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

MANGESH HADAWALE400058, India. Phone: (+91)(22)26733157,26733158,2633459,Fax: (+91)(22) 26732813Email: ravirai25@hotmail.comYENNING AMADI LIKLA(Spring and Dew)35mm/colour/Manipuri/147 mins./ESTYoung Mangesh Hadawale was born in 1980in a small town in western coastal India. Sonof a farmer, he completed his graduation intheatre from Lalit Kala Kendra (Center forPerforming Arts), University of Pune, and latercame to Mumbai to pursue a career in cinema.TINGYA is his directorial debut. He haswritten the story, screenplay and dialogues aswell for this film.DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTAs I was growing up and coming nearer and closer to soundsthat expressed progress, development, growth and the speechthat declared advancement, evolution, movement.. They were sovoid and depressed I felt. I could clearly see behind mask ofharmony what I could see. And it dawned on me, that may bewe had gained in numbers and figures but we had lost muchlarger. We had lost a conversation. We had lost a dialogue. Andthat was only possible in the remote villages or the workers ina mill or similar milieu. That set the writing of Tingya. And thisstory is not a story of a farmer from Maharshtra. It can be astory of a farmer from Assam, Bengal, MP,UP and any part ofIndia..SYNOPSISTen years old Sanatomba is a neglected child of alcoholicfather Ibohal and Leipaklei - a rice mill worker Sanatomba isgrowing up watching his father Ibohal's bad temper. Nature andpeace loving Sanatomba watches his mother Leipaklai leave homeafter her fight with Ibohal. Lonely Sanatomba is helped by hisfemale friend Thambal's mother.Another couple Vijaya and Ibotambi are childless. On hearingof Sanatomba's plight Vijaya wants to adopt and raise him. Thefilm deals with difference in principles and values between thetwo women Leipaklei and Vijaya as also innocent Sanatomba'sdesires and aspirations.58 59