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Marathi movies are reaching new heights every day.Marathi content is making its marks not only in the country but all over the world.Another short film Directed by Raj Pritam More is ''Khisa''(Pocket) ( Marathi with English subtitles,15.31 mins) 2020.PP Cine Production Mumbai Presents in association with Laaltippa Films.Producer by Santosh Maithani and Raj Pritam More.Written by Kailash Waghmare.
From early this short ''Khisa'' won 2 Awards at the Istanbul Film Awards 2020.Best Film and Best Screen play 2 award international awards and In India very prestigious Screenplay Awards at 10th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival,New Delhi .India -20 .
Its also a short film 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.
We happy and humbled to share you our Short film "khisa"(Pocket) has been selected for the Worldwide online Premiere screening at the 9th edition of Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival Ireland to be held from October 9th to11th, 2020. Also, sincere thanks to Florian Zapra(Director -DISFMF) and also official selection at Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival Ireland 2020.
This is the story of a young boy who lives in a remote village in Maharashtra. He decides to get a large pocket stitched for his school shirt, in which he keeps all his precious belongings - petals, coins, marble balls; A pocket, he is proud of. It sets him apart from others his age, whose pockets are not only smaller in comparison but also ordinary and similar to each other in appearance.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 ...
Raj Pritam More is visual-fine Indian Contemporary artist live and work in Mumbai.His achievements are, he has many feathers on his cap-from being a 54th National Award winner Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi. Winner of Asia Art Award by EM Art Gallery & a collaborative venture with Korean Govt, Seoul, Korea.Now he directed his first short film ''Khisa''(pocket) and also produces by him self.
Director Statement
The story narrates a social-political contemporary tale on recent time period.
Even today we are more concerned about caste and religion rather then our daily bread. We always love to talk about our history and we have always used our great men for own selfish needs.This short film "Khisa", throws light on these issues.
Raj Pritam More
Director and Produce
short film "khisa"(pocket)
Mumbai
rajmoreartist@gmail.com
- Mitali Das
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥
- बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्
Lead us from Unreality to the
Reality, Lead us from the Darkness to the Light , Lead us from the Fear of
Death to the Knowledge of Immortality
After
World War -II, the world has faced such huge disaster and loss of lives only
now, during this dark phase of Covid-19 pandemic. Being
artists we can feel the unrest, sorrow and misery of people everywhere in the
world. In this difficult situation every human being has become a warrior,
fighting together against this dark period with strong hopes, faith and energy
leading towards light. This paradigm-shifting pandemic has made us realize the
uncertainty, nothingness and completeness in human life.
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| Recent Works by Vilas Shinde |
This
situation also emphasizes the role of hope and faith of man in the infinite
journey of survival of civilizations through various natural and man-made
disasters since ancient times to the modern era.
'A
ray of hope’ presents majorly achromatic artworks of Contemporary artists
coming together to represent their individual approaches and style, that reveal
different aspects of hopes and faith in the context of human survival. In
today's turbulent, uncertain socio-political and economic world, most people from the
common man to the intelligentsia are worried about their future. Even in this
difficult situation, the creative artist is trying to keep the flame of empathy
alive in the society with the rod of positive energy, with his devotion to art,
aspiration for life and hope for a bright future.
In
art history, the absence and presence of light is used to represent spiritual
energy, divinity, gods and goddess and so on. Brahman in Indian Vedic
literature, Chinese theory of Yin and Yang, Buddhist theory of Shunyavada,
The Theory of Big bang discuss about the 'nothingness ' and 'completeness' that
relates to black and white. Scientifically, black and white do not have
specific wavelengths. Instead, white light contains all wavelengths of visible
lights. Black, on the other hand, is the absence of visible light. At the
same time in color theory, white is the absence of all color and black is the
presence of all color. A visual play using black and white together creates
neutrality and infiniteness.
This online exhibition will be an opportunity for talented, budding, young artists from India to showcase their art with senior artists to boost their energy. The works of all these talented artists working in various styles of contemporary Indian art will be readily available to art lovers and art collectors from all over the world.
I am grateful to Senior Contemporary artists Sudhir
Patwardhan, Dilip Ranade, Vilas Shinde, Ravindra Salve for accepting an
invitation for this show. I am also thankful to all Artists who responded to
invitation and open call for this Exhibition.
Shardul Kadam
Painter and Lecturer, Sir J.J.
School of Art, Mumbai
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'RAY OF HOPE' at Nippon Gallery.'Ray of Hope' is a collective show of 37 artists from various parts of country. |
