Short film The film is based on the real story of a 17-year-old, who after her rescue, helped police and the International Justice Mission rescue seven others.Geetika MantriFour young girls sit in a dingy, cramped room. Two men look at them – the pimp who is a fairly young chap, the other much older, and clearly a customer. The atmosphere is so dark – both literally and figuratively – that the pimp turns on the flashlight on his phone so that the customer can see the girls’ faces, and take his pick. Enter a team of police officials and an Ngo worker, barging through the dim and cramped rooms and corridors in a raid and rescue, even as the young man escapes with three of the minor girls. With the rescue of a reluctant Sani (played by Neetu), the fourth girl who is left behind, Chosen Few, a short fictional film (based...
- 5/1/2020
- by Geetika
- The News Minute
Writer-Director: Manav Kaul, Cinematographer: Sachin Kabir, Editor: Radhey Lalsa, Cast: Kumud Mishra, Trimala Adhikari, Suraj Kabadwal, Abhay Joshi
Manav Kaul’s Hansa is a deceptively simple tale of an adolescent boy and his sister in a Himalayan village caught amidst the sudden boom of tourism industry. Kaul powerfully exposes the greed, lust and politics of the village without letting them dominate the plot. Hansa never lets its adorable leads Hansa and Chikoo out of sight and that’s where the strength of the film lies.
The picture postcard village of Hansa is falling apart. Sudden boost in tourism has stripped the village of its humanity; and greed and lust reign supreme here. The nexus between a middleman Lohni (Abhay Joshi) and Bijju da (Kumud Mishra) has been usurping villagers’ homes and plots to set up resorts. The spectre of dispossession and displacement looms large over Hansa’s family after his father’s sudden disappearance.
Manav Kaul’s Hansa is a deceptively simple tale of an adolescent boy and his sister in a Himalayan village caught amidst the sudden boom of tourism industry. Kaul powerfully exposes the greed, lust and politics of the village without letting them dominate the plot. Hansa never lets its adorable leads Hansa and Chikoo out of sight and that’s where the strength of the film lies.
The picture postcard village of Hansa is falling apart. Sudden boost in tourism has stripped the village of its humanity; and greed and lust reign supreme here. The nexus between a middleman Lohni (Abhay Joshi) and Bijju da (Kumud Mishra) has been usurping villagers’ homes and plots to set up resorts. The spectre of dispossession and displacement looms large over Hansa’s family after his father’s sudden disappearance.
- 12/28/2012
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
Vikalp Cast: Kranti Jha, Akshay Singh, Nirmal Pandey, Pankaj Berry, Abhijit Leher, Jyoti Singh, Omkar Singh, Deepal Shaw, Abhay Joshi; Director:Sachin P. Karande; Music: Dev Sikhdar, Vijay Narayan.
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Deepal Shaw, a docile, middle class & Marathi girl from an orphanage in Kolhapur is a sort of prodigy in the field of computer education. After a humiliating incident at work, she resigns from her job. At the same time her boyfriend’s family accuses her of exploiting.
Preview:
Deepal Shaw, a docile, middle class & Marathi girl from an orphanage in Kolhapur is a sort of prodigy in the field of computer education. After a humiliating incident at work, she resigns from her job. At the same time her boyfriend’s family accuses her of exploiting.
- 1/6/2011
- by Bollywood
- GoBollywood
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