Symphony Of Life is a film by T.A. Abraham 10 min, B/W, 1955 (Films Division) Sound design and music - Vishnudas Shirali Production - V Shantaram, Films Division This short film is an ode to the Indian peasant. It follows ?a day in the life of' structure without any identifiable characters or narration. It features music by the eminent musician Vishnudas Shirali. ?Symphony of Life? was screened in the competition section at Cannes. V Shantaram Starting as an actor in silent films in the 1920s, V. Shantaram went from one cinematic landmark to another - first as a partner in Prabhat Film Company in Pune and then as the founder of Rajkamal Kalamandir in Bombay. He also served as the chief-producer of Films Division in the early 1950s.
Char? The No-man's Island film is by Sourav Sarangi, India / Italy, 2012, color, HDcam, 88' Synopsis Meet Rubel, fourteen-years-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char formed within the large river. Rubel's family and many homeless people settled in this barren field controlled by border army. He dreams of going his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. He fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting flood, the river swells up again. ?Char may disappear but we won't', smiles the boy. Sourav Sarangi After graduating from the Presidency College, Kolkata, Sourav Sarangi joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune specializing in editing. His debut film ?TUSUKATHA' received accolades from many leading international film festivals. Since then he has been editing, writing, directing and producing in both fiction and nonfiction genres. He is also popular among student communities in various film schools as an articulate teacher.
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