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{{Infobox film
| name = Supermen of Malegaon
| image = Supermen_of_Malegaon_Poster.jpg
| caption = Supermen of Malegaon
| director = Faiza Ahmad Khan
| producer = Junichi Katayama Faiza Ahmad Khan Chung-yong Park Siddharth Thakur Gargey Trivedi
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = Shakeel Bharti Farogh Jafri badshah khan Akram Khan Shafique Nasir Shaikh
| music = Sneha Khanwalkar Hitesh Sonik
| cinematography = Gargey Trivedi Parasher Baruah
| editing = Shweta Venkat
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|6|29}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Supermen Of Malegaon''''' is a 2012 [[Standard Hindi|Hindi]] documentary film written and directed by [[Faiza Ahmad Khan]]. This documentary was released on 29 June 2012 in cinemas. Supermen Of Malegaon was never meant to be released as a movie and was originally made as a documentary for a Singapore TV channel.<ref>{{cite web|title=SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON was not meant for film fests, says Faiza|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/12/jun/18-news-supermen-of-malegaon-was-not-meant-for-film-fests-says-faiza-051210.asp|publisher=Glamsham|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref> The project features Shakeel Bharati, Farogh Jafri, Akram Khan, Shafique, Naseer Shaikh.

==Cast==
* Sameer khan
* Imand Shaik
* badshah khan
* Akram Khan
* Shafique
* Nasir Sheikh

==Plot==
Supermen of Malegaon revolves around the passion which residents of Malegaon, a city in [[Maharashtra]] [[India]], have for film making. The town is fraught with communal tensions, poverty and hardship. To get away from all this, residents of Malegaon take to making spoofs on [[Bollywood]] movies. This documentary is a journey through that movie making process.

==Production==
[[File:Supermen of Malegaon 01.jpg|thumb|200px|On the set.]]

===Casting and filming===
The documentary is set in the city of [[Malegaon]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The movie was shot over seven months in 2008.

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
Supermen of Malegaon had mostly very positive reviews.
* "Supermen Of Malegaon is independent documentary filmmaking at its most heartfelt, most sincere, and most enjoyable," writes Preeti Arora on rediff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Supermen Of Malegaon is heartbreakingly hilarious|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-supermen-of-malegaon-is-heartbreakingly-hilarious/20120629.htm|publisher=rediff|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref>
* "At roughly 65 minutes it's brisk, enjoyable, and will have you smiling from ear to ear," wrote Masand on [[CNN-IBN]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Masand: 'Supermen of Malegaon' is brisk, enjoyable|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-supermen-of-malegaon-is-brisk-enjoyable/268614-47-84.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701092745/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-supermen-of-malegaon-is-brisk-enjoyable/268614-47-84.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|publisher=CNN-IBN|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref>
* "Superman of Malegaon is the celebration of the inherent fantasy of any average human being who dreams of being either a star or a star-maker, irrespective of their eligibility." wrote Gaurav Malani on [[Times of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Superman of Malegaon: Movie Review|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-29/news-interviews/32471988_1_malegaon-ka-superman-superhero-spoof|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704080619/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-29/news-interviews/32471988_1_malegaon-ka-superman-superhero-spoof|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref>
* "There’s not a single dull moment in Supermen of Malegaon" wrote Blessy Chettiar on DNAIndia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Not a single dull moment in Supermen of Malegaon|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_review-not-a-single-dull-moment-in-supermen-of-malegaon_1708007|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref>
* "The most touching line comes from the writer who says that no one fathoms the pain of the writer. The writer imagines and conceives the movie investing so much of his being. But only 20% of what he conceives makes it to the film and he has to suffer eternally the pain of not being able to share the rest."<ref>{{cite web|title=Super movies of Khandesh|url=http://passionsprimitive.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/super-movies-of-khandesh.html|publisher=Jubin Chheda|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Jury Award for Best Documentary at Asiatica Film Mediale, Rome <ref name=glamshamawards>{{cite web|title=Supermen of Malegaon winner of 15 awards at Film Festivals|url=http://bollyspice.com/45359/supermen-malegaon-winner-15-awards-film-festivals-now-theatrical-release|publisher=Glamsham}}</ref>
* Jury Award for Best Documentary at Kara Film Festival, Pakistan <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Best Debut Film at Film South Asia, Nepal <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Best Editing, Documentary and Director at the Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Best Editing at the Asian TV Awards, Singapore <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Audience Choice Award for Documentary, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Golden Camera Award for Best Documentary, US International Film and Video Festival <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Gold Awards for Editing and Best Documentary and a Silver Award for Sound Design, Indian Documentary Producers Association <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Best Documentary at Bollywood and Beyond, Stuttgart <ref name=glamshamawards />
* Youth Choice Award at Vesoul Asian Film Festival.<ref name=glamshamawards />
* Special Mention at Best Film Festival, Romania <ref name=glamshamawards /

==References==
<nowiki/>{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1479380}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sneha Khanwalkar]]
[[Category:Indian documentary films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Superman in other media]]
[[Category:2012 documentary films]]

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