ISSUE- 3 20 JANUARY 2020 KALINGA GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL e mega event of KIIT School of Film and Media Sciences School of Mass Communication, Campus 18, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar Panel Discussion on Film Appreciation held at KGFF Sushmi Mishra@KSMC, between Indian and European Priyanshi Tripathy@KSMC movies said that it’s a need Campus 7, KIIT: Talking about to have songs in Indian fi lms, the need for fi lm appreciation whereas it isn’t a pressing need a panel discussion was held on for European audience. Thus, the second day of the Kalinga there is a gap between the Global Film Festival (KGFF) appreciation from critics and here. The discussants on the that of the audience. panel discussion were Mr. To which Pankaj Saxena, Tulsidas Mishra, fi lm scholar Professor Screen Studies and and academician, Dr. Piyush Research FTII, Pune added that Roy, fi lm scholar, critic and music is the easiest medium professor Pankaj Saxena, to memorize, realise and Screen Studies and Research, connect with something. Indian Film and Television Institute of cinema conveys emotions , Pune. through songs. At the end, it is The fi ve day fi lm festival is communication, as long as it is being organised by the School resonating, it is good. of Film and Media Sciences at He later posed a question, campus-7 auditorium which “When it comes to fi lm will show around 50 movies in appreciation, do you think in the Asian Window section and today’s time there is a space student competitive section. for mythological elements Taking the discussion forward, in scripts?” To which Roy Dr Piyush Roy, diff erentiating answered, giving an example between appreciation and of Bodh Mandir, he said that criticism said, “Watching a unless we understand the core fi lm doesn’t mean criticizing meaning we won’t get the true or appreciating the fi lm. The essence of it. critics’ work is to make even “Cinema is the combination of the blind person understand the wide range of art. The people fi lm. It is a process which helps are likely to enjoy more once see the art and appreciate it”. they get a better understanding While, Tulsidas Mishra, of the movie,” said Mr. Saxena. talking about the diff erence KGFF ignites discourse about Ollywood Best Wishes Maitreya Manasvin@ KSMC Campus 7, KIIT: Indulging in Prof Hrushikesha a gripping dialogue about the Mohanty current scenario of the Odia fi lm Vice chancellor, industry Tusharkanti Behera, KIIT Deemed to be Minister of State (Independent University Charge) Government of talked about the need for “I am happy to note originality while well known that the school of fi lm Ollywood actor and Member of and media sciences has Parliament Anubhav Mohanty taken a lead by hosting countered him and asked for the 4th edition of KGFF. government patronage for the This young and energetic industry. school has been rising Anubhav Mohanty, MP steadily to excellence (Loksabha) of and such events will add constituency and Tusharkanti to its eff orts. I wish the Behera, Minister of State He said, “I used to watch at have been successful in doing but there are not enough slots school and the festival a (Independent Charge) Electronics least 3 movies a day during my so. He later expressed the need to available in cinema halls due to great success.” and Information and Technology, MTech days in IIT Kharagpur upgrade the industry for the Odia the pre-established supremacy Sports and Youth Services, GoO and I believe that Odia movies language movies to feature in the of Bollywood and Hollywood were speaking at the inaugural have been greatly infl uenced top 100 movies in the world. movies. Prof. Sasmita Samanta function of the fourth edition of by South Indian movies. We Behera’s perspective was This passionate dialogue Pro vice chancellor, Kalinga Global Film Festival are lacking good movies with contested by Anubhav Mohanty, a between Tusharkanti Behera KIIT Deemed to be (KGFF) on 18 January 2020. original content.” renowned fi lm actor of Ollywood. and Anubhav Mohanty opened University Behera, a young and dynamic Stating that Odia movie makers Mr. Mohanty said that Odisha has up new avenues of debate on minister of the state and a aren’t willing to spend