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| Directed by | Amshan Kumar[1]
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| Produced by | Template:Plainlist |
| Starring | Template:Plainlist |
| Cinematography | P.S. Dharan |
| Edited by | Dhanasekar |
| Music by | Aravind–Shankar
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
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Manusangada (English title: We are Humans) is an Indian Tamil-language indie drama film directed by Amshan Kumar.[1] 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 Inquilab's poem of the same name and literally means 'We are humans too.'
The film had its world priemere in Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival[2] and its International Premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival.[3][4] 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.[5] The film has also won the Best Feature Film award from the Puducherry Government in its 35th Indian Panorama Festival.[6][7]
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.[8]
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.[1] 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.[9] The filming was completed in 22 days and was shot on location.[1]
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Awards & Film Festivals
The film was screened at the following Film festivals:
- 19th Jio Mami Film Festival
- Cairo International Film Festival
- Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India[5]
- Chennai International Film Festival[10][11]
- ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal[12]
- Pune International Film Festival[13][14]
- Thrissur International Film Festival[13][15]
- 13th Habitat Film Festival[9]
- Solapur International film festival[16]
- Orange City Film Festival
- ChintaBar 2K18 Film Festival[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Caste atrocities, the long road to justice and raw tension in Tamil film ‘Manusangada’. Scroll(16 October 2017).
- ↑ Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - ProgrammeDetail Site. Mumbai Film Fest.
- ↑ மனுசங்கடா (Manusangada) is going to Egypt!. Tamil Information Centre(11 November 2017).
- ↑ Cairo Film Festival: Tamil Film Manusangada Highlights a Grave Social Injustice - News18. News18(29 November 2017).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Manusangada screened at IFFI. The Hindu(27 November 2017).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Puducherry govt selects Tamil movie Manusangada as best film. The Times of India(6 September 2018).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Indian Panorama begins; Manusangada is best film. The Hindu(8 September 2018).
- ↑ Manusangada by Amshan Kumar. Habitat Film Club(25 May 2018).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Good people are voiceless: Filmmaker Amshan Kumar on Manusangada. Cinestaan.com(10 June 2018).
- ↑ CIFF 2017: Arvind Swamy expresses concern over 'violent responses' to art.
- ↑ tamil-movies-and-indian-panorama-movies-list-of-15th-chennai-international-film-festival-2017. Flickstatus.com.
- ↑ IFFI 2017: 5 Indian films nominated for ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal. The Financial Express(24 November 2017).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Manusangada Tamil Movie. Moviean.com.
- ↑ Pune International Film Festival. www.piffindia.com.
- ↑ Manusangada – 13th IFFT 2018. www.ifft.in.
- ↑ SOLAPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - SIFF. cineplo.com(13 February 2018).
- ↑ Chinta BAR film festival 2K18. allevents.in.