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

SYNOPSISHARVILELE INDRADHANSH(The Lost Rainbow)35mm/colour/Marathi/ 22 minutes/ESTSameer, a young man of twenty eight, is taking his new brideto the ancestral temple to seek the blessings of the family deityas per (family) tradition. He is accompanied by his elder brother,his brother's wife and their little son Pratham. As he drivestowards the village today, after a gap of nearly twenty years, heremembers the last time he and his elder brother, Nitin spenttheir summer holidays with their grandmother in this village.It was the only year he shared his holidays with his brother.That year, an indelible scar had been etched onto his memory.A guilt that has been nibbling at his conscience…ever since.And today, as he and his wife seek the deity's blessings, willhe also seek his own salvation…CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Director:Cinemtaography:Editing:Sound:Music :Cast:Contact :DHIRAJ MESHRAMFilm and Television Institute of IndiaDhiraj MeshramAnil EsramSukanyaAlok Tiwari, Anmol Bhave, Ravi DevSinghSatyajit KelkarChuinmay Patwardhan, Omkar Pense,Anupama Rajopadhye, Rajesh MehendaleFilm and Television Institute of India,Law College Road, Pune – 411004, India.Phone: (+91) (20) 25431010, Fax: (+91)(20 254 30416.E mail: ftifro@yahoo.co.inBorn and brought up in Amravati,Maharashtra, Dhiraj completed his Bachelorsdegree in Arts from Amravati University in1998. He completed his Diploma in Directionin 2004.His diploma film in Marathi titled "OADH"was selected for a number of prestigious filmfestivals all over the world. They include the'Next Reel Film Festival 2005 organized by the Tisch School ofthe Arts, New York 'Golden Elephant Children's Film Festival'2005 in Hyderabad, India ; 'Munich International Festival ofFilm Schools' 2004 in Munich, Germany. It was also selected inthe Indian Panorama (non-feature) section in the 'InternationalFilm Festival of India' (IFFI) 2004 in Goa, India. It wasnominated as the pick of the lot at the 2nd 'KalpnirjharInternational Short Fiction Film Festival' 2004 in Kolkata, India.Subsequently, he joined his alma mater, the Film & TV Instituteof India, Pune as an Asstt. Prof. Film Production in 2006. He66 67