Riwayat

Riwayat
	Poster
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Directed by	Vijay Patkar
Produced by	Dr. Sanjay Patole; Dr. Ajay Rane
Screenplay by	Ajay Patole; Dr. Sanjay Patole
Starring	Khalid Siddiqui; Samapika Debnath; Saurabh Dubey; Salil Ankola;
Music by	Sushil Lalji
Cinematography	Suresh Suvarna
Edited by	Dinesh Mengade
Production; company	Horizon Films Pvt Ltd
Release date	2010 (International film festivals); September 7, 2012 (India); ; ; ;
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Riwayat (English: Tradition) is a 2012 Indian drama film directed by Vijay Patkar and produced by Dr. Ajay Rane and Dr. Sanjay Patole. The film stars Khalid Siddiqui, Samapika Debnath, Saurabh Dubey and Salil Ankola in pivotal roles. The film is based on the issues of female foeticide in India. The film was screened at international film festivals and won several international awards.

Cast

Khalid Siddiqui as Raja Desai
Samapika Debnath as Anita Desai
Salil Ankola as Deepak Desai
Saurabh Dubey as Seth Girdhar Desai (Raja and Deepak's father)
Narendra Jha as Kabeer
Aditya Lakhia as Gangaram
Sayaji Shinde
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
Achint Kaur
Rajendra Gupta
Gauri Kulkarni as Radha

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. Srijana Das Mitra from The Times of India rated the film 2 out of 5, praised the acting and criticised that the film should have "highlighted the issue only". Shaheen Parker from Mid Day rated 1.5 out of 5 criticised the film's story and direction.

Accolades

The film was selected officially at many film festivals including Monaco Charity International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, CinefestOZ and other film festivals in India. The film won 5 awards at different international film festivals.^[10]

Awards	Ceremony	Result	Ref(s)
Awards For Excellence	The Accolade Competition	Won	^[11]
Special Jury Award	Monaco Charity International Film Festival	Won	^[8]^[12]
Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)	Cannes Film Festival	Won	^[8]
Best Supporting Actress - Gauri Kulkarni	Maverick Movie Awards	Won	^[13]
Yellow Rose Award for Upcoming Film with World Premiere - Vijay Patkar	Jaipur International Film Festival	Won	^[14]