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

SYNOPSISTINGYA(The Short One)35mm/colour/Marathi/122 minutes/ESTIt was the time to harvest the potatoes. Karbhari, the villagefarmer was all geared up to yield the tubers and payback themoney he owed to the local village money lender Sahukar Tatya.It was one ill-fated evening that coming back from the graze,Chitangya, Karbhari's bull fell into the leopard trap and brokehis hind leg. Unable to stand on its feet and move, it was notpossible for Chitangya to plough the fields. Persistent treatmentand constant medication by Karbhari and his wife Anjana couldnot resurrect Chitangya to employment. Karbhari went throughshivers. A little delay in reaping would have the buds on thepotatoes. Karbhari did not want to penalize himself more fromthe Sahukar (The Money Lender).Pandu, a neighbor farmer from the village had justcommitted a suicide two days ago for being unable to returnthe money to the Sahukar. Selling the bull to a local butcherand adding some money to buy a young bull, was the onlychoice Karbhari could think of but Tingya, Karbhari's sevenyear old younger son did not think of Chitangya in the samebreath as his father did. Chitangya was not just the animalfor him. Chitangya was his elder brother. He was born withChitangya. He was two months younger than Chitangya. Theyhad shared so many moments together. They had grown uptogether.Naturally, he had a volley of valid questions to which no onehad the answers.. "Why wasn't Rashida's grandmother being soldto the butcher? She too was old and not working. Why were theyall taking care of her and not his Chitangya? Chitangya certainlywould not depart." The death of the old grandmother in theneighboring house and selling of an animal to a slaughter housecome face to face in this painstakingly meticulous film about anemotional love story between a bull and a boy, Tingya. It inquiresthrough Tingya's innocence the validity of existence. It queriesthe order of the alive and breathing. Is it the man, animal, birdand the sea or vice versa? Who regulates and classifies thecategories? Who arranges and sorts the array of the breathings?Is it legitimate?CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Writer & Director :Cinematography:Editing :Music :Cast :Contact:Ravi Rai, Anita Rai, Anand RaiMangesh HadawaleDharam GulatiK D DilipRohit NagbhideSharad Goekar, Tarranum Pathan,Sunil Deo, Madhavi Juvekar, VitthalUmap, Chitra NawatheRavi Rai, 12,13 Morya House SmallTown Boy production, 12,13 MoryaHouse, opp.Film writer's association,Opp. Fame Adlabs, Andheri MaladLink Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai, -56 57