Praveen Morchhale was born in Central India. After few years of making films and theatre working as a director, he achieved recognition with his feature film debut “Barefoot to Goa” (2013). Critics hail him as a new wave Indian cinema filmmaker. He is known for his simple, subtle, poetic cinema. “Walking With The Wind” (2017) was his second film which screened at the competition as Camerimage, Sao Paulo Iff, Friborg Iff, Mumbai Film Fest. His third feature, “Widow of Silence” screened in festivals all over the world and won awards in Kolkata, London Indian, and Los Angeles Indian festival, among others. “Behind Veils” (Hindi title in India: “Sir Madam Sarpanch”) is his latest work.
Suneel Sajnani was born and raised in India and relocated to the United States in the early eighties to pursue his Masters degree. He is an It Executive and has worked for major multinational corporations in the US including Twentieth Century Fox studios.
Suneel Sajnani was born and raised in India and relocated to the United States in the early eighties to pursue his Masters degree. He is an It Executive and has worked for major multinational corporations in the US including Twentieth Century Fox studios.
- 4/15/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The upcoming social satire, ‘Sir Madam Sarpanch’, helmed by the National Award-winning director Praveen Morchhale, is loosely based on the incredible stories of Indian women who went abroad for higher studies and returned to become Sarpanch of their villages.
The film stars Seema Biswas, Bhawan Tiwari, Ariana Sajnani, Hemant Deolekar, Jyoti Dubey and Shubhangini Srivas. In the film, Ariana’s character Ana, an Indian girl who has grown up in the U.S., returns to start a library in her ancestral village in central India. Her intention raises a storm in political circles and the bureaucracy. Undeterred, Ana stands for the Gram Sabha elections, teaming up with several courageous village women to quietly take on the well-entrenched socio-political system.
Talking about the film, Praveen Morchhale said: “I had read about these incredible women who for the love of their country, gave up a life of comfort and job opportunities abroad...
The film stars Seema Biswas, Bhawan Tiwari, Ariana Sajnani, Hemant Deolekar, Jyoti Dubey and Shubhangini Srivas. In the film, Ariana’s character Ana, an Indian girl who has grown up in the U.S., returns to start a library in her ancestral village in central India. Her intention raises a storm in political circles and the bureaucracy. Undeterred, Ana stands for the Gram Sabha elections, teaming up with several courageous village women to quietly take on the well-entrenched socio-political system.
Talking about the film, Praveen Morchhale said: “I had read about these incredible women who for the love of their country, gave up a life of comfort and job opportunities abroad...
- 4/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
As he proved with the excellent, multi-awarded “Widow Of Silence”, Praveen Morchhale has a truly astonishing way of finding humor in the most extreme circumstances, eloquently commenting on situations and discrepancies of the system that can only be described as dramatic, in a fashion, though, that does not become melodramatic, or even worse, poverty porn. This cinematic approach finds its apogee in his latest work, “Behind Veils” a satire that seems to touch every aspect of the current system in India.
Ana, he US-educated, New Delhi-resident daughter of the recently deceased Sumanghal Sharma returns to the village he grew up in, in order to meet his family for the first time, as her grandmother ostracized him from their house years ago. At the same time, she wants to fulfill his last wish of building a library in the village, and for that purpose, she carries a mass of books with her.
Ana, he US-educated, New Delhi-resident daughter of the recently deceased Sumanghal Sharma returns to the village he grew up in, in order to meet his family for the first time, as her grandmother ostracized him from their house years ago. At the same time, she wants to fulfill his last wish of building a library in the village, and for that purpose, she carries a mass of books with her.
- 9/28/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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