Manusangada

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{{Infobox film
| name = Manusangada
| image = Manusangada_poster.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|ta|மனுசங்கடா}}
| director = [[Amshan Kumar]]<ref name="Scroll">{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/reel/854100/caste-atrocities-the-long-road-to-justice-and-raw-tension-in-tamil-film-manusangada|title=Caste atrocities, the long road to justice and raw tension in Tamil film ‘Manusangada’|work= Scroll|location=Mumbai, India|date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
| producer = {{plainlist|
* S.Thara
* Gana.Natkunan
}}
| screenplay = Amshan Kumar
| based_on =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* Rajeev Anand
* Manimegalai
* A.S.Sasikumar
* [[Sheela Rajkumar]]
* Vidhur Rajarajan
* Sethu Darwin
* Anand Sampath
}}
| narrator =
| music = [[Aravind–Shankar]]
| cinematography = P.S. Dharan
| editing = Dhanasekar
| studio = A K FILMS
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2017|10|13|[[Mumbai Film Festival|Jio MAMI]]|2018|10|12}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Manusangada''''' (English title: We are Humans) is an Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Independent film|indie]] drama film directed by [[Amshan Kumar]].<ref name="Scroll"/> The film is based on a true story about the signaling of the rise of [[Dalit]] struggles in contemporary India against long standing human rights violations. The title 'Manusangada' is from [[Inkulab|Inquilab]]'s poem of the same name and literally means 'We are humans too.'

The film had its world priemere in [[Mumbai Film Festival|Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/programmeDetail/242|work= Mumbai Film Fest|title=Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - ProgrammeDetail Site}}</ref> and its International Premiere at the [[Cairo International Film Festival]].<ref name = "Tamil Information Centre">{{cite news|url=http://www.ticonline.org/newsdetails.php?id=1743|title=மனுசங்கடா (Manusangada) is going to Egypt!|work= Tamil Information Centre|date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name = "News18.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/cairo-film-festival-tamil-film-manusangada-highlights-a-grave-social-injustice-1590329.html|title=Cairo Film Festival: Tamil Film Manusangada Highlights a Grave Social Injustice - News18|work= News18 |location=Cairo,Egypt|date=29 November 2017}}</ref> It was also selected in the [[Indian Panorama]] section of [[International Film Festival of India]], Goa and was the only Tamil film to be selected that year.<ref name ="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/manusangada-screened-at-iffi/article20946948.ece|title=Manusangada screened at IFFI|work= The Hindu|location=Goa, India|date=27 November 2017}}</ref> The film has also won the Best Feature Film award from the Puducherry Government in its 35th Indian Panorama Festival.<ref name="TimesofIndia">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/puducherry-govt-selects-tamil-movie-manusangada-as-best-film-of-2017/articleshow/65705479.cms|title=Puducherry govt selects Tamil movie Manusangada as best film|work=The Times of India|location=Puducherry|date=6 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/indian-panorama-begins-manusangada-is-best-film/article24898043.ece|title=Indian Panorama begins; Manusangada is best film|work=The Hindu|location=Puducherry|date=8 September 2018}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
When Kolappan's father dies, he isn't allowed to carry his father's body through the common pathway because he's a Dalit. He seeks help from official powers only to find that they are equally casteist. Refusing to be cowed down, Kolappan begins a protest and finds his village standing by him. Based on an actual incident, Kolappan's story is a look at the deeply-embedded prejudice that Dalits have endured and against which they are rising.<ref name ="Habitat Film Club">{{cite news|url=http://www.habitatfilmclub.com/booknow-may2018.php?ID=365|title=Manusangada by Amshan Kumar|work= Habitat Film Club|location=Delhi, India|date=25 May 2018}}</ref>

==Cast==
* Rajeev Anand
* Manimegalai
* A.S.Sasikumar
* [[Sheela Rajkumar]]
* Vidhur Rajarajan
* Sethu Darwin
* Anand Sampath

==Development and production==
Amshan Kumar chanced upon a news clipping of the incident in 2016, he set aside a screenplay of a William Shakespeare adaptation that he had been working on.<ref name="Scroll"/> Manusangada was shot with a handheld camera in a series of shots with the aesthetic that reflects the reality at hand. Kumar wanted to film it in a docu-drama style with a tragic narrative.<ref name = "Cinestaan">{{cite news|url= https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/jun/10/13746/good-people-are-voiceless-filmmaker-amshan-kumar-on-manusangada|title=Good people are voiceless: Filmmaker Amshan Kumar on Manusangada|work=Cinestaan.com|date=10 June 2018}}</ref> The filming was completed in 22 days and was shot on location.<ref name="Scroll"/>

[[File:The Director Amshan Kumar, Producer S. Thara, Lead Actor Rajeev Anand at the presentation of film MANUSANGADA, during the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017), in Panaji, Goa on November 22, 2017.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Film crew, [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[48th International Film Festival of India|2017]]) ]]

==Awards & Film Festivals==
*Best Feature Film Award, Government of Puducherry, Indian Panorama <ref name = "TimesofIndia"/><ref name = "TheHindu"/>

The film was screened at the following Film festivals:
*[[Mumbai Film Festival|19th Jio Mami Film Festival]]
*[[Cairo International Film Festival]]
*[[Indian Panorama]] section of [[International Film Festival of India]]<ref name ="The Hindu"/>
*[[Chennai International Film Festival]]<ref name ="Cinestaan.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2017/dec/15/9929/arvind-swamy-inaugurates-15th-chennai-international-film-festival-ciff-expresses-concern-over-the-violent-responses-to-art|title=CIFF 2017: Arvind Swamy expresses concern over 'violent responses' to art}}</ref><ref name = "Flickstatus">{{cite news| url=http://flickstatus.com/tamil/tamil-movies-and-indian-panorama-movies-list-of-15th-chennai-international-film-festival-2017.html|title=tamil-movies-and-indian-panorama-movies-list-of-15th-chennai-international-film-festival-2017|work=Flickstatus.com}}</ref>
*ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal<ref name = "Financial Express">{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/iffi-2017-5-indian-films-nominated-for-icft-unesco-gandhi-medal/945627/|title=IFFI 2017: 5 Indian films nominated for ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal|work=The Financial Express|date=24 November 2017}}</ref>
*[[Pune International Film Festival]]<ref name ="Moviean">{{cite news|url=https://themoviean.com/manusangada-tamil-trailer/|title=Manusangada Tamil Movie|work=Moviean.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piffindia.com/CryHumanity.php|title=Pune International Film Festival|website=www.piffindia.com}}</ref>
*[[Thrissur International Film Festival]]<ref name ="Moviean"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifft.in/portfolio/manusangada/|title=Manusangada – 13th IFFT 2018|website=www.ifft.in}}</ref>
*13th Habitat Film Festival<ref name = "Cinestaan"/>
*Solapur International film festival<ref name="Cineplo">{{cite news|url=https://www.cineplo.com/IN/Solapur/1768914536762002/Solapur-International-Film-Festival---SIFF|title=SOLAPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - SIFF|work=cineplo.com|date=13 February 2018}}</ref>
*Orange City Film Festival
*ChintaBar 2K18 Film Festival<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinta BAR film festival 2K18 |url=https://allevents.in/chennai/chinta-bar-film-festival-2k18/1717748478246550 |website=allevents.in |accessdate=20 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|7475710|Manusangada}}

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