Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals

SYNOPSISKAALCHAKRA(Kaalchakra)35mm/colour/Marathi/113minutes/ESTShekhar's dreams come crashing down, when he discoversthat he is HIV positive. He loses his family, job and self-respect.Even as his wife deserts him, Shekhar is stigmatised, ridiculedand even compelled to take to drinking. A Counsellor, Dr Rekha,comes to his rescue, just in the nick of time. She gives Shekharhope by empathizing with his emotional and psychologicalproblems.Due to a very personal reason, Rekha turns from a doctorinto a counsellor for HIV positive patients. She expects Shekharto react the way he does, when he meets her for the first time.She makes Shekhar accept his condition and gradually acquirethe will and determination to give himself a better future. Shekharsucceeds.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Writer & Director :Cinematography:Editing :Music :Cast:Contact:VISHAL BHANDARIAvinash OnkarVishal BhandariA S KanalAbhay PandeySalil KulkarniSachin khedekar, Shilpa Tulaskar,Manjusha Godse, Amruta SantAvinash Onkar, B 101, 1 Modibaug,Ganesh Khind Road, Shivaji Nagar,Pune - 411005, Maharashtra, India.Phone(+91)(20) 25882581,Fax : (+91) (20) 25521816,E mail: avinashonkar@hotmail.comVishal Bhandari began by writing anddirecting his debut Feature film "A PocketFull Of Dreams" in the year 2000. The filmwas selected for the International FilmFestival of India and screened in New Delhiin the year 2000 and later at the New YorkInternational Film Festival. He produced,wrote, directed and edited his second feature"Maya - The Reality" in 2001. This film was selected forthe Los Angeles Film Festival, New York International FilmFestival and the Jeonju International Film Festival, SouthKorea. Vishal has also directed some shorts for variouscompanies. In 2003, he wrote and directed his third featurefilm "The Hangman" casting Om Puri, Gulshan Grover, TomAltar, Shreyas Talpade and Smita Jayakar in the principalroles. The film was screened at the International Film festivalof India in Goa in 2005. He has also written the story andscreenplay of a Tamil Film titled "Vettaiyadu Vellayadu". Thefilm has Dr. Kamal Hassan in the lead role. Recently, Vishalproduced and directed a Marathi Feature film titled "Bagh26 27