7TH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SPECIAL SCREENING - INDIAN PANORAMA
(2002)
THE LIVING LEGEND - DR. RAJ KUMAR
FD/35mm/60min/Col./2000/English
Film on career and achievement of famous film actor Dr.Rajkumar for record purpose and to enlighten future generation and for keeping in the archives for posterity.
Director : S.K. Bhagawan
Producer : Films Division
Executive Producer : M.D. Kowshik
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
S.K.Bhagawan born in 1933, has worked as an actor, Assistant Director, then became an Associate Director, later to become independent Director and Producer in the year 1964. He has produced and directed nearly forty three movies, 37 out of them starring Dr. RAJKUMAR. Has won President's Silver Medal for his film "SANDHYA RAAGA" and six best picture state awards. Last year's prestigious Puttanna Kanagal Award instituted by the Govt. of Karnataka for excellence in the field of Direction.
Enquiries: Films Division, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg,
Mumbai - 400 026 India .
Tel.: 022-23861461 to 7
Fax: 022-2380 1008/3080
E-mail: filmsd@bom4.vsnl.net.in
A MAN OF SILENCE - VALLABHBHAI PATEL
FD/35mm/41min/Col./1999
A biographical film about the life and works of the great Nationalist leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Producer : Y.N. Engineer
Director : Putul Mahmood
Camera : Rafey Mahmood
Editor : Vinayak Jadhav
Music : K.Narayanan
Sound : Faiyaz A. Waris
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
After receiving a Post Graduate Diploma in Film Direction from the Film and Television Institute of India (1989), Putul Mahmood worked as assistant director on the feature film 'NAZAR' and 'AHMAQ', directed by Mani Kaul (1992). He is currently working on the project 'ELSEWHERE', a fiction feature which has received the Hubert Bals support in script and development category in 1997.
Enquiries: Films Division, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg,
Mumbai - 400 026 India .
Tel.: 022-23861461 to 7
Fax: 022-2380 1008/3080
E-mail: filmsd@bom4.vsnl.net.in
TULASI
FD/35mm/15min./Col./2000
The film portrays the story of a lone cursader. Tulasi's selfless campaign to regenerate a forest preserving our invaluable environment.
Producer : Bhanumurthy Alur
Director : Rajagopal Rao
Camera : Rajagopal Rao / G.K. Gururaju
Editor : B.S.Tyagi
Sound : A.K. Singh
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Rajagopal Rao, after completing Diploma in Cinematography Technology from Shri Jayachamarajendra polytechnic, Bangalore in the year 1973, joined as an apprentice Cameraman with M/s.Premier Studios Mysore and worked in the South Indian Film Industry till 1974. After getting apointment as Asstt. Cameraman joined Films Division and worked as documentary cameraman upto 1979. He became a director at Films Division in 1990. As Newsreel Officer, independently worked for more than thousands of Newsreel coverages. Some of which have won National Awards. Some of his national Award winning films are : TRAGEDY OF GENDI 1981, ASIAD 1982, DUCKS OUT OF WATER 1991 and BER 1993. His film, 'ARID HORTICULTURE' has won the Best Agriculture Award at the Nitra Czechoslovakia in the year 1985. He has also directed two feature films in Hindi.
Films Division, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai - 400 026 India .
Tel.: 022-23861461 to 7 Fax: 022-2380 1008/3080 E-mail: filmsd@bom4.vsnl.net.in
FROM THE LAND OF BUDDHISM TO THE LAND OF BUDDHA
Eng./Col./20min./35mm/2000
The film depicts the culture, traditions and socio-economic conditions of Tibetians in India .
Producer : Kuldeep Sinha
Director : Shalini Shah
Camera : Sunil Virmani
Editors : Pratibha Kaur Pasricha / Altaf Bengali/ Baburao Sawardekar
Sound : Neelkanth Sharma / T.C.Manjunath
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Shalini Shah was born in 1968. Worked as an Assistant Director in several feature films and music videos. She has also written episodes for TV serials. This is her first independent film. She got National Award 2000, for the same film.
Films Division, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai - 400 026 India .
Tel.: 022-23861461 to 7 Fax: 022-2380 1008/3080 E-mail: filmsd@bom4.vsnl.net.in
BALGANDHARVA
Marathi/Col./16mm/36min./2000
The film is a lyrical and impressionistic homage to the art of the legend, Balgandharva and not a collage of dates and personal events.
Script & Direction : Haimanti Banerjee
Producer : Dr.Kalyan Banerjee
Camera : Deepti Gupta, Shaumik Haldar
Music : Rajeev Paranjape, Charudatta Aphale, Sulabha Ternikar, Adwait Dharmadhikari
Editing : D.K.Dalvi, A.V.Rajput (Kakaji)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Haimanti Banerjee has made several documentaries and educational videos. Her documentary 'TOWARDS JOY AND FREEDOM' won the National Award in 1993. Haimanti is also a writer and an author.
Enquiries :
M/s.H.B. Production, Pune, A-1/5-6, Sopan Baug, Pashan, Pune-411 008, India
Telfax: 91-020-25899368 E-mail: hb_filmmaker@yahoo.com