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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Anhe Ghore Da Daan<br />
| image = Anhe_Ghore_Da_Daan_poster.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Gurvinder Singh]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]<br />
| writer = [[Gurdial Singh]]<br />
| starring = [[Samuel John]] <br> [[Kul Sidhu]]<br>Gurpreet Bhangu<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''Anhe Ghore Da Daan''|[[Gurdial Singh]]}}<br />
| music = [[Catherine Lamb]]<br />
| cinematography = Satya Rai Nagpaul<br />
| editing = Ujjwal Chandra<br />
| studio = <br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|10|11|[[Busan International Film Festival]]}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Punjabi<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Anhe Ghore Da Daan''''' ({{lang-eng|Alms for a Blind Horse}}) is a 2011 Indian [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]-language film directed by [[Gurvinder Singh]]. It is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by [[Gurdial Singh]].<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 141 }}</ref> It portrays the plight and problems of farmers in [[Punjab, India]], rural working class, as well as the landlords. The film won [[National Film Awards|National Awards]] for [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]], [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Cinematography]] and [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|Best Feature Film in Punjabi]] at the [[59th National Film Awards]] of [[India]].<br />
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The film was shot in and around [[Bathinda]] city in Feb-March 2011.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
[[File:The Chief Guest, Actor Shri Nandamuri Balkrishna presenting the Golden Peacock award to Gurvinder Singh’s Punjabi film ‘Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan’.jpg|thumb|The Chief Guest, Actor Shri Nandamuri Balkrishna presenting the Golden Peacock award to Gurvinder Singh for this film.]]<br />
*[[Samuel John]] as Melu, the rickshaw puller<br />
*Mal Singh as Father<br />
*Sarbjeet Kaur as Dayalo<br />
*Emmanuel Singh as Bhupi<br />
*[[Kul Sidhu|Kulvinder Kaur]] as Ballo, Melu's wife<br />
*Lakha Singh as Lakha<br />
*Gurvinder Makhna as Dulla<br />
*Dharminder Kaur as Mother<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is set in a village in the outskirts of [[Bathinda]] city where villagers work in the fields of the local landlord. It is a village where people are trying hard to make peace with their existence. Daily rituals betray their simmering anger and their helplessness. The landlord has apparently sold his plots to an industry which has demolished the house of one of the villagers who refuses to vacate it. The elderly farmer's son is a rickshaw puller in the nearby town. The rickshaw pullers have gone on a strike that has turned violent. Both father and son are equally clueless about their futures.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
''Anhe Ghore Da Daan'' is the first Punjabi-language film to have travelled to numerous international film festivals. The film premiered in the Orizzonti section (Horizons) at the [[68th Venice International Film Festival]]. It won the Special Jury Award and the $50,000 Black Pearl trophy at the [[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]]. It was also shown at the 55th [[BFI London Film Festival]], 49th New York Film Festival and the [[16th Busan International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sunday-guardian.com/masala-art/punjabi-film-making-waves-at-international-film-festivals | title = Punjabi Film Making Waves at International Film Festivals | author = Jatinder Preet | publisher = [[The Sunday Guardian]] | date = 2011-10-02 }}</ref> The film won National Awards for Best Direction and Cinematography (for cinematographer Satya Raj Nagpaul) at the [[59th National Film Awards]] of [[India]]. In the regional category (Punjabi language) it was given another award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|best film]] in [[59th National Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120212/spectrum/book5.htm | title=Call of the land | author = Aruti Nayar | work= [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]| date = 2012-02-12 }}</ref> This film has also won the Golden Peacock award for best film at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2012 in Panaji.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mdaily.bhaskar.com/article/top-stories/4444/t/240/CHD-punjabi-film-anhey-ghore-da-daan-wins-the-best-film-award-at-iffi-4096040-NOR.html/2012/20120212/spectrum/book5.htm | title=Punjabi film Anhey Ghore Da Daan wins the best Punjabi film award at IFFI | publisher= [[Dainik Bhaskar]] | accessdate= }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2085746|Anhe Ghore Da Daan}}<br />
{{Gurvinder Singh}}<br />
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[[Category:Best Punjabi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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