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{{short description|Hindi film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Nakkash
| image = Nakkash Official Poster.jpg
| alt =
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| director = [[Zaigham Imam]]
| producer = [[Pawan Tiwari]] Govind Goyal [[Zaigham Imam]]
| writer = [[Zaigham Imam]]
| starring = [[Inaamulhaq]] [[Sharib Hashmi]] [[Pawan Tiwari]] [[Kumud Mishra]] [[Rajesh Sharma (actor)]] [[Gulki Joshi]]
| music = Aman Pant
| cinematography = Asit Biswas
| editing = Prakash Jha
| studio = {{ubl|Jalsa Pictures|AB Infosoft Creation| Padmaja Productions}}
| distributor = Golden Ratio Films
| released = 31 May 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=nakkash release date |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=nakkash+relase+dat&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN876IN876&oq=nakk&aqs=chrome.1.69i59l3j35i39j69i57j69i60l3.2329j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 |website=google.com/}}</ref>
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Nakkash''''' ({{translation|The Craftsman}}) is a 2019 Hindi language [[Bollywood]] film<ref>{{cite web |title=NAKKASH MOVIE REVIEWS |url=https://www.bollymoviereviewz.com/2019/05/nakkash-movie-review.html |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref> written directed by [[Zaigham Imam]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash Official Trailer |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLqyBaQyuwk&t=5s |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref> and produced by actor/producer [[Pawan Tiwari]]’s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/actor-producer-pawan-tiwari-dons-negative-role-movie-nakkash/2019/05/29|title= Actor and Producer Pawan Tiwari dons a negative role in the movie Nakkash|work=IWMBUZZ|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref> Jalsa Pictures<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/pawan-tiwari-zaigham-imams-film-nakkash-unveil-first-look-cannes/2018/05/11|title=Pawan Tiwari & Zaigham Imam’s film ‘NAKKASH’ to unveil its first look in Cannes|work=IWMBUZZ|accessdate=11 May 2018}}</ref> & [[Zaigham Imam]]'s AB Infosoft Creations in association with Padmaja Productions. '''''Nakkash''''' stars [[Filmistaan]] trio [[Inaamulhaq]] [[Sharib Hashmi]] and [[Kumud Mishra]] along with [[Rajesh Sharma (actor)|Rajesh Sharma]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NAKKASH CAST & CREW |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nakkash-41548/cast-crew |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref>

Nakkash was premiered at [[DCSAFF]] (Washington DC South Asian Film Festival) where the lead actor [[Inaamulhaq]] bagged 'Best Actor Award' for outstanding performance in "Nakkash".<ref>{{cite web |title=Inaamulhaq wins international acclaim for NAKKASH |url=https://www.glamsham.com/en/inaamulhaq-wins-international-acclaim-for-nakkash |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DCSAFF 2018 Awards given were: |url=https://dcsaff.com/dcsaff-2018/}}</ref> It was also screened at [[SgSAIFF]] (Singapore South Asian International Film Festival) where director [[Zaigham Imam]] bags Emerging Filmmaker of the Year award.<ref>{{cite web |title=NAKKASH director Zaigham Imam bags an award |url=https://www.glamsham.com/en/zaigham-imam-nakkash-anil-rastogi-pawan-tiwari |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref>

The first look poster of Nakkash was unveiled in Indian Pavilion at the prestigious [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cannes Film Festival 2018: Inaamulhaq’s Nakkash poster unveiled |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/230518/cannes-film-festival-2018-inaamulhaqs-nakkash-poster-unveiled.html | date=23 May 2018 | newspaper=Deccan Chronicle | accessdate=19 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/pawan-tiwari-zaigham-imams-film-nakkash-unveil-first-look-cannes/2018/05/11|title=Pawan Tiwari & Zaigham Imam’s film ‘NAKKASH’ to unveil its first look in Cannes|work=IWMBUZZ|accessdate=11 May 2018}}</ref> Nakkash was released in India on limited screens on 31 May 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash Release Date |url=https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN806IN806&ei=auILXYjpL5qmwgPKnoLoDw&q=nakkash+release+date&oq=nakkash+re&gs_l=psy-ab.1.2.35i39l2j0i20i263j0i22i30l2.12831.14455..16801...1.0..0.234.1181.0j5j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i22i10i30j0.kaz1n-Ij_xs}}</ref> and received positive reviews from the critics and audience as well.

