Budhia Singh – Born to Run

2016 Hindi film

Budhia Singh – Born to Run
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Soumendra Padhi
Written by	Soumendra Padhi
Screenplay by	Soumendra Padhi
Produced by	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Code Red Films
Starring	Manoj Bajpayee Mayur Patole
Cinematography	Manoj Kumar Khatoi
Edited by	Shivkumar V. Panicker
Music by	Sidhant Mathur (songs) Ishaan Chhabra (score)
Production company	Code Red Films
Distributed by	Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Release date	5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Budhia Singh – Born to Run is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film directed by Soumendra Padhi. It is based on the life of Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner, who ran 48 marathons, when he was only five years old. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee as a coach and Mayur Patole as the title character. It won the Best Children's Film award at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2016.

Cast

Manoj Bajpayee as Biranchi Das
Mayur Patole as Budhia Singh
Tillotama Shome as Sukanti
Shruti Marathe as Gita
Chhaya Kadam as Minister of Child Welfare
Gopal K Singh as litu
Prasad Pandit as JD Pattanaik
Gajraj Rao as chairman, Child Welfare
Rajan Bhise as Dr Mohanty
Shivraj D Walvekar as B S Gill
Pushkaraj Chirputkar as journalist

Production

Director Soumendra Padhi had auditioned more than 1200 kids for the title role from different states including Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Pune, Delhi and Mumbai, before he finalized Mayur for the role.

Music

The music for the film is composed by Sidhant Mathur, Ishaan Chhabra and Hitesh Sonik while the lyrics have been penned by Abhishek Dubey, Gopal Datt, Prashant Ingole and Vikrant Yadav.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Born to Run Anthem"	Prashant Ingole	Hitesh Sonik	Arhaan Hussain, Siddharth Mahadevan	2:31
2.	"Sunapua..Tu Daud Daud"	Gopal Datt	Sidhant Mathur	Rituraj Mohanty	2:12
Total length:					4:43

References

"Manoj Bajpayee starrer Budhia Singh – Born To Run to release in August". The Indian Express. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
"Director Soumendra Padhi auditions more than 1200 kids for Budhia Singh's role!". The Hans India. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

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National Film Award for Best Children's Film

1954–1960

No Award (1953) No Award (1954) No Award (1955) No Award (1956) Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke (1957) No Award (1958) No Award (1959) Phool Aur Kaliyan (1960)
Certificate of Merit	Khela Ghar (1953) No Award (1954) No Award (1955) Jaldeep (1956) Janmatithi (1957) Virsa and the Magic Doll (1958) Banyan Deer (1959) Idd Mubarak and Delhi Ki Kahani (1960)

1961–1980

Hattogol Vijay (1961) No Award (1962) No Award (1963) No Award (1964) No Award (1965) No Award (1966) No Award (1967) Heerer Prajapati (1968) No Award (1969) No Award (1970) No Award (1971) No Award (1972) No Award (1973) No Award (1974) No Award (1975) No Award (1976) Safed Haathi (1977) Joi Baba Felunath (1978) No Award (1979) No Award (1980)
Certificate of Merit	Savitri and Nanhe Munne Sitare (1961) Raju Aur Gangaram (1962) Panch Puthliyan (1963) No Award (1964) The Adventure of A Sugar Doll and As You Like It (1965) Discontinued after 1965

1981–2000

No Award (1981)
No Award (1982)
Bhombal Sardar (1983)
My Dear Kuttichathan (1984)
Aazadi Ki Ore (1985)
No Award (1986)
Swamy (1987)
Manu Uncle (1988)
Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar and Jamboo Savari (1989)
No Award (1990)
Abhayam (1991)
Mujhse Dosti Karoge (1992)
Lavanya Preeti (1993)
Kochaniyan and Abhay (1994)
Halo (1995)
Damu (1996)
Ramayanam (1997)
Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail (1998)
Goal (1999)
Gharaksharangal (2000)

2001–present

No Award (2001)
Baaja (2002)
Tora (2003)
Chutkan Ki Mahabharat (2004)
The Blue Umbrella (2005)
Care of Footpath (2006)
Photo (2007)
Gubbachigalu (2008)
Putaani Party and Keshu (2009)
Hejjegalu (2010)
Chillar Party (2011)
Dekh Indian Circus (2012)
Kaphal (2013)
Kaaka Muttai and Elizabeth Ekadashi (2014)
Budhia Singh – Born to Run (2015)
Dhanak (2016)
Mhorkya (2017)
Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai (2018)
Kastoori (2019)
Sumi (2020)
Gandhi & Co. (2021)
No Award (2022)

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