much he a lot of talent and many Odia the subject of the Odia movie “I would like to express graduate from Indian Institute requested fi lmmakers to invest movies have won National and industry. Director of KGFF, my heartfelt thanks to of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in their ideas and to bridge the International awards. He said that Himansu Sekhar Khatua thanked the organisers students is also a cine critic by passion. gap between commercial and art the fi lm industry was struggling both Behera and Mohanty for of fi lm and media When he addressed the audience, fi lms. He further talked about and supported his view by stating their critical insights towards sciences for conducting he raised many concerns about the Bengali and South Indian that there are at least a 50 Odia Odia movie industry. such a mega event.” Odia movie industry critically. fi lm industry as to how they movies ready to be screened Page - 2 Modern films are braver: Piyush Roy ‘‘Artistic Movie to be the Future of Cinema’’, Said Tusharkanti Behera Author, curator, critic, scholar and filmmaker,Dr. Piyush Roy discusses the problems related to film appreciation in India Lipsa Biswal@KSMC during the panel discussion held on the second day of Kalinga Tusharkanti Behera, Minister of Global Film Festival. The eminent personality discussed state (Independent Charge) E & about Indian way of film making during a conversation with IT, Sports and Youth Services, as Anamika Jha@KSMC and Priyanshi Tripathy@KSMC. a guest at 4th Kalinga Global Film Festival, Bhubaneswar averred himself a “Movie Buff” since his the same. Its the treatment that What comments do you have the most evolved form of literary dual degree at IIT kharagpur and expression. Short films are also makes all the difference. Like on the quality of films today? that he is pleased to be a part of like that. They are shorter but can the melodrama that comes There is a lot of hope in cinema, the grand film fest. have the same impact as a 3 hour naturally to us. The colors, the that I see in the young people. As a connoisseur of food, art More movies on artistic values long movie. I really look forward dance, the songs are exclusive People would say that they are and culture, he approached the and not just commercialised films to the experience of seeing the to Bollywood. They are its USP. mature and as good as the others audience with a sense of movie was his demand.During his talk short films of the student. This influence of Indian way of but I think that they are braver, critic and disclosed some of the he explains how the fidelity of How is Indian cinema different film making is our soft power they are tackling many more dark side of the Odia Cinema dubbed movies In Odia cinema is from cinema around the world? along with IT. issues and that’s what is adding to Industry. He states that he awful.He asks for the Odia movie I just finished a documentary that Are you enjoying the films that the richness and diversity of the watches three movies a day from makers to reflect Odiapana viz asks the question is there any are being screened in KGFF cinema experience. Sometimes, different languages and compares Odisha culture in their movies. Indian way of film making. So 2020? the amount of stuff that they are it to the Ollywood industry. He He encouraged movie makers to I think it is because cinema is a I haven’t seen any movies yet but able to pack within 10 minutes claims that South Indian Movie seek Government’s help , as he product of a context and a culture. I am looking forward to watching is just like how one can write a is the cornerstone of Ollywood, it believes Movie is a vital medium Over the world some people say all the movies that have been novel of 100 pages but the same lacks originality. for cultural integration and unity. there are 7 plots, some say there submitted in the competition content can be expressed in 10 are 30 and so on but it all revolves category, I am looking forward to lines in a poem, that is like the back to the same man woman that experience. KGFF pays homage to four maturity. That is why poetry is story, the basic plots remaining stalwarts of Odia film industry Sushmi Mishra@KSMC director who after his brief illness KSMC