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Yashwantrao Chavan Centre (for DCP)
Thursday, 24th January 2019
10:30 AM
Ee Ma Yove |Ee Ma Yau
Dir.:Lijo Jose Pellissery| India | 2017|120'|
Set amidst the Latin Catholic community in Chellanam beach near Kochi in Kerala, the film revolves around the death of Vavachan, a master mason, who comes home after a lapse of time, and suddenly meets with his death. Before his death, he shares with his son Eeshi, memories about the burial of his father and in turn, his own desire to be buried decently. Eeshi readily promises him a grand burial. After Vavachan's sudden and shocking departure, Eeshi earnestly arranges for his father's funeral; he wants it to be performed with due respect, with all the usual rituals, colorful paraphernalia and celebrations that go with it. But this simple gesture of love and respect of a son for his father, meets with unpredictable obstacles and unseemly reactions from different quarters. over everything. With this intense, emotional core, the film journeys into the complex web of human emotions
Watch Movie Tralier : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SweKJ8VVXCU
1:00 PM Ray & Liz| Ray & Liz
Dir.: Richard Billingham | UK | 2018 | 107' | DCP 
On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.An original take on the British kitchen sink genre, the film recalls early Ken Loach, Samuel Beckett, and the unbridled melodrama of Fassbinder's 16mm television work, all while exhibiting a vision and aesthetic of its own. By turns tremendously sad, shocking, hilarious, and humanist, the film is as much about desperation and poverty as it is about memory, resistance, and small moments of grace. Watch Movie Tralier :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kSbxwIiUg
03:00 PM Manto| Manto
Dir.: Nandita Das| India | 2018 | 116' | DCP
The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s InSaadat Hasan Manto (11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, British India. Writing mainly in Urdu language, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India immediately following independence in 1947.The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s InSaadat Hasan Manto (11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, British India. Writing mainly in Urdu language, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India immediately following independence in 1947.Manto was tried for obscenity six times; thrice before 1947 in British India, and thrice after independence in 1947 in Pakistan, but never convicted. He is acknowledged as one of the finest 20th century Urdu writers and is the subject of two biographical films. Watch Movie Tralier :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFbUei2DDhc
06: 30 PM
Smita Patil Lecture
Ms. Nandita Das, Guest Speaker