The Blue Umbrella is a 2005 Hindi-language Comedy Drama film written by Ruskin Bond, Minty Kunwar Tejpal, Abhishek Chaubey and Vishal Bhardwaj. The movie is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Vishal Bhardwaj. Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal.. The blue umbrella stars Pankaj Kapoor in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Shreya Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal, Pankaj Kapur, Rahul Kumar, Paramjit Singh Kakran and Piu Dutt. The movie is based on The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond. The music was composed by National Award winner Vishal Bhardwaj. Cinematography was done by Sachin Kumar Krishnan and editing by Aarif Shaikh. The motion picture has a running time of 92 minutes. It was released on 10th August 2007. The Blue Umbrella was made on a budget of ₹2 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹36 lakh. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by UTV Motion Pictures. At the 2006 National Film Awards It won an award for Best Children's Film.