IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India

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COMPETITION IFFI-2008 China The Shaft / Dixia De Tiankong 2008, 35 mm, Colour, 98 mins, Chinese Director Zhang Chi Screenplay Cinematography Liu Shumin Editor Zhang Chi Music Guo Sida Cast Luo Deyuan (Ding Baogen), Huang Xuan (Ding Jingsheng), Zheng Luoqian (Ding Jingshui), Li Chen (Song Daming) Art Dai Yingying, Liu Huiming Sound Xu Chen Costumes Dai Hua Production & Sales China Film Association Beijing, China 100013 T: (+86)139 0135 8138; (+86)135 816 22129 Email: zhangchi0912@163.com; Guizhou Great Love Cultural Development Co.,Ltd. Festivals Karlovy Vary, Bangkok, Vladivostok Zhang Chi, born in 1977 in Beijing, studied film direction at the Central Academy of Drama and then worked as director of the Chinese national television company CCTV from 2000 to 2004. He then focused on film direction and screenwriting. In 2007, he added to his professional accolades when he won the Chinese annual prize for Best Screenplay for the film Tokyo Trial (Dongjing shenpan, 2006). The Shaft is his directorial debut. 10
IFFI-2008 COMPETITION 2008, 35 mm, Colour, 117 mins, Tamil India Kanchivaram In the thick of Kanchi's silk weaving industry, a common man is caught between the society he lives in and his own ideals and individual dreams. Vengadam surprised one and all when he promised his newborn daughter to drape her in a fine silk sari on her wedding day. According to tradition, a promise made to one's newborn child on the first day of feeding is a lifelong one: it must be kept, come what may. The skeptics warned Vengadam that he would never be able to fulfill his promise on his weaver's income. And breaking the promise would spell dire consequences. With full faith in his abilities, Vengadam refused to budge. If youth brings optimism, it brings resourcefulness, courage and recklessness in equal measure. Aware that his meagre salary could not buy his daughter a silk sari, a determined Vengadam started stealing one solitary thread of silk every day. When going home he would be frisked from head to toe, but the guards never found the thread he hid in his mouth. Every night he would sneak into his cattle shed to weave a strand. As the days and years passed, his diligence paid off and the sari increased in length as his daughter grew into a young lady. Vengadam's life changed forever when a Communist preacher appeared in his village. The apolitical weaver became a living, breathing Communist. His affiliation to the ideology helped him become a leader of the community. He instigated a revolt against the mill owners who ruled over the workers like feudal lords and the mills were shut down. Neither the owners nor the workers were ready for a compromise. As the strike got prolonged, his daughter's wedding approached, and Vengadam realised that he could not get any silk from the closed mills. Torn between his vow and his ideology, he started questioning the principles of Communism. He realised that preaching is easier than practicing a philosophy. Director S Priyadarshan Screenplay S Priyadarshan Cinematography Thiru Editor Arun Kumar Music M G Sreekumar Cast Prakash Raj, Shreya Reddy, Shammu Production & Sales Percept Picture Company 11/12, Raghuvanshi Estate S B Marg, Lower Parel (W) Mumbai 400013 T: 022 30428833 F: 022 24923189 S Priyadarshan hails from Thiruvananthapuram, where his father, Nair, worked as librarian at the University of Kerala. It offered him the opportunity to read the literary works of every famous writer. His fascination for comics and fairy tales is reflected in his movies. His childhood dreams of being a cricketer were cut short when a wayward ball flew into his left eye. Priyadarshan entered films around the time when his friends - including superstar Mohanlal, singer M G Sreekumar and producer Suresh Kumar - were starting out. His very first film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi was a blockbuster. His success is attributed to his outlook - the signature slapstick comedy he extensively uses in his films. His close friend Mohanlal has featured in the lead of his most successful films. Chithram (1987) is considered their best film to date, while Kilukkam ranks among the biggest hits in Malayalam cinema. Priyadarshan has also directed Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. Muskurahat (1993), a remake of Kilukkam, marked his entry into Bollywood. Gardish, his first Hindi hit, was a remake of Kireedam (1989). Priyadarshan met his wife, Malayalam actress Lizzy (Lakshmi Priyadarshini), on the sets of his second film. They have worked together in 12 movies, and have two children, Kalyani and Sidharth. 11
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