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We bring you a list of regional films whose content is fresh and different.
Sairat (Marathi)
Directed by Nagraj Manjule and starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar, Sairat has become the most successful Marathi film ever, what with Rs 80 crores in its kitty so far. Despite being a classic love story on the surface, it deals with class divide and its repercussions and that maybe the reason why it’s become such a relevant film in today’s times.
Praktan (Bengali)
Starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta and directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, the film has been touted as one best earners of Bengali cinema in recent times. It’s a drama revolving around ex-lovers remembering the past and realizing the reasons for their love as well as separation. According to the grapevine, Mahesh Bhatt is interested in remaking this realistic drama in Hindi.
Thithi (Kannada)
Having won the National Film Award for Best Film in Kannada at the 63rd National Film Awards and a host of other prestigious film awards like Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival and The Jury Prize for Best Director at the Marrakech International Film Festival, it’s clearly a hot property right now. Directed by Raam Reddy, the film has a cast of non-actors picked from villages in and around the Mandya district of Karnataka and shot on location there. It deals with the reactions of three generations of men to the death of their centurion patriarch.
Chauthi Koot (Punjabi)
Based on acclaimed Punjabi writer Waryam Singh Sandhu’s two short stories, Chauthi Koot and Hun Main Theek-Thaak Haan, the film, directed by Gurvinder Singh recounts the terror which became part of the daily life of the common man in the aftermath of Operation Bluestar in Punjab during the ‘80s. Gurvinder Singh doesn’t believe in casting professional actors and hence most of the cast were first time actors picked purely on gut instinct. It won the Singapore International Film Festival Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film in December 2015.
Nachom-ia Kumpasar (Goanese)
Based loosely around the life of the acclaimed jazz singer Lorna Cordeiro and her tragic love story with mentor Chris Perry, this true blue musical recreates the jazz songs made famous by Goanese musicians in the golden age of Indian jazz during the ‘60s and ‘70s. Directed by Bardroy Barretto and starring Vijay Maurya and Palomi Ghosh in lead roles, the film won Best Feature Film in Konkani at last year’s National Film Awards.
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