Road to sangam 2009 movie information

Status: Completed
Color: C

Release Date: January 29, 2010
Language: Hindi
Genre: Social / Patriotic
Producer: Amit Chheda

Executive Producer / Co-Producer: Sunil Sharma

Director: Amit Rai

Star Cast:
Paresh Rawal…… Husmatullah
Om Puri…… Mohammad Ali Kasuri
Pawan Malhotra…… Maulana Qureshi
Javed Sheikh (Pakistan)…… Dr. Banerjee
Swati Chitnis…… Aara
Yusuf Hussain…… Gaffer
Masood Akhtar…… Zulfikar
Rajan Bhise…… Shoukat
Sudhir Nema…… Inaayat Ali
G P Singh…… Hakim
Vijay Mishra…… Rafat
Tushar Gandhi…… Guest appearance
Rakesh Shrivastav

Cassettes and CD’s on: Gipsy Music

Singers: Kailash Kher, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Hariharan, Kirti Sagathia, Sandesh Shandilya

Lyricist: Sudhir Nema

Music Director: Sandesh Shandilya, Vijay Mishra, Nitin Kumar Gupta, Prem Hariya

Background Music: Sandesh Shandilya

Cinematography: Dharam Gulati

Choreography: Pradeep Kalakar

Action: Harish Shetty

Art: Narendra Bhagat

Media Relations: Neelam Gupta

Story / Writer: Amit Rai

Characters:

Paresh Rawal (Husmatullah)

Put it the way you want, he is either a ‘matric fail mechanic’ or just a ‘mistri’ who knows that every entity whether it is a car engine or a human being, it is the constellation of small nuts and bolts that make them run their normal chores. A mechanic of immense knowledge and excellence, one day his life and his own belief is thrown in a whirlpool where he has to find ‘ki har ensaan ke dil ka motor kahan hota hai.’ A process where he not only has to overcome all oppositions possible, but rediscover himself once again. Though in the process, he is always under indirect tutelage of a simple man of flesh and blood who walked on this earth years & years ago and had successfully found the motor of one fifth of humanity, and much more.

Om Puri (Mohammad Ali Kasuri)

An authoritative figure for Muslim population of his area, he is both feared and obeyed. A man having a bitter experience in the past and going through the same in present, he is a disillusioned man having lost faith in goodness until one of his own member opposes him and tries to illuminate the fact that ‘An eye for an eye makes the world blind.’ He opens his eyes in the end and realizes that the world is not that dark and has still some colours left.

Pawan Malhotra (Maulana Qureshi)

An extremist, who sees an opportunity for himself with developing scenario and fans hatred and bigotry to serve his purpose. He knows the power center and cleverly allies himself along with it. He is a representation of ecclesiastical class who from centuries has cleverly allied with power centers to strengthen their religious control and manipulate it to their advantage.

Javed Shaikh (Dr.Banerjee)

A dear friend of Husmatullah and his soul brother. Though they both belong to different religion and culture, both have a strong friendship which stands unperturbed in testing times. When Husmatullah is left all alone, it is his friend Dr. Banerjee who stands besides him and encourages him to follow the vocation of his heart. He epitomizes the saying “A friend in need is friend indeed”

Swati Chitnis (Aara)

Wife of Husmatullah. Vivacious lady, nagging wife, understanding lady, chatterbox all rolled into one. When the tough time comes, she revels in herself and stands full and firm besides Hasmat assuring him that the path he had taken was indeed the most proper one.

Masood Akhtar (Zulfikar)

Another friend of Husmatullah and belong to the same profession of automobile engineering. He also stands against Husmatullah along with others he when goes against the wish of leaders of the community. In the end he is won over by Husmatullah.

Yusuf Hussain (Gaffar)

He is office bearer of the local masjid committee and also a member of morning walk group. In spite of his reservations for the actions of Husmatullah, he also towards the end unites with him in his endeavor.

G.P. Singh (Hakim)

One of important member of friendship gang of Husmatullah and always the loser in their morning walk competition. Opposing his belief, Husmatullah questions his credentials as a citizen and as a professional. Finally Hakim also wins his parochial fear and understands the meaning of Husmatullah’s struggle and allies with him in due course.

Rajan Bhise (Shoukat)

Younger brother of Hasmatullah. When Husmat goes against his zamaat to pursue his inner voice, he likes others stands against him. He blames Husmat of bringing trouble to the family but still feels enraged and concerned when Husmat is manhandled. Towards the end, reconciled by the vision of Husmat he joins him like all others.

Sudhir Nema (Inaayat Ali)

One of close friend of Husmatullah, and the head of Shopkeeper Association of the local Muslim community. He is of the kind to toe the lines laid before him by his community leaders and never to questions the rationality behind it, until one day he questions his own judgment, being moved by the belief of his friend Husmatullah.

Vijay Mishra (Rafat)

He is eldest son and has the same attributes as his father. Sensible, sensitive and compassionate he is the only one who truly understands the struggle of his father and stands along with him all the way.

Synopsis

A simple story of a God fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hashmat Ullah (Paresh Rawal) who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old V8 ford engine, not knowing the historic significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the holy river ‘Sangam’.

He is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youths of his locality. A strike to work is called by the prominent Leaders played by Om Puri and Pavan Mallhotra, of his community to protest against the unjust treatment meted out to those arrested youths by the police.

Will he support the protest and abandon the repair of the engine or go against the wishes of his community.