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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Nishad<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 = {{Film date|2002|09}}<br />
| runtime = 118 minutes<br />
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| distributor = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| music = [[Isaac Thomas Kottukapally]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Nishad''''' (English title: ''Octave'') is a [[2002 in film|2002]] Indian [[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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The film premiered at the Fukuoka International Film Festival in September 2002 in Japan and was subsequently showcased at over ten additional international film festivals. It was also selected for the Indian Panorama section at the [[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]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nishad (2002) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nishad-9173 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125120856/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nishad-9173 |url-status=live |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref><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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[[Category:2002 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Shaji N. Karun]]<br />
[[Category:2002 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2002 Indian films]]<br />
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