Satrangee Parachute

Satrangee Parachute
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vineet Khetrepal
Screenplay by Pulakesh Bhowmik
Story by Pulakesh Bhowmik
Produced by Vineet Khetrepal
Starring Jackie Shroff
Kay Kay Menon
Zakir Hussain
Rajpal Yadav
Rupali Ganguly
Azaan Rustam Shah
Sanjay Swaraj
Meenal Kapoor
Cinematography Soumik Haldar
Edited by Pranav V. Dhiwar
Sanjib Dutta
Music by Shamir Tandon
Kaushik Dutta
Distributed by Wonderworks Films
Release date
  • 25 February 2011
Running time
115 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Satrangee Parachute (transl. A rainbow-coloured parachute) is a Hindi-language film was released 25 February 2011. The film revolves around an eight-year-old runaway kid who runs away from his village in Nainital to Mumbai with four of his friends.

Plot

Pappu (Siddhartha Sanghani), leader of a group of precocious kids, sets off to find a parachute for their visually impaired friend Kuhu. Pappu's parents, Chhotulal (Zakir Hussain) and Sumitra (Rupali Ganguly), worry for him but this is not the first time he has run away. However, the other parents are angry with Pappu for leading their kids astray.

When the five children overhear a man (Ashraf-ul-haq) mention buying a parachute, the kids follow him and his friends, but it turns out that the four men are terrorists planning an operation needing parachutes.

The police mistake the five kids as members of the terrorists and they are arrested. The investigating officer Rhino (Kay Kay Menon) gets nothing from the kids, so his commanding officer (Jackie Shroff) takes over.

Cast

  • Rajvi Patel as Kuhu
  • Jackie Shroff as Jay Singh
  • Rupali Ganguly as Sumitra C. Sharma
  • Sanjay Mishra as Daroga Pratap Singh
  • Kay Kay Menon as Rhino
  • Rajpal Yadav as Parimal Babu
  • Lilliput Faruqui

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Kaushik Dutta, Shamir Tandon and released by Saregama.

Satrangee Parachute
Soundtrack album by
Kaushik Dutta
Shamir Tandon
Released 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Soundtrack
Length 36:02
Label Saregama
Producer Kaushik Dutta
Shamir Tandon
Track list
No. Title Lyrics Music Singer(s) Length
1. "Tere Hasne Se" Rajeev Barnwal Shamir Tandon Lata Mangeshkar 5:19
2. "Zindagi Ki Raah Mein" (Title Track) Rajeev Barnwal Kaushik Dutta Kailash Kher 3:53
3. "Mere Paas Aao" (Mr. Natwarlal Remix) Rajeev Barnwal Shamir Tandon Usha Uthup 5:10
4. "Chal Pade Hum" (Journey Song) Rajeev Barnwal Kaushik Dutta Shaan 5:07
5. "Udd Jaa Udd Jaa" Pinky Poonawala Kaushik Dutta Abhilasha, Ali Sher, Khurram Iqbal 3:27
6. "Mere Bachche" (Lullaby) Rajeev Barnwal Kaushik Dutta Shreya Ghoshal 4:34
7. "Satrangee Theme" (Colours Of Life)   Kaushik Dutta Instrumental 3:01
8. "Teri Lori" Rajeev Barnwal Kaushik Dutta Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 5:31
Total length: 36:02

Reception

The Times of India gave Satrangee Parachute 2 stars out of 5, saying "Why does the world's biggest film industry dish out the saddest kiddie films, week after week? Why can't Bollywood go the Hollywood way and treat children's film as hardcore, high market entertainment? Why must our film makers give the tween and teen film market a step motherly treatment. Sadly Satrangee Parachute fails to address any of these questions with its narrative that appeals neither to kids nor to adults."