Indian Cinema - Pune International Film Festival

Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Shaji N. Karun
Swapaanam
Swapaanam
2013-152’-Malayalam-Color-India
Producer: M. Rajan
Cast: Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Jayaram, Kadambari,
Siddique, Vineeth
Screenplay: Harikrishnan, Sajeev Pazhoor
Cinematographer: Saji Nair
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Sound Mixer: D. Yuvaraj
Music Composer: Sreevalsan J. Menon
Production Company: Horizon Enterteinment
The rhythm of life, even for a master drummer, is at the same moment disrupted and
harmonized by the love, passion, jealousy, hate and spite of those around. Unni,
unequaled in the art of playing the Chenda, and Nalini, peerless in Mohiniyattam, are
drawn to each other by an affection that transcends the devotion to their arts and the love
for each other. The pulse of their passion cannot hold up against the tumults of Unni’s life.
A brother and a father figure, whose love sours to jealousy and hate, a wife who despises
his drumming and a mother from whom the truth about his birth is not forthcoming all
hasten the tempo of a mental imbalance rooted in Unni’s childhood to an inevitable dark
end.
Director’s Biography:
Shaji N. Karun (Born on 1 January, 1952) is a National Award-winning
Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film “Piravi”
(1988) won the Caméra d'Or - Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes
Film Festival. He was the premier Chairman of the Kerala State
Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and
was also the Executive Chairman of the International Film Festival of
Kerala from 1998 to 2001. He is best known for his award winning
films “Piravi” (1989), “Vanaprastham” (1999) and “Kutty Srank”
(2009).
Director’s Filmography:
Kutty Srank: The Sailor of Hearts (2009)
Octave (2002)
Pilgrimage (1999)
Swaham (1994)
Piravi (1988)
Lady of the Landing (Short) (1974)
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Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Bauddhayan Mukherji
Three Obsessions
Teenkahon
2014-124’-Bengali-Color-India
Producer: Monalisa Mukherji
Cast: Suman Mukhopadhyay, Kharaj Mukherjee, Ratan
Sarkhel, Manasi Sinha, Bhadra Basu, Biswanath Basu
Screenplay: Abhinandan Banerjee, Bauddhayan
Mukherji
Cinematographer: Aveek Mukhopadhyay
Editor: Arghakamal Mitra
SoundMixer: Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Music Composer: Arnab Chakraborthy
Costume Designer: Monalisa Mukherji
Production Designer: Malay Bhattacharya
Production Company: A Little Lamb Films Production
Teenkahon tries to capture the changing face of morality, the degeneration of values, the
increasing pollution of the spoken language and the changing social fabric of Bengal
through three stories. Spread over a hundred years, the three stories are structured in the
manner of the classical Three Act Play with each act exploring one facet of an obsessive
relationship outside the purview of marriage.
Director’s Biography:
Bauddhayan Mukherji (Born 1 June 1973, in Kolkata, India) is one of
India's leading advertisement film director based in Mumbai, best
known for the campaign against domestic violence called 'Bell Bajao',
which was directed by him. He is the founder director of Little Lamb
Films, one of Mumbai’s leading boutique production houses.
Mukherji has numerous awards under his belt. The most prominent
being the Silver Lion at Cannes, The London International Award
(LIA), back to back Spikes Golds and One Show merits for his Bell
Bajao campaign. “Teenkahon” is his first Bengali feature film.
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Festival/Awards:
IFFI: Indian Panaroma (2014)
Marathi
Cinema Today
Marathi Cinema Today
2015
Director: Tanaji M. Ghadge
Barad
Barad
2014-115'-Marathi-Color-India
Producer: Devendra B. Kapadnis
Cast: Suhas Palshikar, Shahaji Kale, Bharat GaneshPure,
Dhananjay Jamdar, Nandkishor Chougule, Sanjay
Kulkarni
Screenplay: Deven Kapadnis
Cinematographer: Surendr Sing, Kamal Choupal
Editor: Tanaji Mahadeo Ghadge
Sound Designer: Abhijit Shriram Deo
Music Composer: Sandeep Wadekar
Costume Designer: Parag Pimple
Production Designer: Vasu Patil
Production Company: Image SRK Productions
Anna is a respectable person because of whose efforts Alkud is a peaceful village. He is
called for, as a witness to a survey being conducted by a Government agency. Anna’s
guessing about the survey transforms in to fear of acquisition of land, which compels him to
fence his piece of land. This simple act becomes the genesis of a rumour of a proposed
industrial zone at Alkud. Arunbhau (Sarpanch), propagates the news to MLA Waghmare. He
plans to declare the news officially. This, he thinks, will fetch him great political mileage.
