Bye Bye Miss Goodnight
6 /10 1 Votes
Director Karan Kandhari Music director Phillip Granell Duration Language Hindi | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Screenplay Karan Kandhari Writer Karan Kandhari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date August 2005 (2005-08) (Portobello Film Festival) Cast Raajpal Yadav (Rajesh), Neha Dubey (Niramala), Zafar Karachiwala (Rocky), Neera Punj (Aunts Voice)Similar movies Prem Nagar (1974), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Phir Milenge (2004), Baaja (2002), Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bye bye miss goodnight kal fir milenge saptak prem nagar s d burman kishore kumar anil jain ajmer
Bye Bye Miss Goodnight is the 2005 feature film debut of writer-director Karan Kandhari. It was filmed in Bombay and garnered the Best Cinematography award at the Portobello Film Festival for its bold use of the city's natural light in its digital cinematography. It stars Rajpal Yadav and Neha Dubey (Monsoon Wedding).
Contents
- Bye bye miss goodnight kal fir milenge saptak prem nagar s d burman kishore kumar anil jain ajmer
- Synopsis
- Critical response
- Awards
- Cast
- References
Synopsis
On any other night Rajesh would have fallen asleep by now in the cafeteria to sounds of old folk tales on his battered walkman.
Today however is the day he’s leaving. He’s decided, he will drive his taxi into the Bombay night, wherever daylight breaks is where he’s going to stop and start anew. Sounds pretty straight forward. If only the eccentric masseur who has appointed himself position of new best friend to our hapless cabby can convince Rajesh that leaving Bombay at 6 AM won’t get him past the city limits, he may actually stand a chance.
The crackly old folk tales Rajesh listens to punctuate the narrative, guiding him like an unwritten map as he embarks on this haphazard road trip into the weird and wonderful. A trip that only gets stranger by the arrival of a stowaway hidden under a pile of fruit in the back seat...
You can’t get lost if you don’t know where you’re going...
Rajpal Yadav one of India’s most beloved comedians delivers a memorable Keatonesque performance as the disenchanted cabbie Rajesh alongside the rambunctious Neha Dubey (Monsoon Wedding) as the stowaway who becomes his unlikely companion in this award winning deadpan comedy. An Indian road movie...
Critical response
"There is evidence of better things to come from British Asian directors, however, as Karan Kandhari demonstrates with Bye Bye Miss Goodnight. Offering a uniquely avant-garde snapshot of modern urban India, this visually ambitious road movie belies its modest budget to chronicle the unlikely encounter between a daydreaming Mumbai cabby and a pregnant, hitchhiking free spirit." - David Parkinson, BBC Film
Awards
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References
Bye Bye Miss Goodnight WikipediaBye Bye Miss Goodnight IMDb