Udaan 2010 (Indian Cinema)

Udaan (Hindi: उड़ान, English: Flight) is a 2010 Hindi film produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap, and Ronnie Screwvala; and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The film was officially selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard (A Certain Glance) category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival

17-year-old Rohan is expelled from the reputed Bishop Cotton School, Shimla boarding school along with three friends Vikram, Benoy and Maninder when they are caught by their warden watching an adult movie off campus .

Rohan returns home to Jamshedpur to a stern and abusive father and a 6-year-old half-brother, Arjun (who he didn't even know, existed), not knowing what's in store for him. His father forces him to attend engineering classes at the local university and work at his metal works factory. His father's disappointment takes the form of verbal and physical abuse and constant humiliation. His kind uncle supports Rohan's ambition of being a writer, but his father will have none of it. One night he sneaks out of the house, takes his father's car and goes to a local bar. There he meets some seniors from his college who try to rag him but later become his friends. Then he does this regularly, taking his father's car and drinking at the bar.

An uninterested Rohan deliberately fails the exam so that his father will give up on him, leaving him free to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. At exactly the same time, his father is summoned immediately to school to take Arjun away because of something he has done. This causes his father to lose an important contract. Rohan comes home to a scene where Arjun is being rushed to the hospital for some unknown reason. His father says that Arjun fell down the stairs. Fearful of complicating matters, Rohan lies to his father and says that he passed his exams. His father then goes to Calcutta on an urgent business trip leaving Rohan to take care of Arjun in the hospital.

In the hospital, Rohan impresses a lot of people including doctors and nurses with his stories and poems. He finds out that Arjun was beaten by his father after losing a contract worth millions of rupees. While he befriends Arjun he gets to know that Arjun had a fight with his schoomate and had hurt a couple of them. Then his father comes back from Calcutta and finds out he has failed the exams. He has a fight with his father and is assaulted by him in the night and next day his father apologises to him. A somewhat hopeful Rohan feels that maybe his father has realized the error of his ways. His father then stuns Rohan by declaring that he is going to marry again and decides to send Arjun to a boarding school while Rohan is supposed to work full-time at the factory. His father has a fight with his uncle when his uncle desires to keep Arjun with him. Rohan pleads with his uncle to take him away. Furious about this, his father burns Rohan's diary where he has written all his poems. Rohan calls Maninder who tells him that he, Vikram and Benoy are now working at Vikram's restaurant in Mumbai and Maninder invites him too.

One day, Rohan takes all his frustration out on his father's car and some policemen happen to see him in the act. He spends a night in prison after his father knows about the car and leaves him there. When he goes home, his to-be stepmother and her relatives are there. He takes a bath, packs his thing leaves home. A dejected Arjun watches him sadly. Rohan asks as to when he will be leaving for boarding school. Arjun says he would be leaving the next day. Rohan simply wishes him luck and prepares to leave. On his way out, Rohan exchanges some words with his father and when confronted, punches his father and runs away. He spends the night in his uncle's house and the next morning, suddenly realizes that he cannot leave his brother at the mercy of the same circumstances that he left. He goes to his home and takes Arjun with him to Mumbai leaving a note behind warning his father to stay away from them. The movie ends with Rohan and Arjun walking away holding hands.

Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane

Produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap, Ronnie Screwvala

Written by Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap

Starring Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia, Ram Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Anand Tiwari, Sumant Mastkar, Raja Hudda, Varun Khettry, Akshay Sachdev

Music by Amit Trivedi

Cinematography Mahendra J. Shetty

Editing by Dipika Kalra

Release date(s) July 16, 2010

Running time 138 Minutes

The film was released in the India on July 16, grossing 3.2 crores INR in theatres.

The music for Udaan is composed by Amit Trivedi and includes 7 tracks. The lyrics have been done by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Anurag Kashyap. The film's music got overwhelming response from the critics. Amit Trivedi's rock & grunge style was highly appreciated whereas Anurag Kashyap's lyrical debut "Motumaster"'s lyrics had got good response. Amitabh Bhattacharya's lyrics in the other tracks were called "a classy act".

Awards:
The film was officially selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard (A Certain Glance) category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Udaan was first Indian film to be part of Cannes' official section in seven years. Udaan got screened in 40th Giffoni Film Festival for children's films in Italy[18] bagging Audience Choice Award along with the trophy for Best Music Score. It has also been adjudicated as the Best Film and Motwane as the Best Director at the 17th Annual Star Screen Awards. Udaan won Best Narrative Feature at the Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles in April 2011.

56th Annual Filmfare Awards 2011

Udaan won 7 awards at the 56th Filmfare Awards, more than any other film that year.

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Ronit Roy
Best Film (Critics): Vikramaditya Motwane and Sanjay Singh
Best Screenplay: Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane
Best Story: Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane
Best Background Music: Amit Trivedi
Best Cinematography: Mahendra Shetty
Best Sound Design Award: Kunal Sharma (shared with Pritam Das - 'Love Sex aur Dhokha')

17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011

Best Film: Anurag Kashyap (Producer)
Best Director: Vikramaditya Motwane - Udaan
Best Actor in a Negative Role: Ronit Roy - Udaan
Best Child Artiste: Ayaan Barodia - Udaan