DARPAN 2014

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Integration through the arts is what Darpan reflects.. Started as a Bengali contemporary film festival in South East Asia in 2012, this festival moves a few steps forward in its every year to bring within its fold greater reflections of cinema as an art form, specially as we celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema globally. With art and culture receiving so much impetus in Singapore, a film festival showcasing such films for a varied range of audience was a given. The ties between Singapore and the Bengal region are well etched in history. From Sir Stamford Raffles’ journey to the capital Kolkata in 1826 to seek permission from the East India Company, to setting up a trading post on the island to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose making Singapore his base to revitalise the Indian National Army in 1943; the links between the two port cities of Kolkata and Singapore go back a long way. Darpan celebrates this intermingling and interaction of cultures, people and ideas, year after year.

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Friday, 31st October

Shehsher Kobita – 7 pm, The Cathay

Bioscope – 9.30 pm, The Cathay

 

Saturday, 1st November

Gran Plan – 1 pm, The Arts House

Deswa – 3 pm, The Cathay

Prague – 3 pm, The Arts House

Room 103 – 5 pm, The Cathay

Shongram – 7 pm, The Cathay

Jaatishwar – 7 pm, The Arts House

Baari Tar Bangla – 9 pm, The Cathay

 

Sunday, 2nd November

Chaar – 11 am, The Cathay

Take One – 1 pm, The Cathay

Haridas – 1 pm, The Arts House

Brihonnola – 3 pm, The Cathay

Apur Panchhali – 5 pm, The Cathay

Gran Plan – 5 pm, The Arts House

 

Bari Taar Bangla (Home is Bengali)

Directed by: Rangan Chakravarty

Roopchand Sen, (Saswata Chatterjee) a man of around 40 suddenly discovers that he cannot write anything in Bangla (Bengali language) anymore. Desperate to regain his abilities to write in Bangla, he goes to a psychiatrist (Raima Sen). The film is a narrative of his life and what led to his present circumstances.

Rating: PG; With English subtitles

 

Watch the trailerBioscope (Marathi) – Darpan Premiere Film

Directed by: Ravi Jadhav, Gajendra Aahire, Viju Mane, Girish Mohite

Four short films that come together to celebrate the finest in Marathi cinema, directed by the best in the Marathi film business.

Rating: TBD; With English subtitles

 

Watch the trailerShongram (Struggle)

Directed by: Munsur Ali

A romantic drama set during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war where a British Bangladeshi talks to a London reporter four decades later, about his youth, love, loss and the liberation war which he unwillingly became a part of. Starring Anupam Kher, Asia Argento, Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee, Armaan Reza

Rating: NC16; With English subtitles

 

Watch the trailerChaar (Four)

Directed by: Sandip Ray

Four stories across the board from the son of the celebrated director and Oscar award winner the late Satyajit Ray.

Rating: PG; With English subtitles

 

Watch the trailerApur Panchali (The Song of Apu)

Directed by: Kaushik Ganguly

Based on the Satyajit ray Apu trilogy, this film explores a different perspective on the protagonist Apu.

Rating: PG; With English subtitles

 

Watch the trailerBrihonnal

Directed by: Murad Parvez

Religious prejudice and racial dogmatism are the curse of Mohanpur, a backwater village out of touch with progress in the contemporary world. But as depicted in the film Brihonnola, humanity has the strength to combat and neutralise the poisonous effects of these evils on the lives of the villagers.

Rating: TBD; With English subtitles; Bangladesh

 

Watch the trailerDeswa (My Land)

Directed by: Nitin Chandra

The film is a social drama and a crime thriller produced by the acclaimed Neetu Chandra. The film has been screened at the South Asian Film Festival, Habitat World Film Festival, Montage Film Festival, International Film Festival of Fiji, Bhojpuri Film Festival and is still being invited to several National and International Film Festivals.

Rating: NC16; With English subtitles
Watch the trailerTake One

Directed by: Mainak Bhaumik

An Indian Actress Doel Mitra, shoots to overnight infamity igniting the wrath of conservative indian society when a bold sex-scene from one of her foreign films is leaked on the internet, When the public scandal happens. Doel is in the middle of shooting an indian film in which she plays the part of the mythological Hindu character, Sita. Starring Swastika Mukherjee, Rahul Banerjee, Vikramjit Chaudhury, Arindam Sil

Rating: M18; With English subtitles

 

Watch the trailerA Gran Plan

Directed by: Sangeeta Nambiar

What happens when a troubled young boy meets with an old lady who’s living her own share of problems? A Gran Plan explores this sensitive relationship that develops over time. It intricately weaves a story that has the protagonists overcome boundaries of age, language and culture and reach out to each other to form a lasting friendship. Peppered with moments of fun, A Gran Plan is a drama set in Singapore, starring the very talented Farida Jalal and an upcoming actor, ten year old Oliver Kennett.

Rating: PG; With English subtitles
Watch the trailerHaridas (Tamil film)

Directed by: G. N. R. Kumaravelan

The bonding between a father and his 10-year old autistic son, and the boy and his empathetic school teacher forms the fulcrum of Haridas. Sivadas, the father, gropes in the dark, trying to understand the mind of his motherless son, Hari, who seems to live in a world of his own. A compelling watch starring Kishore, Sneha, Prithviraj Das

Rating: PG; With English subtitles

Room 103 – Darpan Premiere Film

Directed by: Aniket Chattopadhyay

The story of the film revolves around a hotel name Raat Din. Rudra Chatterjee is the manager of the hotel for 33 years. In these 33 years in the hotel he has gathered many experiences. He narrates four of these stories during the course of the film. Starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Anjana Basu, Kanchana Moitra

Rating: PG; With English subtitles