IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
<strong>India</strong><br />
Mahasatta/ Superpower<br />
<strong>2008</strong>, 35 mm, Colour, 110 mins, Marathi<br />
Director<br />
Ramesh Laxman More<br />
Screenplay<br />
Ramesh Laxman More<br />
Cinematography<br />
Anket Khandagale<br />
Editor<br />
Vasant Kubal<br />
Music<br />
Rajesh Kamal<br />
Cast<br />
Arun Malavade, Avinash Narkar, Milind Shinde, Sandesh<br />
Jadhav, Ashwini Ekbote, Shaila Kanekar, Jyoti Subhash<br />
Art<br />
Ambrish, Pradeep, Nishad<br />
Costume<br />
Yashashri More<br />
Production & Sales<br />
Plus Entertainment Pvt Ltd<br />
27/C, 201 Shiv Sadan, Apna Ghar<br />
Unit No 7 CHS Ltd, Lokhandwala Complex<br />
Andheri (W), Mumbai 400058<br />
T: 09322338574<br />
Globalisation has brought with it methods <strong>of</strong> strategic manipulation by the top<br />
management <strong>of</strong> multinational corporations. Introduction <strong>of</strong> 'Contract Labour' and<br />
'Project Workers' has put the poor workers at the receiving end. When a Mumbai-based<br />
MNC expelled 70 project workers, they and their families fought for their rights tooth<br />
and nail but lost, for they believed law could give them their jobs back! Arvind and Arun,<br />
expelled workers <strong>of</strong> the well-established power company Indo Power, are spearheading<br />
the fight <strong>of</strong> their co-workers for the last seven years. They were expelled without any<br />
intimation or legal notice. In spite <strong>of</strong> High Court orders in their favour, their<br />
reinstatement languishes because the company has appealed in the Supreme Court, and<br />
the case has been wandering in the corridors <strong>of</strong> law. When their last hope, the new<br />
company charter, is declared conspicuously excluding them, the lives <strong>of</strong> the 70 families<br />
are shattered. Arvind and his co-worker Khan pour petrol over themselves and put<br />
themselves afire. Two days later they die a tragic death in the hospital, hoping to shake up<br />
this lazy system.<br />
Born in February 1973, Ramesh Laxman More mastered in Marathi Literature and<br />
went on to write and direct 41 one-act plays, four <strong>of</strong> which were selected for the New<br />
York Library. He has also written two commercial plays, Aamcha Akashach Wegala<br />
(2001), and Aapan Yanna Pahilat Ka? (2002).The first play, based on voluntary<br />
retirement scheme system, won 22 awards including the Maharashtra State Award.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography; 2004: Akalpit; Salaam / the Salute, 2005: Olakh, 2006: Savitabano, 2007:<br />
Mazi Shala; Pahile Paul; Ude Ga Ambabai,<br />
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