BUDDHADEB DASGUPTAAn economics pr<strong>of</strong>essor by trainingBuddhadeb Dasgupta today holds an enviableposition as one <strong>of</strong> India's most renowned andaccomplished directors. A celebrated poet andnovelist, Budhadeb has won numerous laurelsfor his craft in India and abroad. A specialjury prize for direction at the 2000 VeniceInternational <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> for Uttara ( TheWrestlers) and now countless others later, he continues to directamazing cinema year after year. Some <strong>of</strong> his prominent filmsinclude Dooratwa (Distance 1978), Grihajuddha(Crossroads1982), Phera,(The Return1986), Bagh Bahadur,(TheTiger Man 1989), Tahader Katha (Their Story 1992),Charachar,(The Shelter <strong>of</strong> the Wings 1993), Lal Darja, (The RedDoors 1996),Mondo Meyer Upakhyan,( A Tale <strong>of</strong> a NaughtyGirl 2002), Swapner Din, (Chased by Dreams 2004),Kaalpurush,(Memories in the Mist2005) and Ami Iyasin Ar Amar Madhubala,(The Voyeurs 2007).DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTI reached Mumbai a few days after, 29 April, to meet Nuashadfor the first time, for this film and heard he was hospitalized thatvery morning. Naushad passed away on immediately after I wasback to Calcutta from Mumbai. I believed that this film couldn’tbe made now. But I remembered my conversation with NaushadSahab over telephone. I remembered he wanted me to start thefilm with an alap sung by Bade Ghulam Ali from ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and the notes <strong>of</strong> that alap along with Naushad’s telephonicvoice came back to me <strong>of</strong>ten and I realized very strongly thatthe film has to be made because Nuashad cant die, these notescant, the melody has to continue…SYNOPSISNGAIHAK LAMBIDA(along the way. . .)35mm /colour/Manipuri/ 19 minutes/ESTManileima, a 35-year-old independent woman is the secondwife <strong>of</strong> a contractor. She lives separately with her mother andson. One day her son injures his hand and is hospitalized. In thehospital different people come to their help, but one man, astranger, helps them the most. This stranger and her nephew,Geet, start sharing a close bond. Slowly Manileima gets attractedto this stranger through Geet's stories and the stranger's affectionfor her child but they never meet face-to-face. Days pass andfinally on the day <strong>of</strong> her son's discharge; she decides to make achoice for herself.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Director :Cinematography:S. R. F. T. I. KolkataHaobam Paban KumarShehnad Jalal84 85
Editing :SankhaSound:Prasun Sen GuptaMusic :Ningthouja LanchaCast: Seema, Tomba, Surchandra,TarkovskyContact:Satyajit Ray <strong>Film</strong> and TelevisionInstitute <strong>of</strong> India, E M By Pass Road,P.O.Panchasayar, Kolkata - 700094,India.Phone/fax: (+91) (33)2432 0070/723HAOBAM PABAN KUMARHaobam Paban Kumar has a PG Diplomain Direction & Scw from SRFTI Kolkata. Hisfilms have been shown at various festivals andinternational events. His documentaryKANGLA, AFSPA 1958 & A CRY IN THEDARK has won numerous awards includingthe FIPRESCI PRIZE at MIFF, 2006. Haobamis currently based in Manipur.DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTManipur is a northeast state in India where decades <strong>of</strong>insurgency has thrown the society into disarray. The people havereceded into a cocooned existence, devoid <strong>of</strong> any space for selfexpression.The worst effected is the women and the children.This film is about a woman who decides to come out <strong>of</strong> thiscocooned existence.SYNOPSISNOKPOKLIBA(nokpokliba)35mm/colour/English/10 minutes/ESTThis film is based on a folk tale from Nagaland. It's the storyabout Nokpokliba, a magician, who brings justice to his peoplethrough his magic.There was once an evil merchant who cheated the Naga peoplefrom the hills <strong>of</strong> their cotton. He would trade his cow in exchangefor their cotton but the cow he used to trade was actually hisown son. He would transform his son into a cow through hismagic. The farmers would buy this cow. As they would returnhome with the cow, it would turn into different animals and runaway.The cheated farmers finally go to Nokpokliba for help whowas known for helping farmers get their cows back by counteringthe merchant's magic with his own. In order to give the magiciana taste <strong>of</strong> his own medicine, Nokpokliba then turned dried leavesinto cotton and traded with the merchant.86 87
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