==Plot==
Nakkash is the story of a talented craftsman named Allah Rakha Siddiqui, who is a widower in present Varanasi and lives with his only son Mohammad. Allah Rakha is a Muslim man who works on the designs and engraves the idols of Gods in the temple. Everyone in his community looks down upon him and also his son, Mohammad gets refusal for Madrasa admission because of Allah Rakha's profession. The trustee of the temple, Bhagwandas Tripathi aka Vendanti ji supports Allah Rakha a lot as he respects his art & creativity, which he believes is given to him by God. Soon, Allah Rakha gains popularity as a symbol of accord with a news article for which Munna, an aspirant politician loses his election ticket. What happens to Allah Rakha, a cast-off from his commune and disdained from Munna is the tale of NAKKASH ‘The Craftsman’.<ref>{{cite web |title="Nakkash" Is The Story Of Muslim Craftsman Who Engraves Gods In Temples Of Varanasi |url=http://bollyy.com/nakkash-is-the-story-of-muslim-craftsman-who-engraves-gods-in-temples-of-varanasi/ |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Inaamulhaq]] as Alla Rakkha Siddiqui
*[[Sharib Hashmi]] as Samad
*[[Kumud Mishra]] as Bhagwandas Vedanti
*[[Rajesh Sharma (actor)]] as Inspector
*[[Gulki Joshi]] as Sabia Bano
*[[Pawan Tiwari]] as Munna Bhaiya
*Harminder Singh Alag as Mohammad
*[[Anil Rastogi]] as Politician
*Siddharth Bhardwaj as Chand Miyan
*Shobhna Bhardwaj as Samina
*Simala Prasad as Journalist

==Production==
Inspired by the real life characters based in Varanasi, the entire film was canned{{clarify|date=December 2019}} at the real locations in Varanasi in November 2017.

==Awards==
*Lead Actor [[Inaamulhaq]] won 'Best Actor Award' at the [[DCSAFF]] (Washington DC South Asian Film Festival) 2108, for outstanding performance in "Nakkash.<ref>{{cite web |title=My faith in optimism has increased: Inaamulhaq on DCSAFF award |url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/nepal/english/windowtonews-epaper-wintonws/my+faith+in+optimism+has+increased+inaamulhaq+on+dcsaff+award-newsid-96849226}}</ref>
* Director [[Zaigham Imam]] won Emerging Filmmaker of the Year award at [[SgSAIFF]] (Singapore South Asian International Film Festival) 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash Director Zaigham Imam wins the award for 'Emerging Filmmaker of the Year |url=https://cinespeaks.com/nakkash-director-zaigham-imam-wins-the-award-for-emerging-filmmaker-of-the-year-in-singapore-south-asian-international-film-festival-2018/}}</ref>

==Unique Promotion==

Being an independent film, and due to limitations of promotional budget the cast of Nakkash held Cycle-Yatra through the Mumbai city’s teeming thoroughfares to spread love and peace in the Mumbaikers. Inspired by the infamous Juhu Cirlce Baba’s quote ‘Apne Dharam Per Chalo, Sabse Pyaar Karo’, Nakkash team started their Cycle-Yatra from Juhu Circle and reached Juhu Chowpati, where they became the "Human-Hoarding" to grab the people and media's attention. In his Media interaction during the campaign the lead actor Inaamulhaq, said that he feels that the idea of becoming a human hoarding was far better way than the hoarding on a pole. He believes that it was taken in a very positive way by the people as they had a yearning to ask questions about it, which spread the idea of peace between people, which is the central idea of Nakkash and that is why it is very crucial that the film like this reaches the viewers and teach the people of the country the way of love and accord between each other.<ref>{{cite news |title=नक्काश के प्रमोशन के लिए सड़क पर उतरी स्टार कास्ट |url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/entertainment/news/star-casts-on-road-for-promotion-of-nakkash-515482 |publisher=NDTV}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[File:Nakkash-Human Hoarding campaign.jpg|thumb|Nakkash Cast [[Inaamulhaq]] and [[Sharib Hashmi]] become Human Hoarding during unique promotion campaign]]

In most of the reviews Nakkash was tagged as the 'Most Essential Film' of today's time. Here are few major reviews from critics-

