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Indian Selection at MAMI !!!


Autohead  Directed,Story and screenplay by Rohit Mittal.

 A story set in the suburbs of Mumbai,Where a documentary Filmmaker is documenting the life of an autorickshaw driver called Narayan.,As the filmmaker continues filming and documenting his life, he dig deeper into the auto rickshaw driver’s life and discover angst,Sexual frustration and paranoia.This changes the course of their film.
After the movie was completed it Impacted me so much that I was afraid you taking a journey back home in the auto rickshaw.

Madly
Six stories by six Filmmakers Telling each story of What “Madly” means to them by sharing stories on love.Friendship.Relations. 
Each short movie synopsis shared below.
Clean Shaven directed by Anurag Kashyap  (India )Trapped in a boring marriage with a restrictive, old-fashioned husband, a young housewife finds solace in a quasi-romantic friendship with her much-younger neighbour. Although this arrangement boosts her self-esteem, her husband continues to imprison her heart and body. Will she find the courage to break free?
Afterbirth Directed by Mia Wasikowska (Australia)
They say a mother’s love is the world’s strongest bond, but how can you give your baby your heart when you’re a young single mother who feels like your newborn is a stranger?
Dance Dance Dance Directed by Sebastián Silva (U.S.A.)
He’s just a normal Bronx teenager having fun breakdancing on the subway until his feeling for his best friend gets complicated. When his religious parents shun him after he announces he’s gay, he goes in search of compassion on the streets of New York.
Love Of Love Directed by Sion Sono (Japan)
A little sister has a secret she can’t wait to tell. Newly engaged, the youngest looks around the dinner table and wilts when she scrutinizes the passionless, vanilla marriages of her family members. Just when she refuses to let a wedding ring be the end of a hot love life, she’s coyly ushered into the playful world of a Tokyo sex club.
Love Of My Life Directed by Gael García Bernal(Argentina)
He’s in his forties; she’s in her twenties. Their relationship has always been a pendulum swinging between passion and ambivalence. Now that she’s expecting their first child, will the baby keep them together or tear them apart?
I Do Directed by Natasha Khan (U.K.)
Just in time for her wedding day, a young bride-to-be encounters a ghost from her past. She comes to welcome the encounter, allowing her to move forward with her new life.
Madly tells you how Mad we get with feeling that mean something 

Movies @ MAMI !! 

JIA ZHANGKE one of the Best Chinese Filmmaker,But one of the best filmmakers in the world too.Had not only his film screened at the festival,But also was present himself during the festival for a Q&A on his Films and his filmmaking journey.Two of his movies were screened during the week the festival was held “A Touch of Sin”(THAIN ZHU DING) and “Unknown Pleasures “(RÈN XIÃO YÁO) Two of his most popular work he is known for in his recent past.

I Managed to catch “A Touch of Sin” A story about 4 people, from 4 different provinces.An economic giant slowly eroded by giant,An angry miner revolting against the corruption of his village leaders,A migrant worker at home for NewYear discovers the infinite possibilities a firearm can offer.

A pretty receptionist is pushed to her limits when a rich client assaults her. And a young factory worker goes from one job to another to improve his lot in life.

The film Had the Story,Screenplay and Direction done by JIA ZHANGKE. Still Life(2006) won the director The Golden Lion award (Best Film)at the 63rd Venice International Film festival.Still Life tells the story of two people in search of their spouses.

“A Touch of Sin” has been my 1st Chinese film screening and it only mirrored the Chinese Autocratic,Communal culture while the story was being told.A Touch of sin would have been a moment of realisation,Had I missed the opportunity of not watching the film.

 Its difficult for me to comment on the directors style and other technical aspects for JIA Zhangke since this was the 1st film of mine of his which I viewed.

DREN ZHERKA a Debut director from Kosovo had his film ECHO(EHO) screened and witnessed by cinema buffs.