reporters - Pabitra Burathoki, Sujana Tamang, Sonam Campus 7, KIIT: The 4th Kalinga passed away on 6 February 2019. CHIT-CHAT Lhamo and Anita Chhetri asked the viewers that, Which movie did Global Film Festival paid Chakradhar Sahu got the State you like the most and why? in the fourth KGFF . “The message is that you just homage to four stalwarts of Odia Film Award for Best Director keep on shooting without “ From the movies I watched “ Actually my passion for both film industry namely Chakradhar for ‘Tumaku Paruni Ta Bhuli’. learning anything. If you really today, I like ‘ Ahaa Re (the movie making and watching Sahu, Sambit Mohanty, Dilip His last film ‘Meemansa’ was have the urge and you know how two lovers)’ which is a Bengali made me attend the film festival. Patnaik and Manmohan released in 2016. He has been an to operate cameras or download movie. It had good message. The And I came here to learn Mahapatra, who passed away inspiration for many of the new- the editing software, you can daughter in law was a widow in the something. After watching the all in recent years leaving a huge age filmmakers. edit it. Learn by watching that is movie whereas in our reality our the movies I liked ‘Ahaa Re (the vacuum in Ollywood. “Chakradhar Sahu was both important. If you have somebody society says widow can’t marry two lover) as the concept of the “It is a great loss for the Odia my colleague and friend, and to explain how to make a film, that again. The movie has portrayed movie was very generic though it film industry and the loss cannot the other three also contributed is advantage of course. Initially beautiful relationship between the was nothing new but it was done be compensated. We lost four well to the Odia Film Industry. they will tell you do’s and don’ts in laws. Though the father in law in a very beautiful way. I liked the big talents recently”, said Prof After the passing the Manmohan but if you really have an urge you of the girl lost his son, he still had emotions portrayed in the movie Himansu Sekhar Khatua, CEO, Mahapatra everyone was can use anything to convey your the same affection and love for as I could really relate with it. School of Film and Media devastated and all their loss will messages. At first you will watch his daughter in law. Portrayal of The at department did a really Sciences, School of Mass always be felt. Whatever the the movies you like be it action, remarrying after one has lost her good job, the background colours Communication and School benchmark he set in Film Industry thriller, suspense, romantic. You partner was really good.” were very vibrant. And it added to of Fashion Technology at the is inevitable and will inspire should watch movies that appeals -Leena Sathpathy film.” inaugural ceremony of KGFF. others to make movies like them. you.” Teacher, Venkateswar English -Abhishek Prusty Manmohan Mahapatra, a All his movies were sensible,” -Akhlaque Ahmed,Flim Critic Medium School Student, B.Tech (CS&E) prominent Odia filmmaker, said Tulsidas Mishra, film scholar director, producer, and writer and academician. passed away on 13 January Dilip Patnaik was a noted 2020, at the age of 69. His death filmmaker who passed away has left a huge void in the Odia at the end of 2018. He had film industry. He had won eight specialization in direction, he consecutive National Awards made a couple of important for his films Nisiddha Swapna, documentaries for Government of Majhi Pahacha, Klanta Aparanha, India, Government of Odisha and Niraba Jhada, Sita Rati, Bhinna UNICEF. He dealt with subjects Samaya and a National Award like tribal rights and livelihood. for Niraba Jhada. The eminent Mr. Dilip Patnaik was also a jury filmmaker recently received the member for the International Best Director Award for Odia Film Festival of India, Goa, 2015. film Bhija Matira Swarga. Film director, Sambit Mohanty, “Manmohan Mahapatra and passed away suddenly on the 5 I worked together in the 90s, February 2017. He was the Co- others were also my friends. Dilip Founder of the Inscreen Film Patnaik made a documentary for Society in Bhubaneswar. He the Government of India and also joined as an Officer in the I learnt a lot from him. Dilip Information & Public Relations Patnaik’s