Road To Sangam - Not Goes To Theatres

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 ............



Singers: Kailash Kher, Kirti Sagathia,Hariharan,Vijay Mishra,Shadaab Faridi ,Kavita Krishnamurthy,Akshay Verma,Nitin Kumar,Prem Hariya,

Choreography: Pradeep Kalakar
Action: Harish Shetty
Lyricist: Sudhir Nema
Music Directors: Prem Hariya,Nitin Kumar Gupta,Vijay Mishra, Sandesh Shandilya
Background Music: Sandesh Shandilya
Cinematography: Dharam Gulati
Producer: Amit Chheda
Executive Producer / Co-Producer:Sunil Sharma
Director: Amit Rai


The films starts with Tushar Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi receiving a box of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes which have been lying at a local post office for years. He decides to immerse the ashes in the holy river ‘Sangam’ on the banks of Ganga. Then there is a simple, a God-fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hashmat Ullah [Paresh Rawal], who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old Ford engine, not knowing its historic significance.who is a renowned mechanic who can repair any engine. He is also respected by the local religious associations there and is a contender for the top post. His main rival is a rich man Mohammad Ali Kasuri (Om Puri) who at one time was his friend but due to some differences has become his rival. Also against Hashmat is the local maulvi Maulana Qureshi (Pawan Malhotra). Among Hashmat’s friends are Dr. Banerjee (Javed Sheilh) who though is from a different religion but always is by Hashmat’s side, like a brother. One day Hashmat 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, Mohammad Ali Kasuri and Maulana Qureshi, to protest against the unjust treatment meted out to those arrested youths by the police. He supports them but as he comes to know that the engine he is repairing is needed for a procession to immerse Gandhiji’s ashes in a few days, he decides not to join the strike but continue the work on the engine. In return he faces a wrath of fury from his community members. Finally with his nice attitude he is able to convince some of his community people to let him work and they support him. He also convinces the government to change the route of the procession through his area, which is a stronghold of Muslims. Finally the engine is repaired and the procession takes place and muslims greet the procession with open hands and full respect.
Debutante writer-director Amit rai does a commendable job in making a thought provoking film and equally commendable is the way he has managed to strike brilliant performances from the principal cast Paresh Rawal excels in this film. This is amongst his finest works. Om Puri is equally competent, although the length of his role is limited,Pawan Malhotra as the maulvi is outstanding Javed Sheikh is good, Swati Chitnis as Paresh’s wife and Yusuf Hussain as Gaffer also provide valuable support. The remaining actors, more of them from Allahabad enact their parts very well,
On the whole, Road To Sangam is mainly for connoisseurs of cinema and only for the festival circuit.
Rating : **

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