A story about A senior citizen woman involved in a car accident that results in the death of the victim Luan,Overcome by her Guilt she tries finding his family.The search leads her to ismet a 70 + father of laun.As days passes ismet tries to come in terms with the shocking news about his son and recalls the last moments spent with his son .Hanna the Senior Citizen woman has lost her husband and has not heard from her son,can easily understand the loss of ismet
The film that has a parallel storytelling sharing both the thoughts and struggle of both the characters is more story driven rather than dialouge driven.A serious movie to begin your day with,But also a story about two grandparents who have lost somebody and are finding it difficult to live with the fact of what they have lost.
JÉRÓME REYBAUD who’s film 4 Days in France was acknowledged as the Critics Choice at Venice International Film Critics 2016 was screened too. JÉRÓME 1st feature film to have Have not only being Directed,But the story and screenplay has been done by him

4 Days in France is about Pierre Tomas,Who leaves to travel through france.And as he is wandering around to find his lover Paul , he tries to find him through an app (Grindr)These two lovers try in their own ways,to find their way back to each other.

The film is an interesting take on how much these two struggle to find each other and how they finally meet each other.

This will be 3 Series Blog,Follow me to stay updated which are the remaining 7 movies I watched.    

    

 

MAMI FESTIVAL!!!


18th MAMI(Mumbai Academy of Mumbai Image) FEST recently concluded at Mumbai.A Movie fest that is held every year for the last 18 Years in the City,Screening Best of Cinemas from around the world.

China,Turkey,Polish,French,German,United Kingdom, United States of America,Canada and off course India and many more all under one roof for one week,for the Cinema lovers and Die-hard movie buffs.

I had been trying to attend this festival from the last four years,But due to college assignments deadlines,Work and Pre-planned travel plans couldn’t attend it.But,This year the story was different,even with being busy,I had made my plan to experience the world of cinema all under one roof. In the one week that the festival was held with over 100 movies,conversations,Panel discussion and launches with already a huge audiences to market and publicise the exclusive privilege earned at the festival this Movie/Mela couldn’t get better.

Me with the time in my hand,managed just a mere 10% of entertainment from the 100 % entertainment offered to me.

Oh!Yes I managed just 10 movies in the 7 days (168 HRS) of the festival,And it still did not satisfy me since I missed a good 90% of entertainment. 

Anyways,The 10 movies that I Managed to catch from the festival,Will be shared in my next Post with a complete synopsis and my review of it.

The world !!!

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The World is moving around and round,

But  our heads are still, still.

Still understanding,How everything still fits the bill.

The bill of our will.

 A will  of our till.

A Till that is endless than our will.

Yet still.

Our Head Is on the  Ground and 

 we are standing tall 

And having a ball.

Rolling on the wall.

Till we  fall.

And Become a Bomb.

A bomb that sheds tears,

Tears that taste like beer.

Beer that’s still not clear, 

Oh! Dear 

The world is moving around.

Yet , I am standing still there.

And my mind racing, 

There,There and everywhere.

Wherever I could imagine.

It travels, with just the thought of being there

There,Where everything is the same and nothing changes.

But,Ranges from  an accepatations to some expectations.

Yet, We are still stationed.

 The world is moving around and round.

Round, still to be found

And bound to  still  be lost.

Lost  and to be tossed.

World is moving around and round.

 – Akhil Nanda 

       

     

 

 

“Queen of Katwe”-Personal Movie Review 


“Queen of Katwe” A film by Mira Nair.Is a film Based On a true story,That Sends out a very strong message to the audiences,That no matter what background you belong to,No matter where you come from.You must be given the opportunity to prove yourself.The film revolves around the central character Phiona (Played by Madina Nalwanga) the movie on who it’s actually based and Robert Katende (Played by David Oyelowo,who was last seen playing the role of Sir.Mater Luther King in Salma)Play’s the role of  the coach who start’s training some of the kids in a  ‘ Katwe’,  a small village of Uganda,how to play Chess ,as a part time job,But makes it a full time job when he realises the potential of these kids becoming Master of the game.The amazing part of the story is how they adapt ,and prove their worth by defeating students from the best high school in the Uganda.

The timely expression and dialogues with South African music add the extra touch to make the movie an enjoyable one.

The star Cast also includes Lupita Nyong’O who play’s the role of Phiona mother (Nakku Harriet) (Academy Award winner of “12 Years A Slave”)

The complete star cast and the team involved in the film,Has done a really good job with the movie.