Sandcastle, a simple film with
a complex message written and directed by Indian debutante director
Shomshukhlla has been nominated at several International Film Festivals
including the Tenerife and London International Film Festival and
screening in Hollywood LA Femme Fest.
The journey of a woman in
modern India, finding her identity, Sandcastle will be screened at Hollywood’s
LA Femme Film Festival at the Regal Stadium 14 LA LIVE, and has been
nominated in the Best Foreign Language Feature Film category at the
London International Film Festival (LIFF) 2013 and prides itself with
four nominations at the Tenerife International Film Festival 2013 in
London on October 12, including nods for Best Feature Film, Best Actress,
Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.
Some important and
rather poignant messages are conjured up in this bright and beautiful
journey of a woman building her life. The ending is settling and although
the film has its fair share of surreal moments, there is clarity to the
communication of Sandcastle that reads much like a wonderfully crafted
manuscript.
“The film addresses the unsatisfied longings of a seemingly comfortable
middle-class Indian woman. India is waking up to good stories, with substance,
new voices, ideas and perspectives, redefining the lost glory of story-telling.
I am lucky that I am getting to be a part of it,” says Somshuklla.Sandcastle tells the story of Sheila, (Shahana Chatterjee) whose upper middle-class life in India isn't as perfect as she hoped it would be. Sheila is a home-maker, an aspiring writer and loving mother. From an outsiders perspective it would seem like she has the perfect life. Her husband is a wealthy advertising maverick and she is part of the elite middle-class of Indian society. But like the shifting of the sands, is it all slipping through her fingers? How will she build her own dreams? In all that she has, does she really have a voice of her own?
The story of Sandcastle reflects one's belief in the ability to build a perfect life. But even in perfection there is emptiness and wanting. What is perfect to one person is misery for another. The film focuses on contemporary women in urban India and the changes in society that have moulded these women as an independent and self directing force of nature. Shomshuklla shows two colliding worlds of fateful acceptance and feminine Indian independence and individuality. The film focuses on contemporary women in urban India, and the changes in society that have moulded these women as an independent and self directing force of nature.
Interestingly, this laurel comes at a
time when the director is ready to launch her seventh book of poetry 'Easy',
has been a pop-singer with over nine albums, done fusion renditions of
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's songs on a global platform, written column
on relationships, formed her theatre company, Kali Theatre , writing original
scripts, directing, designing, staging, producing and acting nine original
plays. 'We draupadi's and Sitas' an epic retold in modern times drew full
houses at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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