshGujarat | date=28 March 2016 | url=http://DeshGujarat.Com/2016/03/28/national-film-awards-2016-film-amdavad-ma-famous-bags-swarna-kamal/ | accessdate=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ia016"/> The film has also won the best short documentary award at the 2015 Budapest International Documentary Festival. It was nominated for the prestigious Golden Award and won the Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Festival, [[Doha]], Qatar in 2015.<ref name="IBNLive 2016">{{cite web | title='Amdavad ma Famous', a documentary that captures Uttarayan skies unlike any Bhansali film | publisher=CNN-IBN | date=16 January 2016 | url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/buzz/amdavad-ma-famous-a-documentary-that-captures-uttarayan-skies-unlike-any-bhansali-film-1190620.html | accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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The film also won the Golden Conch for Best Documentary (Up to 60 minutes) and Best Editor (Hardik Mehta) in the National competition at the 14th [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] in 2016. At 63rd Belgrade Film Festival, it won the Golden Plaque in International Competition for Best Documentary Short.<ref name="FCS 2016">{{cite web | title=Završen 63. Beogradski festival dokumentarnog i kratkometražnog filma (BFF), dodeljene nagrade " FCS | website=FCS | date=4 February 2016 | url=http://www.fcs.rs/zavrsen-63-beogradski-festival-dokumentarnog-i-kratkometraznog-filma-dodeljene-nagrade/ | language=hr | accessdate=5 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Cunha 2016">{{cite web | last=Cunha | first=Uma Da | title=Mumbai | website=The Citizen | date=5 April 2016 | url=http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/OldNewsPage | accessdate=5 April 2016}}</ref> The film was an official selection and in competition at 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=50728~edeed7b8-5598-4ac6-994a-ca71bc407bc4&epguid=1982376d-17a7-4bb4-9959-f38bb053d10d&|title=Hot Docs Film Festival – Famous in Ahmedabad|website=boxoffice.hotdocs.ca|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> 2016 Palm Springs International Festival of Shorts,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psfilmfest.org/2016-shortfest/short-films/famous-in-ahmedabad|title=Famous in Ahmedabad {{!}} Palm Springs International Film Festival|website=www.psfilmfest.org|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> 2016 MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival, 2016 Indian Panorama at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Goa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/301016/goa-international-film-festival-is-back.html|title=Goa International Film Festival is back|date=30 October 2016|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> The film won Best Foreign Documentary at 2016 River Film Festival in Italy<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://riverfilmfestival.org/en/vincitori-2016/|title=Vincitori 2016 – River Film Festival|newspaper=River Film Festival|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> and 2016 All Sports Film Festival, LA, US. It also won Special Mention Jury award at 2016 International Documentary and Shorts Film Festival of Kerela (IDSFFK)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/Short-film-fete-ends-on-a-sweet-note/article14423387.ece|title=Short film fete ends on a sweet note|author=Staff Reporter|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> and 2016 Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth, New Delhi (SIFFCY).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[Category:Indian documentary films]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2015 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
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