The news leaks to Walzade (Minister of Industry). Soon a game of political one-upmanship,
becomes fodder for further rumour. Waghmare starts buying land in Alkud. The non-fertile
and barren land turns to gold. This wave disturbs the harmony of the village. By the time
this political game ends, the village has lost its human relationship pattern and simplicity of
being.
Director’s Biography:
Tanaji M. Ghadge was passionate about films since his school days. He
used to often bunk classes to watch movies. He then decided to turn
his passion into a career. He left for Mumbai from his village
Mundevadi. Ultimately his passion brought him to F.C. Mehra’s Eagle
Films in 1991. He has since worked as an assistant director to Umesh
Mehra and Rajeev Mehra for 5 years. Then he worked with renowned
editor Afaque Hussain till 2000. After 10 years of gaining experience
he got his first soap ‘Ghar-Kul’ as an independent director. He then
went on to work on a number of serials including ‘Pankhanchi Sawli’,
‘Natyaparv’, ‘Divasendivas’, ‘Asmita’, ‘Anupama, ‘Baap Re Baap’
amongst others. His passion for cinema grew further and soon he
directed his first feature film “Barad” a barren land of fertile dreams.
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Festival/Awards:
Kolhapur International Film Festival: Best Actor, Best
Director (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
Ekda Kay Zale (2008)
Marathi Cinema Today
2015
Bioscope
Bioscope
2014-122'-Marathi-Color-India
Director: Gajendra Ahire , Viju Mane, Girish Mohite, Ravi
Jadhav
Producer: Abhay Shevade, Nehha Pendse (Golden Tree
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.)
Cast: Neena Kulkarni, Spruha Joshi, Kushal Badrike,
Mangesh Desai, Veena Jamkar, Sandeep Khare
Production Company: Golden Tree Entertainment Pvt.
Ltd.
Festival/Awards:
Ek Hota Kau and Mitraa -IFFI, Goa (2015)
Third Eye Asian Film Festival (2015)
4 Directors, 4 Poems, 1 Movie.
Bioscope is a Marathi feature film consisting of 4 short films, viz. "Dil E Nadan", "Ek Hota
Kau", "Baill" and "Mitraa". The common thread joining these 4 short films are poems by
Mirza Galib, Kishore Kadam, Loknath Yashwant and Sandeep Khare respectively.
Director’s Biography:
Director’s Filmography:
Gajendra Ahire:
Not Only Misses Raut, Sumbaran, Anawat, Anumati
Viju Mane:
Gojiri, Khel Mandala, Sharyat, Tee Ratra
Girish Mohite:
Guru Paurnima, Sade Made Teen, Manatlya Manat
Ravi Jadhav:
Natrang, Bal Gandharv, Balak Palak, Time Pass
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Marathi Cinema Today
2015
Director: Gajanan Kulkarni
Delusion
Aabhas
2014-117'-Marathi-Color-India
Producer: Deepali G.
Cast: Ankush Choudhary, Deepali G, Milind Shinde,
Suhas Palshikar, Gajanan Kulkarni, Aniket Deshmukh,
Abhay Kulkarni
Screenplay: Gajanan Kulkarni
Cinematographer: Shekhar Anna Iyer
Editor: Santosh Jivangikar
Sound Designer: Santosh Jivangikar
Music Composer: Shaikh Kasim
Production Designer: Vishal Patil
Production Company: Shree Siddh Imagination
World Sales Address: Shree Siddh Imagination
B/21, Aditya Garden Floraa, Back to RMD Sinhagad
Campus, Warje, Pune : 411058
In a small agrarian town on the outskirts of a major city, resides a man with high morals
and ethics fondly called Anna. Oblivious to the increasing demands for land
developments, a scam much bigger than the innocent life of these farmers is taking place
in the city, in order to create a new IT City. The builder lobby with the help of estate agents
target this town and start grabbing land at outrageous prices luring the farmers to riches
through instant money and lavish lifestyles. Anna’s neighbours fall prey to this trap and sell
their entire land. This worries Anna about his own land and his children's future and this
takes a toll on his health. It takes no time for Anna's sons to fall prey to this new found
wealth and lavish lifestyle,which Anna cannot bear and dies. This greed lures many more
in the town and thus begins the downfall of the once happy simple town.
Director’s Biography:
Gajanan Kulkarni started his film career as a writer, director and actor
in his debut short “The Soul”. This film was selected in the
international film festival at Chicago. It was also honored at various
film festivals. He has also written and directed a number of shorts and
documentaries. Along with filmmaking he is also quite active in the
field of theater, for which he has been recognized by the Government
of Maharashtra for his Marathi plays “Adhantar” and “Divya” as a
writer and director. He was inspired after directing his short film
“Bhas” (Illusion) to go ahead and create a full length feature film.