movies were selected Department, Government of for many national awards by the Odisha. His first feature film jury, he talked a little and it was ‘Hello Arsi’ in 65th National difficult to work with him. Award in 2018 got awards in Sambit Mohanty was of three categories Best Feature my age and died suddenly, it Film Odia, Best Screenplay, was shocking, he was a short Best Actress (special mention). tempered guy and very very Director Sambit Mohanty, was sensitive, his feature film Hello posthumously honored with Arsi won 3 national awards and a Rajat Kamal award for Best he was a promising director, also Screenplay (Dialogue). directed 4-5 mainstream Odia Mrs. Sanghita Sahu, spouse of Films. Chakradhar Sahu death late Chakradhar Sahu was also was a huge huge loss. I have felicitated and honored during attended all their funerals”, said the inaugural session of the 4th MA Ahmed, and industry insider. Kalinga Global Film Festival on Chakradhar Sahu was a film January 18. Page - 3

CINEMATOSCOPE

Kahe Ballava - Himansu S.Khatua Varun Sharma Ki Ajeeb Kahani Posharini Director: Himansu S. Khatua - Ranjith Ragupathy - Sreecheta Das Producer: Iti Samant Cast: Gireesh Menon, Akanksha Director: Sreecheta Das Cinematographer: Manas Rajan Rath Thakur, Prakash Divakaran, Screenplay Writer: Sreecheta Das Editor: Ajay Kumar Mishra Gaurav Sahni Cinematographer: Prabhdeep Singh Kali Location Sound & Sound Designer: Bhabani Crew: Story, Screenplay Writer, Sound Recordist: Kinkini Deb, Kalhan Raina - Subrata Sen Prasana Mallick Director and Editor: Ranjith Editor: Aniruddha Chakraborty Director: Subrata Sen Audio Editor: Peeyus Raghupathy Cast: Manosree Biswas, Pradip Bhattacharya, Camera: Amit Majumdar Synopsis: Mughal Tamasha, a unique Folk Theatre Cinematography: Raveesh Sood, Somnath Mondal, Kaustav Bhattacharya, Surajit Sound Design: Tirthankar Majumdar evolved towards later part of 18th Century in Ketan Kulkarni Mukherjee, Swaraj Chakraborty, Ayushmita Editing: Sourya Sen Bhadrak region of Odisha in the eastern coast Music: Rahul Srivastava Banerjee Location Sound: Swapan Mondal of India. By that time, Odisha had already been Synopsis: The fi lm takes us Synopsis: A cute circumstances have pushed Colorist: Ritajit Raychaudhury ruled by the Afghans, the Mughals and followed through the conversations Gauri, a young woman hailing from a lower Associate Director: Gouri Saha by the Marathas and Bhadrak was the gateway of between Varun and Shilpa, a middle class family in a very small suburban Producer: Subrata Sen these alien rulers to Odisha. Distinguished poet legally divorced couple. town in India to hawk on trains. Initially she Communications and playwright Banshi Ballav Goswami was the struggles hard to actually stand up and start Cast: Nimisha De Sarkar, Aparajita creator of this unusual form of rural theatre. Apart hawking. Finally when she does, she earns the Ghosh from entertainment , the main objective of this folk wrath of her peers while Gauri struggles hard to Synopsis: Kali is powerful and widely play was to create communal harmony amongst the adjust to this new life and make ends meet. revered because of her power. While oppressed Hindus and Muslims and also to ridicule this dark-skinned goddess is worshiped the lapses of Mughal administration through a all over the world, girls with dark skin series of farcical enactments, songs, dances and are regularly ostracised in India. This music. The use of multiple languages – Farsi documentary looks into the dichotomy (Persian, the court language), Urdu, Hindi, Bengali of social conditions and delves into and Odia in a single play is a unique feature of Kali and Tantra from the heartland of Mughal Tamasha. Birbhum, Bengal where Tantra and Kali worship continues in full vigour. The fi lm looks into the unsaid misery “All I need to make a that exists in India against people who comedy is a park, a have dark skins. This documentary police man and a pretty gets into the myth of Kali, the practice Iti, Tomari Dhaka girl Meenalaap -Nuhash Humayun of Kali-worship and Tantra while - Suborna Senjutee Tushee Directors: Nuhash Humayun, Syed Ahmed juxtaposing the social conditions faced - Charlie Chaplin Director: Suborna Senjutee Shawki, MD Robiul Alam, Tanvir