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Amal [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Richie Mehta.

Séville Pictures, [2009].

Video Difference legacy collection.

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (101 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the short story "Amal" by Shaun Mehta and readapted from the short film by the same name originally released in 2004.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

Special features: Audio commentaries ; deleted scenes ; Amal, the short film version (2004) ; behind-the-scenes featurette ; trailer.

"Official Selection: Toronto International Film Festival"--Container.

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

Includes an English and Hindi language track with optional English or a (dubbed) French track.

Closed-captioned.

Produced by David Miller & Steven N. Bray ; written by Richie Mehta & Shaun Mehta ; directed by Richie Mehta.

Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koël Purie and Vik Sahay.

"AMAL, a modern fable follows an auto-rickshaw driver in New Delhi (Rupinder Nagra) who is content with his small but vital role in life. One day he chauffeurs an eccentric billionaire (G.K. Jayaram) who, disguised as a vagabond, is searching the streets for the last morsel of humanity - and someone he can leave his fortune to - and Amal’s life changes forever."--Container.

Best Feature Film: Los Angeles Indian Film Festival.

Audience Award: AFI Dallas.

Best Independent Film: Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Best Narrative Feature: San Francisco Asian American Film Festival.

Canadian films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Mehta, Shaun. Amal: the autorickshaw wallah.

Nagra, Rupinder.

Shah, Naseeruddin.

Purie, Koël, 1978-

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