Patang ('Kite') is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Rabi Ghosh.

It is set in small railway station near Gaya and shows the lives of people in illegal slums near it.

[1][2] The film was shot in Gaya and Manpur in Bihar.

[3] At the Taormina Film Fest, Shabana Azmi won the Best Actress Award.

[4] Child actor Shafiq Syed, who played the lead role of Krishna (Chaipau) in Mira Nair's Academy Award-nominated film Salaam Bombay!