Godmother (film)

Godmother is a 1999 Hindi biographical drama film directed by Vinay Shukla released in 1999, and ostensibly inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja, who ran the Mafia operations at Porbandar, Gujarat, in the late 1980s and early 1990s and later turned politician.^[1]

Godmother
Directed by	Vinay Shukla
Written by	Vinay Shukla
Produced by	Rajat Sengupta
Starring	Shabana Azmi Milind Gunaji Nirmal Pandey
Cinematography	Rajan Kothari
Edited by	Renu Saluja
Music by	Vishal Bhardwaj
Production company	Gramco Films
Release date	3 September 1999 (1999-09-03)
Running time	150 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Cast

• Shabana Azmi - Rambhi
• Milind Gunaji - Veeram
• Nirmal Pandey - Jakhra
• Govind Namdev- Kesubhai
• Vinit Kumar - Lakhubhai
• Loveleen Mishra - Ramde's wife
• Raima Sen - Sejal
• Sharman Joshi - Karsan

Music

Sanjeev Abhyankar (singing), Vishal Bhardwaj (music) and Javed Akhtar (lyrics) won the National Film Awards for this movie. The songs were:

• "Gunje Gagan Gunje Lalkaren Ham" (singer: Roop Kumar Rathod)
• "Matee Re Matee Re" (singer: Lata Mangeshkar)
• "Raja Kee Kahanee Puranee Ho Gayee" (singers: Usha Uthup, Rekha, Kavita Krishnamurthy )
• "Suno Re Suno Re Bhayila" (singer: Sanjeev Abhyankar )
• "Tum Agar Yeh Mujhse Puchho" (singer: Abhijeet )

Awards

National Film Awards – 1998

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
• National Film Award for Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj
• National Film Award for Best Editing: Renu Saluja
• National Film Award for Best Actress: Shabana Azmi
• National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer: Sanjeev Abhyankar
• National Film Award for Best Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Filmfare Awards

• Filmfare Best Story Award: Vinay Shukla

IIFA Awards

• IIFA Best Background Score Award: Vishal Bhardwaj