“Aabhas’ (Delusion) is his first feature film.
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World Sales Email: dipalig79@gmail.com
Director’s Filmography:
Bhas (Short) (2010)
Cigarrate (Short) (2008)
Ice-Cream (Short) (2007)
The Soul (Short) (2007)
Marathi Cinema Today
2015
Director: Neelima Lonari
Sam Daam Dand Bhed
Sam Daam Dand Bhed
2014-15-118'-Marathi-Color-India
Producer: Shivam Lonari
Cast: Vinay Apte, Alka Kubal, Omkar Karve, Tejaswini
Lonari, Girish Pardeshi, Padmanabh Bind
Screenplay: Abhiram Bhadkamkar
Cinematographer: Samir Athalay
Editor: Sujay Dahake
Sound Designer: Vijay Gawande
Music Composer: Vijay Gawande
Costume Designer: Neelima Lonari
Production Company: Shivlila Films
World Sales Address: Flat 1&2, Patil Regency, near
Sharda Centre, Erandwane, Pune-411004
World Sales Phone: 09850761761
Aabhas in the literal sense means ‘Semblance’, what you see is just one form but in reality
it’s different. It is a one night suspense thriller which revolves around a popular writer who
happenes to land in a prodigious village where he receives letters of weird incidences from
an unknown but helpless girl from that village. The story unfolds as he goes through many
astonishing events throughout the night. The villagers believe that there is a witch in their
village and she would kill every man who is getting married. Would the journey of the
writer help him in revealing the truth?
World Sales Email: shivam.lonari@gmail.com
Director’s Biography:
Mrs. Neelima Lonari, born in a farmers family of Nashik district has
always been in connection with films as her grandmother’s maternal
uncle used to finance the father of Indian cinema Mr. Dadsaheb
Phalke. She used to study the art of filmmaking by reading various
film magazines. Her first movie as an associate director was a Marathi
movie “Guldasta”. She then made her debut film in Marathi, “Chinu”
in 2012 which was selected for the Maharashtra State Award.
Director’s Filmography:
Chinu (2012)
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Marathi Cinema Today
2015
Director: Tanaji M. Ghadge
Some Lines Should Never be Crossed
Ticha Umbertha
2014-125'-Marathi-Color-India
Producer: Devendra B. Kapadnis
Cast: Suhas Palshikar, Shahaji Kale, Bharat GaneshPure,
Dhananjay Jamdar, Nandkishor Chougule, Sanjay
Kulkarni
Screenplay: Deven Kapadnis
Cinematographer: Surendr Sing, Kamal Choupal
Editor: Tanaji Mahadeo Ghadge
Sound Designer: Abhijit Shriram Deo
Music Composer: Sandeep Wadekar
Costume Designer: Parag Pimple
Production Designer: Vasu Patil
Production Company: Image SRK Productions
Ticha Umbertha is an enduring story of a woman’s courage, grit, sacrifice and her
indomitable spirit to battle for her own existence as a woman in this cruel man’s world.
Festival/Awards:
Kolhapur International Film Festival: Best Actor, Best
Director (2014)
Director’s Biography:
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Pradeep Ghonsikar came to Mumbai in 1993 to become a film
director. He joined veteran writer and director Sagar Sarhadi as an
assistant director until 2011 when he branched out as an
independent director. His directorial debut was “Goshta Tighanchi” in
2001, a full length tele-feature film for ETV Marathi, followed by a
children’s film “Laagishart”. In 2004 he directed a full length telefeature film “Yashoda” for ETV Hindi. Ghonsikar has also directed
several tele-serials like ‘Katha Sarita’, ‘Talaaq Kyon’ and ‘Naghmeka
Safar’. The year 2008 saw the launch of his 1st Marathi feature film
“Foreigh Chi Patlin”which was extremely successful. It received
several nominations across film festivals and was also nominated for
the Best Director award in the Zee and Maharashtra State Awards.
Ghonsikar latest directorial venture is “Ticha Umbertha”.
Director’s Filmography:
Chirgut (2011)
Foreigh Chi Patlin (2008)
Goshta Tighanchi (2001)
Tribute...
