From the Country-Side

About the films: Ijjodu talks about the responsibilities involved in helping the less privileged when Ananda,an urban young photo journalist meets Chenni,a ‘Basavi’ girl,pledged to the village deity. “Mostly people expect me to make something political,” says Sathyu,the filmmaker who gave us Garam Hawa,“but this film has more to do with social problems rather than political issues. Also,Ijjodu features a very experimental,contemporary dance number set against traditional,devotional architecture”

Buddhadev Dasgupta’s Bengali creation Janala starring Tapas Paul,Swastika Mukherjee and Indraneil Sengupta is the journey of a solitary man against the wrath of circumstances when he decides to pursue his little impulsive dream. The film has been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,Telluride Film Festival and the London Film Festival earlier in the year and will be part of the Dubai International Film Festival scheduled in December.

In Kutty Srank,the police find an unidentified body on the beach,and three women turn up,each claiming it is ‘her’ Kutty Srank. “This is the first time in Kerala,probably India,that a woman cinematographer has handled the camera in a feature film,” Karun lauds the work of Anjali Shukla. After being screened at the Montreal World Film Festival and Pusan International Film Festival earlier in the year the film will travel to the Dubai International film festival in December 2009.

Finally,Shob Charitro Kalponik has already received a lot of critical and box office acclaim during its release this August. The film is about a young woman’s recollection of her marriage post her poet-husband’s death. It stars Bipasha Basu who’s given a stellar performance while Prosenjit the veteran Bengali actor has excelled himself as the exasperating yet adorable husband. The film was screened at the Durban International Film Festival earlier in the year.