Godmother

Halahal tells the story of Santokben Jadeja, a woman who rose to become a powerful mafia godmother in India after her husband was killed for opposing corruption, highlighting the struggle for justice in a male-dominated society. Godmother is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language Crime Drama motion picture featuring Shabana Azmi, Milind Gunaji, Nirmal Pandey, Govind Namdeo, Vinit Kumar, Loveleen Mishra and Pintu Hacha. Gramco Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Rajat Sengupta. The film is written and directed by Vinay Shukla. Yash Raj Films acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Godmother was released on 1st January 1999 and takes a screen time of 150 min. Godmother was made on a budget of ₹2 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹1 crore. Cinematography was done by Rajan Kothari and editing by Renu Saluja. The music was composed by National Award winner Vishal Bhardwaj. At the 2000 IIFA Awards It won an award for Best Background Score. At the 1999 National Film Awards It also won 5 awards including: Best Actress (Shabana Azmi), Best Editing, Best Playback Singer (Male), Best Music Director and Best Lyricist.