Ahsan. by dark-skinned women in India. Tushee Abdullah Al Noor, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Screenplay Writer: Suborna Syed Saleh Ahmed Sobhan. Senjutee Tushee Produced: Abu Shahed Emon, PHOTO GALLERY Cinematographer: Archana Ebne Hasan Khan Ghanghrekar Synopsis: Iti, Tomari Dhaka is a love letter to a city that is often diffi cult to love. 7 vignettes by Art Director: Himanshi Patwal 7 Bangladeshi fi lmmakers come together to tell Sound Recordist: Swaroop Bhatra fragmented stories about Dhaka City itself. Editor: Kshama Padalkar. Cast: Titas Dutta, Pramito Dutta, Vivak Kumar, Devas Dixit. Synopsis: Meenalap revolves around a Bengali couple, migrated from a remote village of West Bengal to Pune working in a garments factory and struggling to make ends meet while expecting a child. It delves into the psychological changes A Chance Encounter in the realm of urban alienation - Aishath Shafaa Shahid and the challenges involved in Director: Aishath Shafaa Shahid the transition from a couple to Editor: Aishath Shafaa Shahid parents in the absence of their Cinematographer: Theophilus Asamoa Yeboah own family and culture. Sound Designer: Iman Banerjee Art Design: Aishath Shafaa Shahid “Art is born out of an Synopsis: This is the story of a young, career ill-designed world.” oriented woman and a charismatic man who are both meant to meet each other in the most -Anderi Tarkovsky unexpected setting. Page -4 As a jury member, have to do justice to every film : Mahim Joshi Mahim Joshi, renowned script writer spoke to Ankita Paul@KSMC and Akansha Pattnaik@KSMC about his love for script writing and the duties he needs to fulfill as a jury member at the 4th edition of Kalinga Global Film Festival. What inspired you to take up script younger generation has to offer. The writing as a career option? unique quality of today’s youth is I love cinema. I am not only into that they are not afraid to challenge script writing but themselves. I want also direction. to see how they But, I feel script do it in the films writing is the presented today. crux of a cinema. You are also one If you don’t have the jury members the story, no one for the competitive knows what their category, so is role is from star there any pressure cast to the team regarding it? working behind Yes a bit of the scenes. I pressure is there, chose script writing specifically, but more than that I feel this sense of because this a great medium of self- responsibility that I have to do justice expression. to every film by making sure that I From Mumbai to Odisha just for a guide the future filmmakers to the film festival, what have you in mind? right path on the basis of the films I am looking forward to what the made by them.

The organizing team is after a day of hard work......

A Historic Love Story: India and South Korean movies Hea Bin Song, Korean film representative in KGFF, discusses commonalities between the Indian and Korean cinema in a conversation with Ankita Paul @KSMC and Akansha Pattnaik @KSMC.

What are your What are some common expectations from the topics on which the Indian Indian audience watching and Korean film industry Korean films? can collaborate in near We hope the Indian future? audiences understand the Korean and Indian stories current Korean film status. share one common genre We also look forward of interest - historic love to cooperate in possible stories. We would like to future Indo-Korean film collaborate with Indian film collaborations in which makers to shoot stories that we can merge the two film showcase this commonality worlds into one creative between our two cultures. production.

School of Mass Communication publication Publisher: Prof Himansu Sekhar Khatua | Editor: Dr. Bidu Bhusan Dash | Special Issue Editor: MA Ahmed |Executive Editor: Ms. Ruby Nanda Pagemaking and Designing: Agniva Bhowmick and Prachi Prerna Jena | Sub-Editors: Sargam Saxena, Tanushree Mishra, Urvy Yaduvanshi and Ankita Paul Reporters: Ankita Paul, Priyanshi Tripathy, Sushmi Mishra, Maitreya Manasvin, Anamika Jha, Lipsa Biswal, Akanksha Pattnaik, Pabitra Burathori, Sujana Tamang, Sonam Lhamo, Anita Chettr Photographers: Shreya Kundu, Mannapareddy Pujita, Debasmita Guha \ Circulation: Utsav Banerjee, Ankita Paul