Tribute
2015
Director: Gulzar
Angoor
Angoor
1982-141’-Hindi-Color-India
Producer: Jai Singh
Cast: Deven Verma, Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi
Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deepti Naval, Padma Chavan
Screenplay: Gulzar
Cinematographer: M. Sampat
Editor: Waman B. Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali
Music Composer: Rahul Dev Burman
Production Company: A.R. Movies
Festival/Awards:
Filmfare Awards: Best Comedian (1983)
The film is about two pairs of identical twins separated at birth and how their lives go
haywire when they meet in adulthood. Raj Tilak and his wife are on a trip with their twin
sons, both of whom they call Ashok. Since they look the same, they should be called the
same, is Tilak's reasoning. As fate would have it, they adopt another set of twins, both of
whom they call Bahadur. An unfortunate accident then divides the family, leaving both
parents with one child out of each pair of twins. A few years later, Ashok is married to
Sudha and Bahadur is married to Prema. They all stay together with Sudha's younger sister
Tanu. Into their lives enter the other Ashok, a detective novel aficionado, and Bahadur, a
bhaang lover. Now there are two Ashoks and two Bahadurs in the same city. This is more
than their families, the jeweller, the taxi driver and the inspector can handle.
Tribute To: Deven Verma
Deven Varma (October 23, 1937 - December 2, 2014) was an Indian
film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, under
directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has
also produced and directed some films including “Besharam”. He has
won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for “Chori Mera Kaam”, “Chor
Ke Ghar Chor” and “Angoor”, the last being directed by Gulzar and still
considered one of Bollywood's best comedies. Apart from Hindi
films, Deven Varma acted in a couple of Marathi and Bhojpuri films.
He passed away in December, 2014 in Pune.
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Tribute
2015
Director: Bimal Roy
Devdas
Devdas
1955-159’-Hindi-B & W-India
Producer: Bimal Roy
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Motilal, Suchitra Sen,
Nasir Hussain
Screenplay: Rajinder Singh Bedi, Nabendu Ghosh
Cinematographer: Kamal Bose
Editor: Hrishikesh Mukerjee
Sound Designer: E M Suratwala
Music Composer: Sachin Dev Burman
Costume Designer: Kishan, Lakshmi Das
Production Company: Bimal Roy Productions, Mohan
Films
Devdas is a 1955 film directed by Bimal Roy, based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
novel, ‘Devdas’. The film had Dilip Kumar in the title role, Vyjayanthimala in her first
dramatic role where she played Chandramukhi, a courtesan with a heart of gold and
Suchitra Sen in her Bollywood debut as Parvati in the lead.
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas
Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life
of vice to numb the pain.
Festival/Awards:
Filmfare Awards: Best Actor (1957)
National Film Awards: Certificate of Merit for the Third
Best Feature Film in Hindi (1957)
Tribute To: Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen made her debut in films with "Shesh Kothai" in 1952, but
the film was unreleased. The following year saw her act opposite
Uttam Kumar in "Sharey Chuattor". The film became a box-office hit
and it was remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as a leading
pair. They went on to become the icons for Bengali melodramas for
more than 20 years, becoming almost a genre to themselves. She
received the Best Actress Award for the film "Devdas" (1955), which
was her first Hindi movie. Her patented Bengali melodramas and
romances, made her one of the most famous Bengali actresses. Her
films ran through the 1960s and the 1970s. She retired from the
screen in 1978, after a career of over 25 years, to a life of quiet
seclusion.
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Tribute
2015
Director: Govind Nihalani
Half Truth
Ardh Satya
1983-130’-Hindi, Marathi-Color-India
Producer: Manmohan Shetty, Pradeep Uppoor
Cast: Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish
Puri, Naseeruddin Shah
Screenplay: Vijay Tendulkar
Cinematographer: Govind Nihalani
Editor: Renu Saluja
Sound: Hitendra Ghosh
Music Composer: Ajit Verman
Costume Designer: Sadashiv Satam
Production Company: Neo Films
Ardh Satya is set in mafia and corruption infested contemporary India. Anant Velankar a
police sub-inspector is the son of a violent policeman. Desperate to arrest the gangsterpolitician Rama Shetty, Velankar is constantly frustrated by the mafia-politician nexus.
Tribute To: Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950-2014)
Sadashiv Amrapurkar was a popular Marathi actor who has played
the villain in many Hindi films of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.
Amrapurkar usually played the evil landlord (Thakur) or the corrupt
police officer. His villanous roles include “Indrajeet” (1990), “Sadak”
(1991), “Izzat” (1990), “Farishtay” (1991), “Sabse Bada Khiladi” and
“Ishq” (1997). Amrapurkar has also played comic roles in films such as
“Gupt” (1997) and “Hum Saath-Saath Hain”(1999). Amrapurkar won
the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role as Rama Shetty
in Govind Nihalani's “Ardh Satya” in 1984, and later became the first
actor to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award for “Sadak” in 1991.
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Festival/Awards:
Filmfare Awards: Best Film (1984)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Best Actor
(1984)
National Film Awards, India: Best Actor (1984)