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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Nishad<br />
| image = <br />
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| director = [[Shaji N. Karun]]<br />
| screenplay = Shaji N. Karun<br />Valsalan-Vathussery<br />
| story = <br />
| starring = [[Rajit Kapoor]] <br/> [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] <br/> [[Thupten Phelgye|Geshe Thupten Phelgye]]<br/> [[Ram Gopal Bajaj]] <br/> [[Talluri Rameshwari|Rameshwari]]<br />
| producer = Sukhwant Dhadda<br />
| cinematography = Hari Nair<br />
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]<br />
| released = September 2002<br />
| runtime = 118 minutes<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| music = [[Isaac Thomas Kottukapally]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Nishad''''' ([[English language|English]] title: ''Octave'') is a [[2002 in film|2002]] [[India]]n [[Hindi film]] directed by [[Shaji N. Karun]] with [[Archana (actress)|Archana]], [[Rajit Kapur]], [[Thupten Phelgye|Geshe Thupten Phelgye]], Master Jhang Ray, [[Ram Gopal Bajaj]] and [[Talluri Rameshwari|Rameshwari]] in the lead roles.<br />
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It premiered at the Fukuoka International Film Festival held in September 2002 in [[Japan]], was featured at more than ten other international film festivals, and was selected for Indian Panorama, [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref name=Shaji>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaji.info/films.html|title=Shaji Karun's Films|publisher=Shaji.info|accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Sati Gujaral is a music teacher in a school for Tibetan children run by the [[Tibetan government-in-exile]]. Her husband Gopi Gujaral is a doctor in a government hospital. Their only son, Ashok, is a pilot with the [[Indian Air Force]].<br />
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The atmosphere is tense with the possibility of a war between India and [[Pakistan]]. Ashok calls home unerringly every week bringing joy and some comfort to his anxious mother. One day she gets a call from a boy trying desperately to reach his mother. The anxiety is compounded when her own son's call doesn't arrive at the appointed hour. The next call reveals that the child has died.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Archana (actress)|Archana]] as Sati Gujaral<br />
*[[Rajit Kapoor]] as Dr. Gopi Gujaral<br />
*[[Thupten Phelgye|Geshe Thupten Phelgye]] as Senior Monk<br />
*Master Jhang as Junior Monk<br />
*Dominique de Gasquet as French Lady Musician<br />
*[[Ram Gopal Bajaj]]<br />
*[[Talluri Rameshwari|Rameshwari]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0323415|title=Nishad}}<br />
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