The upcoming social satire, ‘Sir Madam Sarpanch’, helmed by the National Award-winning director Praveen Morchhale, is loosely based on the incredible stories of Indian women who went abroad for higher studies and returned to become Sarpanch of their villages.
The film stars Seema Biswas, Bhawan Tiwari, Ariana Sajnani, Hemant Deolekar, Jyoti Dubey and Shubhangini Srivas. In the film, Ariana’s character Ana, an Indian girl who has grown up in the U.S., returns to start a library in her ancestral village in central India. Her intention raises a storm in political circles and the bureaucracy. Undeterred, Ana stands for the Gram Sabha elections, teaming up with several courageous village women to quietly take on the well-entrenched socio-political system.
Talking about the film, Praveen Morchhale said: “I had read about these incredible women who for the love of their country, gave up a life of comfort and job opportunities abroad...
The film stars Seema Biswas, Bhawan Tiwari, Ariana Sajnani, Hemant Deolekar, Jyoti Dubey and Shubhangini Srivas. In the film, Ariana’s character Ana, an Indian girl who has grown up in the U.S., returns to start a library in her ancestral village in central India. Her intention raises a storm in political circles and the bureaucracy. Undeterred, Ana stands for the Gram Sabha elections, teaming up with several courageous village women to quietly take on the well-entrenched socio-political system.
Talking about the film, Praveen Morchhale said: “I had read about these incredible women who for the love of their country, gave up a life of comfort and job opportunities abroad...
- 4/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Praveen Morchhale’s second film, “Walking with the Wind” (2017), won three National Awards, for Best Film (Ladakhi), Best Sound Design (Sanal George) and Best Re-Recording (Justin Jose) while screening and winning prizes in festivals all around the world. Last year, Morchhale revisited the Himalayan mountain villages he shot it in, and the locals that acted in it, inviting them to watch the movie for the first time on a big screen.
Set up as both a road movie and a documentary, “Colours of Life” follows Praveen, his “tour guide” and translator, and their 85-year-old, constantly shouting taxi driver as they visit the villages of his protagonists, trying to convince them to come watch the movie, but also enquiring about their lives in the harsh setting of the mountains, their aspirations, their relation with cinema, but also philosophizing about life in general. As such, the movie unfolds in two levels, one ethnographic,...
Set up as both a road movie and a documentary, “Colours of Life” follows Praveen, his “tour guide” and translator, and their 85-year-old, constantly shouting taxi driver as they visit the villages of his protagonists, trying to convince them to come watch the movie, but also enquiring about their lives in the harsh setting of the mountains, their aspirations, their relation with cinema, but also philosophizing about life in general. As such, the movie unfolds in two levels, one ethnographic,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Film awards‘Aavasavyuham’, which tells the story of an environmental disaster, won the best film award, while Dileesh Pothan won best director for ‘Joji’. ‘Minnal Murali’, ‘Churuli’ and ‘Hridayam’ have also won multiple awards.Tnm StaffBiju Menon, Revathi and Joju GeorgeHushing stereotypes, middle-aged mothers and elderly fathers prove that they can lead great stories in films and walk quietly away with the accolades. Revathi, who has contributed many great characters to Malayalam cinema, has won the Best Actor (Female) award at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards for playing a mother character so strikingly well in the horror flick Bhoothakaalam. Biju Menon, a 50 something actor who played a mysterious man in his 70s — a seemingly harmless doting father — in Aarkariyam has won the Best Actor (Male) award, along with Joju George, an actor who has been consistently delivering meticulous performances. This time, Joju has bagged the award for four different...
- 5/27/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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