SYNOPSISAMI, IYASIN AR AMARMADHUBALA(The Voyeurs)35mm/Colour /Marathi/ 104 minutes/ESTWhen a young man falls in love, he cannot imagine that hisinnocence will turn to guilt and lead to him and his friend beingchased by the police. Nor can his friend imagine that his religionis a death warrant. Neither can understand how a peccadilloinvolving the girl next door could become the equal <strong>of</strong> a crime<strong>of</strong> passion.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Story, Script &Direction:Cinematography:Editor:Sound Designer:Anurradha PrasadBuddhadeb DasguptaSunny JosephAmitava DasguptaAnup MukherjeeMusic Direction: Biswadeb DasguptaArt Direction:Indranil GhoshCast:Prosenjit Chatterjee, SameeraReddy, Amitav BhattacharyaContact:Abhinav Shukla, BAG FILMS &MEDIA LTD. Anjani Complex,3rd Floor, Prarera Hill Road,OFF Andheri Kurla Road,Andheri East, Mumbai - 400093Email. abhinavshukla@bagfilms.com,abhinav@bagfilms.comBUDDHADEB 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 Return 1986), Bagh Bahadur, (The TigerMan 1989), Tahader Katha (Their Story 1992), Charachar, (TheShelter <strong>of</strong> the Wings 1993), Lal Darja, (The Red Doors1996),Mondo Meyer Upakhyan, (A Tale <strong>of</strong> a Naughty Girl 2002),Swapner Din, (Chased by Dreams 2004), Kaalpurush, (Memoriesin the Mist 2005) and Ami Iyasin Ar Amar Madhubala, (TheVoyeurs 2007).DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTOur world has become obsessed with security, and ordinaryhuman values such as love and kindness have been mechanizedand are reinterpreted as dangers by the masters <strong>of</strong> our advancedtechnology. But do the web-cams and CCTV that are constant4 5
witnesses to our lives make us any less vulnerable to terroriststhan we are to ourselves? Are police and security forces reallyour protectors? These are the central issues <strong>of</strong> this seeminglylight-hearted film.AMMUVAGIYA NAAN(I am Ammu)35mm/Colour /Tamil/120 minutes/ESTSYNOPSISA rickshaw puller sells his daughter immediately after herbirth and the sad demise <strong>of</strong> her mother, to a prostitutionpr<strong>of</strong>essional. The girl is growing up with other girls in thatbrothel house with affection and love. She is fondly called byeveryone ‘Ammu’. After a certain age, Ammu voluntarily beginsto take up her assignments as sex worker.A revolutionary writer Gowri wants to write a novel onprostitution pr<strong>of</strong>essionals and meets Ammu. Ammu's life istranslated into words now but the writer puts a question abouther marriage. Who will marry her ? Gowri extends his hand toAmmu with an <strong>of</strong>fer to lead a married life with her on a conditionthat whenever she dislikes the new life she would have an openended option to return to her earlier pr<strong>of</strong>ession.Ammu marries him. When the novel is ready for Award the6 7