After
a successful screening at the Pune International Film Festival, awards at the
Rajasthan International Film Festival it was a houseful show at the Orange City
International Film Festival.
To
top it all, top artists from India offered their own POVs on India’s first POV
film Rakkhosh.
Fans
went berserk at Nagpur occupying all seats at the show in the Orange City.
Filmmakers and the actors came in for heavy praise and felicitation.
“We
are overwhelmed by the response,” exults Srivinay Salian, the writer director
of the film.
“We
did not think that fans would also enjoy a film of this genre. But cinema is
changing and content is king,” says producer Santosh Deshpande.
“The
work of actors Sanjay Mishra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Priyanka Bose and other actors
came in for so much praise from the fans. While the gentry was praising the
filmmaking efforts, the fans went gaga over the performances as well,” says
Prashen Kyawal, the creative producer of Rakkhosh.
What
however was humbling was the fact that artists like Tirtha Banerjee, Upendra
Desai and Aditya Nibhanapudi presented their own version of the film with their
point of view through art works. “All we can say that everyone has a point of
view on cinema and this is a historic moment for us,” chirps Salian.
And
finally, the filmmakers, inspired by the artists, have announced a contest for
fans and artists and requested them to make their own POV of the film Rakkhosh.
A
Blow by Blow account
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Nagpur's Orange City International Film Festival (OCIFF) 2019 screened to overflowing
audience. The film crew had to vacate the seats for public and still some
public returned as the auditorium was houseful and over-seated!
# RAKKHOSH film was introduced to the audience
by Festival Director Dr. Chandrashekhar Meshram followed by felicitation of
Producer Santosh Deshpande and Writer-Director Srivinay Salian.
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Audience was hooked to the seats due to the intriguing "Whodunnit?"
plot of the film and gave standing ovation to the film after completion.
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Dr. Vinay Indurkar, Dean of a fine arts college felicitated the team post
screening. Inox theatre management too felicitated the Writer-Director post the
screening.
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Salian was also invited as a panelist to participate in a discussion with reputed cinema guru Samar Nakhate and
acclaimed Film Director Dr. Jabbar Patel and was felicitated for the same.
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To top it all, actor and Associate Director Ravikant Soitkar was also
felicitated by the festival for his outstanding performance in RAKKHOSH.
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Such a wonderful day was preceded by coverage in international media from South
East Asia and Poland to be followed by a very academic and positive review of
RAKKHOSH in an US print publication. Few more critics who attended the festival
screening too gave thumbs up for it.
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Festival accolades, national and international media attention with
appreciation from film critics was topped up by the ultimate gratification of
positive public response. They said they were hooked till the end trying to figure
out what's next and appreciate the awareness the film brings about mental
illness. They applauded the unique treatment of POV technique and said they are
proud that such films are being made in India.
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Soon artists like Tirtha Banerjee, Upendra Desai and Aditya Nibhanapudi who
were following the buzz about RAKKHOSH got intrigued by the concept and sent us
their POV on "What is RAKKHOSH?" in painting and sketches.
# When art begets art, it can be said to be
the apostle of appreciation a film can have. The Producers and Team RAKKHOSH
got overwhelmed by this gesture by the artistic community and came up with an
idea to turn it into a campaign for everyone with an artistic expression to
provide their Art POV on "What is RAKKHOSH?"
# Be it a painting, a sketch, a doodle or
poetry, song or audio or video recitation of their thoughts, all mediums of
expression are welcome to let TEAM RAKKHOSH know what is your Art POV on
"What is RAKKHOSH?" Top 3 entries will be rewarded with an entry to the premier
or special screening whenever it happens.
