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| director = Gaurav Jani
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| starring = Nicolitta Pereira Vinod Panicker Sanjeev Sharma Gursaurabh Singh Toor Gaurav Jani
| music = Ved Nair
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| editing = Kishore Jadhav
| studio = Dirt Track Productions 60KPH Club
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| released = {{Film date|2009|02||India}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
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'''''One Crazy Ride''''' is a 2009 Indian [[documentary film]] based on a 2002 route-charting expedition in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dirttrackproductions.com/ocr.html |title=One Crazy Ride |author=Werner, Steve |publisher=Dirt Track Productions |accessdate=13 December 2012 }}</ref> It is directed by Gaurav Jani and produced by Dirt Track Productions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/india-s-one-crazy-ride-makes-it-to-wisconsin-film-fest_56591.htm |title=India's 'One Crazy Ride' makes it to Wisconsin Film Fest |newspaper=Zeenews |date=20 March 2010 |accessdate=13 December 2012 }}</ref> The film follows five biking enthusiasts (Nicolitta Pereira, Vinod Panicker, Sanjeev Sharma, Gursaurabh Singh Toor and director Gaurav Jani) as they journey across [[the Himalayas]] via an untried route.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2010/feb/050210-Mumbai-International-Film-Festival.htm |title=Of crazy rides and dark dreams |date=2 May 2012 |accessdate=13 December 2012 |first=Deepa |last=Gahlot |publisher=Mid-Day }}</ref> It was commercially released in Indian cinemas in February 2009.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/One-crazy-ride-wins-these-bikers-a-fan-following/articleshow/4656213.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126134438/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-14/delhi/28161601_1_arunachal-pradesh-new-route-biking |url-status=live |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=One crazy ride wins these bikers a fan following |first=Megha |last=Suri |date=14 July 2009 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 December 2012 }}</ref>

==Cast==

===Riders===
*Gaurav Jani: Formerly in the fashion industry, Gaurav quit his job to become a filmmaker. He founded a bikers club named 60KPH Club in India. In 2002, Gaurav, along with four other biking enthusiasts, organized a motorcycle expedition across the Himalayas to chart a route that was said to not exist.<ref name="Lisa Tsering">{{cite news |url=http://2010.wifilmfest.org/docs/100416_indiawest.pdf |title=India's 'One Crazy Ride' in Wisconsin Film Festival |date=16 April 2010 |accessdate=13 December 2012 |first=Lisa |last=Tsering |newspaper=India-West |archive-date=28 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428221811/http://2010.wifilmfest.org/docs/100416_indiawest.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Nicolitta Pereira
*Vinod Panicker
*Sanjeev Sharma
*Gursaurabh Singh Toor

==Synopsis==
[[File:India Arunachal Pradesh locator map.svg|thumb|right|150px|[[Arunachal Pradesh]] (highlighted in red), one of the locations visited]]
Lesser known parts of India are explored as a five fellow bike riders from the 60KPH club set out on an expedition across the less travelled Indian north eastern state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] to chart a route that supposedly does not exist. The bikers chronicle their attempt to travel from [[Tawang Town|Tawang]] in west Arunachal to [[Dong, Arunachal Pradesh|Dong]] in the east without entering the state of [[Assam]].

==Background==
Prior to ''One Crazy Ride'', director Gaurav Jani embarked alone on an expedition across the [[Changthang]] region of [[Ladakh]]. Footages of the journey soon became his first documentary film, ''[[Riding Solo to the Top of the World]]''. Following the success of the film, Jani decided to attempt a similar feat across Arunachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Livemint |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/pjCtLLcBw8SqSJHRUj7LhP/Ladakh--Riding-the-red-yak.html |title=Riding the red yak |date=6 December 2012 |accessdate=19 December 2012 |first=Rudraneil |last=Sengupta }}</ref>

==Production==
It is claimed that there was no film crew or any [[chase vehicle]]. Footage of the expedition was entirely shot with director Jani's [[tripod]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunner.travel/2009/09/01/one-crazy-ride/ |title=One Crazy Ride |date=1 September 2009 |publisher=RoadRUNNER |accessdate=19 December 2012 }}</ref> Filming locations include various parts of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], such as [[Tawang Town|Tawang]] and [[Dong, Arunachal Pradesh|Dong]].

The film features [[Dolby Digital]] audio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirttrackproductions.com/ocr.html |title=One Crazy Ride (Product Details) |publisher=Dirt Track Productions }}</ref>

==Accolades==

*Certificate of Merit for Cinematography and Editing at IDPA Film Awards, India
*Jury Award at Flagstaff Mountain film Festival, USA
*Best Mountain Culture Film at [[Kendal Mountain Festival|Kendal Mountain Film Festival]], UK
*Best Film at the International Motorcycle Film Festival<ref>{{cite news|url=http://millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=4068 |title=Of bikes, friendship and Ladakh |date=15 June 2012 |accessdate=13 December 2012 |newspaper=Millennium Post }}</ref>
*Invited Entry at Asian Heritage Month Film Festival, Canada
*Invited Entry at Salt Spring Film Festival, Canada
*Invited Entry at Himalayan Film Festival, Netherlands
*Invited Entry at Mill Valley Film Festival, USA
*Invited Entry at 2010 Wisconsin Film Festival, USA<ref name="Lisa Tsering"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=India's "One Crazy Ride" Makes It To Wisconsin|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00387.htm|first=Rajan|last= Zed|date=21 March 2010|publisher=Scoop, NZ|accessdate=2012-12-13|type=Web|location=NZ}}</ref>
*Invited Entry at [[Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival|Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival]], Nepal
*Invited Entry at Shaff Adventure film Festival, UK
*Invited Entry at CMS Vatavaran Nature and Wildlife Film Festival, India
*Invited Entry at Mumbai International Film Festival, India<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/mumbai_international_film_festival_line_up_for_documentary_short_and_animation_films|title = Mumbai International Film Festival Line up for Documentary, Short and Animation films}}</ref>
*Invited Entry at Himalaya Film Festival, UK<ref name="Times of India"/>

==See also==
*[[Riding Solo to the Top of the World]]

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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{IMDb title|1520489|One Crazy Ride}}

[[Category:2009 documentary films]]
[[Category:Mountain biking films]]
[[Category:2009 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian documentary films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about cycling]]
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[[Category:2009 English-language films]]
[[Category:English-language documentary films]]

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