The Damned Rain US Premier at IFFLA 2009
The Damned Rain will screen at The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 23.
PFC author Kartik Krishnan recently wrote about the film, and thought it was “brilliant”.
The synopsis from the IFFLA Web site:
Everyday, farmers in the Vidarbha village in Maharashtra commit suicide as their lands stay parched and their debts accumulate. Alka, a young mother, is worried and keeps a watchful eye on her husband with the help of her mother-in-law and her 6-year-old son. She sends her son to tag along with him every waking hour and to report back to her. Irritated by his wife’s concerns, Kisna keeps his plans a secret. With newly found enthusiasm he plots new ways to save his field and his crops. To keep his spirits up, his wife regularly makes special treats even though it is beyond their means. This tug-of-war between happiness and sorrow only makes him all the more determined not to succumb to the tragic fate of other farmers.
Jay Weissberg of Variety states,
“The level of anger running through “The Damned Rain” bursts past its early seriocomic tone, packing a wallop by pic’s end sure to leave auds duly moved. Satish Manwar, himself from farming stock, looks at a village devastated by the epidemic of farmer suicides currently gripping India, crafting a very human tale whose surprisingly mature screenplay and striking lensing belie the helmer-scripter’s novice stature. Winner of the best Marathi feature at January’s Pune Film Festival, this powerful tale is a natural for offshore fests wanting to expose auds to the diversity of subcontinental cinema.”
Don’t miss this chance to see the US premier in Los Angeles!
For tickets and additional information
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 7:30 PM
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
THE DAMNED RAIN (Gabhricha Paus)
ArcLight Hollywood
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
Superb Trailer!!
Would love to see this too..Sonali Kulkarni looks like has got a role she absolutely deserves!!
What does the govt do about irrigation…why and how long do the farmers have to depend on rain for irrigation?
Can someone ask this to the director in Q/A?