The Kite Runner (film)
The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini.
It tells the story of Amir, a well- to- do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant.
The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet military intervention, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
Though most of the film is set in Afghanistan, these parts were mostly shot in Kashgar, China, due to the dangers of filming in Afghanistan at the time.
The majority of the film's dialogue is in Dari, with the remainder spoken in English and a few short scenes in Urdu.
The child actors are native speakers, but several adult actors had to learn Dari.
Filming wrapped up on December 21, 2006, and the film was expected to be released on November 2, 2007.
However, after concern for the safety of the young actors in the film due to fears of violent reprisals to the sexual nature of some scenes in which they appear, its release date was pushed back six weeks to December 14, 2007.
Made on a budget of$ 20 million, the film earned$ 73.2 million worldwide.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007.
The film's score by Alberto Iglesias was nominated for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.
Waqt Ki Pukar
Waqt Ki Pukar is a 1984 Hindi film starring Shoma Anand, Yogeeta Bali and Madan Puri.
Ben Turner (actor)
Ben Turner( born 3 February 1980) is a British Iranian actor, most notable for his roles as nurse Jay Faldren on BBC's" Casualty", the lead role of Amir in multiple stage adaptations of" The Kite Runner", and as Louis XV in" Doctor Who".
Marc Forster
Marc Forster( born 30 November 1969) is a German- born Swiss filmmaker, best known for directing the feature films" Monster's BallFinding NeverlandStranger than Fiction The Kite RunnerQuantum of SolaceWorld War Z", and" Christopher Robin", as well as numerous television commercials.
He is a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee.
Waqt Ki Deewar
Waqt Ki Deewar
( English: The Wall of Time; Hindi: वक्त की दीवार) is a 1981 Indian Bollywood Action film, produced by T.C. Dewan under the Modern Pictures banner and directed by Ravi Tandon.
It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Sulakshana Pandit, Neetu Singh in the pivotal roles, and music composed by Laxmikant- Pyarelal.
Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini( born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan- American novelist and physician.
After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, a predicament that he likened to" an arranged marriage."
He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut" The Kite Runner", all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist.
Following the success of" The Kite Runner" he retired from medicine to write full- time.
Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan.
His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years old, the family moved to France; four years later, they applied for asylum in the United States, where he later became a citizen.
Hosseini did not return to Afghanistan until 2001 at the age of 36, where he" felt like a tourist in[ his] own country".
In interviews about the experience, he admitted to sometimes feeling survivor's guilt for having been able to leave the country before the Soviet invasion and subsequent wars.
All three of his novels became bestsellers:" The Kite Runner"( 2003) spent 101 weeks on" The New York Times" Best Seller list, four of them at number one.
" A Thousand Splendid Suns"( 2007) was a" Times" Best Seller for 103 weeks, 15 at number one.
" And the Mountains Echoed"( 2013) debuted near the top of the" Times" list and remained on it for 33 weeks until January 2014.
Latif Ahmadi
Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director.
He is the president of Afghan Film, the state- run Afghan film company.
As the head of Afghan Film, he has been credited with assisting many of the recent films being produced in Afghanistan such as Buzkashi Boys, The Black Tulip( 2010 film) and The Kite Runner( film) as well as traveling around the world to introduce Afghan cinema to various audiences.
Ravi Tandon
Ravi Tandon( born 17 February 1935) is a film director/ producer of Indian film industry.
He directed a number of hit movies of Bollywood, the most popular among these are" Khel Khel Mein"( 1975)," AnhoneeJawaabMajboor" and" Khud- Daar"( 1982).
Tandon was born in a Punjabi Family in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
He is the father of Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon.
Kaanch Ki Deewar
Kaanch Ki Deewar is a 1986 Indian Bollywood film directed by M.N. Yasin and produced by Kamal Chowdhary.
It stars Sanjeev Kumar and Smita Patil in pivotal roles.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.

Question: Which film has the director born first, The Kite Runner (Film) or Waqt Ki Deewar?
Answer: Waqt Ki Deewar