# Thanks Maa

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{{short description|2010 film by Irfan Kamal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Thanks Maa
| image          = ThanksMaa2010Poster.jpg
| alt            = <!-- see WP:ALT -->
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = Irfan Kamal
| producer       = Quantum Films
| writer         = Irfan Kamal<br>Vishal Vijay Kumar
| starring       = Master Shams Patel<br>Master Salman<br>Master Fayaaz<br>Baby Almas<br>Ravi Mahashabde<br>Master Jaffer<br>Baby Sakshi<br>Barry John
| music          = Ranjit Barot
| cinematography = [Ajayan Vincent](/source/Ajayan_Vincent)
| editing        = [Amit Saxena](/source/Amit_Saxena)
| studio         = 
| distributor    = [SPE Films India](/source/Culver_Max_Entertainment)
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|3|5}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Thanks Maa''''' ({{Translation|Thanks mother}}) is an Indian [Hindi language](/source/Hindi_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film), directed by Irfan Kamal,<ref>{{cite news|title=Straight from the street|url=http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2009/may/250509-Irfan-Kamal-Thanks-Ma-Edinburgh-International-Film-Festival-Best-New-International-Film-Award.htm |publisher=Mid-Day|date=2009-05-22}}</ref> distributed by [Sony Pictures Entertainment](/source/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment) India. The film focuses on [child abandonment](/source/child_abandonment) in [India](/source/India). It has been officially selected to be screened at the [Edinburgh International Film Festival](/source/Edinburgh_International_Film_Festival),<ref>{{cite news|title=EIFF to host 23 world premieres
|url=http://www.screendaily.com/eiff-to-host-23-world-premieres/5000835.article |publisher=Screen Daily|date=2009-05-06}}</ref> the [Pusan International Film Festival](/source/Pusan_International_Film_Festival),<ref>{{cite news|title=PIFF Day One: In Review
|url=http://www.theoneonefour.com/2009/10/10/piff-day-one-in-review |publisher=The One One Four|date=2010-10-10}}</ref> the [Montreal World Film Festival](/source/Montreal_World_Film_Festival), the [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival),<ref>{{cite news|title=IDream buys Thanks Maa; to screen five films at Cannes |url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=13074 |publisher=Business of Cinema|date=2009-05-08}}</ref> the [International Film Festival of India](/source/International_Film_Festival_of_India) and the [Palm Springs International Film Festival](/source/Palm_Springs_International_Film_Festival).<ref>{{cite news|title=India's five films make it to Palm Springs International Film Festival |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Indias-five-films-make-it-to-Palm-Springs-International-Film-Festival/articleshow/5388055.cms |publisher=Economic Times|date=2009-12-28}}</ref> The debut child actor Master Shams Patel has also won [Best Child Artist](/source/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Child_Artist)<ref>{{cite news|title=Beginner's Luck|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Beginner-s-Luck/576806 |publisher=The Indian Express|date=2010-02-08}}</ref> for the film, at the [56th National Film Awards](/source/56th_National_Film_Awards).

== Plot ==
A 12-year-old street kid named Municipality, while on the run from the reformatory, finds and saves a two-day-old abandoned child from being prey to a ferocious street dog. Failing to find any takers among the people he deemed responsible and respectable, Municipality takes up the onus of finding the child's mother himself. Here onwards ensues his struggle in the urban jungle of [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai) with just four of his friends from the streets: Soda (15), Sursuri (10), Cutting (8), and Dhed-shaana (6).
 
Municipality's rock-steady determination ultimately helps him emerge a winner against all odds as he reaches the child's mother. In the bargain, he loses his 'God like' and flawless image of a mother he used to anticipate in his dreams. A mother, who he hoped, would come searching for him someday at the Municipality Hospital, where he was abandoned 12 years ago.
 
The film ends by showcasing some of the real-life issues of abandoned children and the misery they face in their day-to-day lives.

[[File:The Director Shri Irfan Kamal, the Producer, Shri Ashok Khemka, the Writer, Shri Vishal Vijay Kumar and the child artists of the film "THANKS MAA" at the press briefing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Film crew at [IFFI](/source/International_Film_Festival_of_India) ([2008](/source/39th_International_Film_Festival_of_India)) ]]

== Cast ==
*Master Shams as Municipality Ghatkopar (W)
*Master Salman as Soda
*Master Fayyaz as Cutting
*Baby Almas as Sursuri
*Master Jaffer as Dhed-Shaana
*Baby Sakshi as Krish
*[Alok Nath](/source/Alok_Nath) as Warden of the Reformatory
*[Raghubir Yadav](/source/Raghubir_Yadav) as Peon of the Municipality Hospital
*Barry John as Priest at the Church
*[Sanjay Mishra](/source/Sanjai_Mishra) as The Cab Driver
*[Ranvir Shorey](/source/Ranvir_Shorey) as  Mr.Motwani
*[Mukta Barve](/source/Mukta_Barve) as Lakshmi The Prostitute
*Jalees Sherwani as Head Eunuch
*[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal](/source/Bikramjeet_Kanwarpal)
*[Subrat Dutta](/source/Subrat_Dutta)
*[Balkrishna Shinde](/source/Balkrishna_Shinde) as Tatya langada
*[Ayesha Raza](/source/Ayesha_Raza_Mishra) as Motwani's wife
*[Rasika Dugal](/source/Rasika_Dugal) as Krish's biological mother
*[Yatin Karyekar](/source/Yatin_Karyekar) as Krish's biological father
*[Rukhsar Rehman](/source/Rukhsar_Rehman) as Municipality's biological mother

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1437367}}

Category:Sony Pictures films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:Sony Pictures Networks India films
Category:2010 Hindi-language films
Category:2010 Indian films
Category:2010 films
Category:Films set in Mumbai
Category:2010 directorial debut films
Category:Films featuring a Best Child Artist National Award–winning performance

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