Yeh Ballet (lit. 'This Ballet') is a Netflix Original Film written and directed by Sooni Taraporevala and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur. The film features two newcomers—Achintya Bose as Amiruddin Shah, and Manish Chauhan portraying Nishu (character based on his own life), as the leads. The film also stars Julian Sands, Jim Sarbh, Danish Husain, Vijay Maurya, Heeba Shah, and Kalyanee Mulay. The film is streaming now on Netflix. The film is a fictionalized version of a short documentary by Taraporevala by the same name.
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| Directed by | Sooni Taraporevala |
| Written by | Sooni Taraporevala |
| Produced by | Siddharth Roy Kapur |
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| Cinematography | Kartik Vijay |
| Edited by | Antara Lahiri |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 117 min |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
editDiscovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.[2]
Cast
edit- Julian Sands as Saul Aron
- Achintya Bose as Asif
- Manish Chauhan as Nishu
- Jim Sarbh as Academy Head
- Danish Husain as Asif's father
- Vijay Maurya as Nishu's father
- Heeba Shah as Asif's mother
- Kalyanee Mulay Nishu's mother
- Sasha Shetty as Nina
- Purva Barve as Nishu's sister
- Mekhola Bose as Asha
- Mikhail Yawalkar as Arjun
- Nizamuddin Shah as Asif's brother
- Sarah-Jane Dias as show judge (Special appearance)
- Boman Irani as show judge (Special appearance)
- Rahul Khanna as show judge (Special appearance)
Release
editYeh Ballet was released on Netflix on 21 February 2020.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Roy Kapoor Films 'Yeh Ballet' Becomes The First Indian Film To Be Recommended By Netflix CEO Reed Hastings". Outlook India. 14 February 2022.
- ^ FB Staff (11 February 2019). "Netflix's Yeh Ballet trailer traces two Mumbai boys' journey to become renowned dancers in Sooni Taraporevala's film". Firstpost.com.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (21 February 2020). "In Netflix film 'Yeh Ballet', two male ballet dancers find their feet and leap for the sky". Scroll.in.
- ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (21 February 2020). "Yeh Ballet Review: Netflix Film Captures The Beauty Of A Dance Form". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
External links
edit- Yeh Ballet on Netflix
- Yeh Ballet at IMDb
