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| Raj More |
Khisa is among
58 feature films, documentaries and short films in 15 languages from across
India that have been selected for NYIFF 2021.
Marathi
short film Khisa (Pocket),Its debut directed by Raj Pritam
More, has been selected to be screened at the 21st New York Indian Film
Festival (NYIFF). Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film festival will be
held virtually from June 4 to 15 2021.
Raj
Pritam More has won the 67th National Film Award for Best
Directorial Debut for his short film Khisa. which is considered among the most
prestigious awards of India.
More told that he was delighted about winning the
coveted award. "Every filmmaker wishes to win a National Award," he said. This is his second National award, he already win 54th
National Academy Award by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi and Best Asia Art Award
from Asia. Korea..He from JJ School of Art Mumbai.
The filmmaker, a respected contemporary visual artist, said the award has
given him a lot of confidence. "This was my first film and I had invested
the past two years in it. It had won many awards at various international
festivals but after it got selected for the International Film Festival of India this year, I realized that there was a chance that we could win the
National Award. I can't contain my happiness. I would also like to thank my
team, especially my writer, DOP and the editor for having full faith in my
vision.
“The whole
story revolves around the shirt. The child is proud of his pocket. It sets him
apart from others his age, whose pockets are not only smaller but also ordinary
and similar to each other. The little boy does not understand the politics of
symbolism that adults engage in, and his pocket soon becomes a point of
contention amongst elders in the village. This story of a loss of innocence and
coming-of-age of a young boy, is ironically, symbolic of the times we live in,”
said More.
The filmmaker
added that he was planning to work on a different film and had called Kailash
Waghmare for casting. “He told me that in his village there had been an
incident of a child who had attempted to stand out from the crowd by wearing a
shirt with an unusually large pocket. I realised that this was the story I
wanted to tell and Waghmare wrote it,” said the director. Waghmare plays the
father of the child in the film.
Produced
by Santosh Maithani and Raj Pritam More., Khisa is
among 58 feature films, documentaries and short films in 15 languages from
across India that have been selected for NYIFF, one of the most prestigious
Indian film festivals globally.
India's Marathi short
film''Khisa''(Pocket) is now making its way to International film festivals.
Khisa is a winner of 67th National Film
Awards for Best Debut Director/Raj Pritam More/Khisa(Pocket)Short Film.
''Khisa''short film Official Selected
in Indian Panorama for (IFIFI) 51st International film festival of India,Goa
2020.
From early this short ''Khisa''
won 2 Awards at the Istanbul Film Awards 2020.Best Film and Best Screenplay, 2
award international awards.
In India very prestigious Screenplay
Awards at 10th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival,New Delhi .India -20 .
Short film also qualifies to compete
for the prestigious Golden star Awards at the annual live screening gala of
IFA,which will be held in Istanbul,Turkey in March 2021.
It's also Official Selection at
New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2021.
Also got a nomination for Best
international Short Film and Best Director at Dublin International short and
music festival 2020.khisa also shown at world's premier online screening at
(DISFMF) Dublin International short and music festival 20.
Now khisa get 2 prestigious
awards at Mumbai International cult Film Festival.
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR and BEST ACTOR IN
SUPPORTING ROLE
''Khisa'' a short film its also
selected at Dharamshala International Film Festival and set to
world premiere at the prestigious Dharamshala International Film Festival .
KHISA winner of 2 awards at 13th Jaipur
International Film Festival (JIFF) 2021 in International competition worldwood
International Paronima-For Shorts in Short Fiction Category.1) BEST SHORT
FICTION FILM 2) BEST SCRIPT
Khisa Short film win 3 Awards
.......
1) Best Short Film 2) Best
Director 3) Best Script at Ujjiani Short Film Festival 2021. it's
Central India's biggest film festival.
Khisa win 2nd Best Short Film
Award at 13th International Guwahati Film Festival presented by Guwahati Cine
club 2021.
Khisa Win Best Short Film at 5th Indian
World Film Festival ,Hyderdad 2021.
Short Film ''Khisa'' is Finalists for
Filmfare Short Film Awards 2021.
And it's also Official selection at
Montreal Independent Film Festival Canada 2020.
Its Official selection at 26th (KIFF)
Kolkata International Film Festival 20.
Its Official Selection at Dioroma
International film festival 2020.
It's also Official Selection at
Indie Shorts Awards Buenos Aires, Argentina 2020.
The film has been shot entirely in
Akola ( Vidarbha) Maharastra
Khisa present by PP Cine Production
Mumbai and Laaltippa Films.
Produced by Santosh
Maithani and Raj Pritam More
Written-Kailash Waghmare ,editor
-Santosh Maithani,Director of Photography- Simarjit Singh Suman,Music-Parijat
Chakraborty,Sound recordist-Kushal Sarda.
Cast-Kailash Waghmare,Meenakshi
Rathod,Shruti Madhydeep ,Dr Sheshpal Ganvir and Vedant Shrisagar (child actor)
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