*Pallabi Dey Purkayastha from [[The Times of India]] wrote "In a nutshell, this drama on social issues ticks all the boxes of a progressive and offbeat movie"<ref>{{cite web |title=NAKKASH MOVIE REVIEW |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/nakkash/movie-review/69568428.cms |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award]] winning film critic, [[Saibal Chatterjee]] wrote at [[NDTV]] "Inaamulhaq's Film Has Its Heart In The Right Place"<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash Movie Review: Inaamulhaq's Film Has Its Heart In The Right Place |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/nakkash-movie-review-inaamulhaqs-film-has-its-heart-in-the-right-place-3-stars-out-of-5-2045749 |publisher=NDTV}}</ref>
*[[Anna M. M. Vetticad]]'s headline of his review at [[Firstpost]] says 'Hindutva hate and Muslim bigotry get a tongue lashing in a touching Varanasi saga.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash movie review: Hindutva hate and Muslim bigotry get a tongue lashing in a touching Varanasi saga |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/nakkash-movie-review-hindutva-hate-and-muslim-bigotry-get-a-tongue-lashing-in-a-touching-varanasi-saga-6731401.html |website=FirstPost}}</ref>
*Troy Ribeiro' quotes Nakkash as 'An impressive, balanced faith film' at [[sify]].com'<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash review: An impressive, balanced faith film |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/nakkash-review-an-impressive-balanced-faith-film-review-bollywood-tf5kmifdjjeja.html |website=sify.com}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award]] winning film critic, [[Namrata Joshi]] wrote at [[The Hindu]] "film’s plea to save manushyata (humaneness and humanity) is well-intentioned and hits the right spot"<ref>{{cite web |title=‘Nakkash’ review: a call for communal harmony |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nakkash-review-a-call-for-communal-harmony/article27378169.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
*[[Subhash K. Jha]] at Bollyspice.com quotes “Nakkash Has Something To Say That We Must Hear”.<ref>{{cite web |title="Nakkash Has Something To Say That We Must Hear" – A Subhash K Jha Review |url=https://bollyspice.com/nakkash-has-something-to-say-that-we-must-hear-a-subhash-k-jha-review/ |website=Bollyspice}}</ref>
*'''''Sakshma Srivastav''''' in her review at [[Times Now]] mentioned "Nakkash is a sweet film with a powerful message and even more powerful performances" and also included the film in her list of 10 best Bollywood films of 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=EP164 – Nakkash will send chills down your spine {{!}} It's Entertainment |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/mirror-now/shows/nakkash-will-send-chills-down-your-spine-its-entertainment/33114 |work=The Times of India |publisher=Times Now}}</ref>
*Syeda Eba at millenniumpost.in makes her review's headline quoting "A Compelling Film With Social Message"<ref>{{cite web |title="Nakkash" {{!}} A Compelling Film With Social Message |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/movie-reviews/a-compelling-film-with-social-message-18001 |website=millenniumpost.in}}</ref>
*Suparna Sharma culminates her review at [[The Asian Age]] mentioning "Nakkash is important — because it’s a good thing when movies refuse to let us slip into complacency. Because it’s a good thing when movies remind us that democracy, secularism cannot and must not be taken for granted. Because it’s a good thing when movies tell us that our job is not done just by standing proudly and humming along when Jan Gan Man is played on the screen. All we did was take a pledge. Now we must honour those words with our actions, work."<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash movie review: A story of how love can wilt in the face of hate |url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/010619/nakkash-movie-review-a-story-of-how-love-can-wilt-in-the-face-of-hate.html |publisher=The Asian Age}}</ref>
*ET Bureau at [[The Economic Times]] in their review makes headline"A simple tale that raises important questions about religion and prejudice"<ref>{{cite web |title='Nakkash' review: A simple tale that raises important questions about religion and prejudice|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/nakkash-review-a-simple-tale-that-raises-important-questions-about-religion-and-prejudice/articleshow/69627188.cms?from=mdr |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>
*Chirag Shah at cineeye quotes in his review "A surprising film about how love can overpower hate."{{cn|date=June 2020}}
*Mubarak at [[The Lallantop]] Wrote in his Hindi language review "ज़ैगम इमाम और इनामुलहक़ की ये फिल्म समय निकालकर देखी जानी चाहिए, ‘नक्काश’ वाकई बेहद ज़रूरी फिल्म है. जाइए, देख आइए."<ref>{{cite web |title=मूवी रिव्यू: नक्काश |url=https://www.thelallantop.com/jhamajham/nakkash-movie-review-starring-inamulhaq-sharib-hashmi-kumud-mishra-pawan-tiwari-gulki-joshi-and-directed-by-zaigham-imam/ |website=TheLallanTop.com}}</ref>
*Ravindra Tripathi in his Hindi Review at [[Jansatta]] wrote "फिल्म ‘नक्काश’ बहुत सही तरीके से उभरते मजहबी कठमुल्लापन और उग्र राजनीति में फंसे आम आदमी की पीड़ा को व्यक्त करती है। जिस विचारधारात्मक उभार के तहत ‘खुदा हाफिज’ की जगह ‘अल्ला हाफिज’ पर जोर दिया जा रहा है, यह फिल्म उसे भी सामने लाती है। फिल्म यह भी दिखाती है कि समाज में परस्पर धार्मिक सहयोग की परंपरा रही है, जो अब खतरे में है।"<ref>{{cite web |title=Nakkash Movie Review, film Nakkash between religious beliefs and art – Nakkash Movie Review: धार्मिक आस्था और कला के बीच – Jansatta |url=https://www.jansatta.com/entertainment/nakkash-movie-review-film-nakkash-between-religious-beliefs-and-art/1038035/ |publisher=Jansatta |accessdate=26 September 2019}}</ref>
*Pankaj Pandey at Rajexpress.co makes headline of his hindi language review "सोचने पर मजबूर करती है फिल्म ‘नक्काश’"<ref>{{cite web |title=रिव्यू – सोचने पर मजबूर करती है फिल्म ‘नक्काश’ |url=https://rajexpress.co/trending-now/bollywood-film-nakkash-movie-review-in-hindi/ |website=Rajexpress.co}}</ref>
*Boomindya.com giving Nakkash highest rating of 4.5 star in their hindi language review wrote- "धर्म और जाति को भूलकर प्रेम को समझना हैं तो इस फिल्म को ज़रूर देखें।"

==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb title|tt8479688|Nakkash}}
*{{Facebook|nakkashthefilm}}

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