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|producer    = [[Shripal Morakhia]]<br/>Mubina Rattonsey
|producer    = [[Shripal Morakhia]]<br/>Mubina Rattonsey
|editing    = Shakti Hasija
|editing    = Shakti Hasija
|distributor = [[GKIDS]] (USA)
|distributor = [[Culver Max Entertainment|SPE Films India]]<ref>{{cite web|title='Tahaan' to travel at 8 film festivals worldwide|website=[[The Economic Times]]|date=24 September 2008|access-date=3 July 2022|url=https://m.economictimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/tahaan-to-travel-at-8-film-festivals-worldwide/articleshow/3522782.cms}}</ref>
|released    = {{Film date|2008|09|05|df=y}}
|released    = {{Film date|2008|09|05|df=y}}
|runtime    =
|runtime    =
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*Purav Bhandare as Tahaan
*Purav Bhandare as Tahaan
*[[Anupam Kher]] as Subhan<ref>http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-tahaan-brings-back-memories-for-anupam-kher-1187927</ref>
*[[Anupam Kher]] as Subhan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-tahaan-brings-back-memories-for-anupam-kher-1187927|title='Tahaan' brings back memories for Anupam Kher|date=5 September 2008}}</ref>
*[[Rahul Bose]] as Zafar
*[[Rahul Bose]] as Zafar
*[[Sarika]] as Haba, Tahaan's mother
*[[Sarika]] as Haba, Tahaan's mother
*[[Victor Banerjee]] as , Tahaan's Grandfather
*[[Victor Banerjee]] as, Tahaan's Grandfather
*[[Fatima Sana Shaikh]] as Zoya, Tahaan's sister
*[[Fatima Sana Shaikh]] as Zoya, Tahaan's elder sister
*[[Rahul Khanna]] as Kuku Saab
*[[Rahul Khanna]] as Kuku Saab
*[[Rasika Dugal]] as Nadira
*[[Rasika Dugal]] as Nadira
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Since [[Kashmir]] is a strife-torn area, films are rarely picturised there. However, in the case of this film, Sivan thought that audiences can relate it to the film well.<ref name="newspaper"/> It was only after 18 years that a film was filmed in Kashmir.<ref name="kashmir">{{cite web|title='Tahaan', story of a Kashmiri boy |url=http://www.ptinews.com/pti\ptisite.nsf/0/0D871DB589DB0655652574B4002F80ED?OpenDocument |date=29 August 2008 |accessdate=4 September 2008 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Since [[Kashmir]] is a strife-torn area, films are rarely picturised there. However, in the case of this film, Sivan thought that audiences can relate it to the film well.<ref name="newspaper"/> It was only after 18 years that a film was filmed in Kashmir.<ref name="kashmir">{{cite web|title='Tahaan', story of a Kashmiri boy |url=http://www.ptinews.com/pti\ptisite.nsf/0/0D871DB589DB0655652574B4002F80ED?OpenDocument |date=29 August 2008 |accessdate=4 September 2008 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


While filming in Pahalgam, Sivan realised to his surprise that children were comfortable with guns. It seemed to him that it was a part of everyday life for them.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web|title=Signature cinema|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/09/07/stories/2008090750210500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911060903/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/09/07/stories/2008090750210500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2008|date=7 September 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=8 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="hindu review">{{cite web|title=A week that offers some brilliant, responsible cinema |accessdate=7 September 2008|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008090750490200.htm&date=2008/09/07/&prd=th&|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The film makes eloquent use of [[Quran]]ic verses or ''azaan'', for which the director took help from research scholars in Kashmir.
While filming in Pahalgam, Sivan realised to his surprise that children were comfortable with guns. It seemed to him that it was a part of everyday life for them.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web|title=Signature cinema|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/09/07/stories/2008090750210500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911060903/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/09/07/stories/2008090750210500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2008|date=7 September 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=8 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="hindu review">{{cite web|title=A week that offers some brilliant, responsible cinema |accessdate=7 September 2008|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008090750490200.htm&date=2008/09/07/&prd=th&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412090544/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008090750490200.htm&date=2008/09/07/&prd=th&|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 April 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The film makes eloquent use of [[Quran]]ic verses or ''azaan'', for which the director took help from research scholars in Kashmir.


<blockquote>When shooting there we only wanted to show the real life. I had heard some Quranic verses there at some [[Dargah]]. I thought I could use them to send a message of hope. I wanted to use the azaan for a nice purpose, a beautiful thing, not for any wrong deed... At the end I wanted to show the positive power of a dream.<ref name="The Hindu"/></blockquote>
<blockquote>When shooting there we only wanted to show the real life. I had heard some Quranic verses there at some [[Dargah]]. I thought I could use them to send a message of hope. I wanted to use the azaan for a nice purpose, a beautiful thing, not for any wrong deed... At the end I wanted to show the positive power of a dream.<ref name="The Hindu"/></blockquote>
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*Hong Kong International Film Festival
*Hong Kong International Film Festival
*Stockholm International Film Festival
*Stockholm International Film Festival
*New York International Children’s Film Festival
*New York International Children's Film Festival
*Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland
*Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland
*Cairo International Film Festival
*Cairo International Film Festival