Saankal
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| Saankal Shackle साँकल | |
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| Theatrical release poster Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Dedipya Joshii |
| Screenplay by | Dedipya Joshii |
| Produced by | Aanand Rathore Dedipya Joshii |
| Starring | Chetan Sharma Tanima Bhattacharya Harish Kumar Jagat Singh Samarth Shandilya Milind Gunaji |
| Cinematography | Raut Jaywant Murlidhar |
| Edited by | Jeetu Rall |
| Music by | Songs:Nishant Kamal Vyas Shivang Upadhyay Background score:Shivang Upadhyay |
Production company | Pisceann Pictures |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Saankal, also known as Shackle, (Hindi:साँकल) is an upcoming Bollywood Hindi which brings light on the still followed malpractice of elder women forcefully marrying off to younger boys in the state of Rajasthan."SAANKAL" features Chetan Sharma, Tanima Bhattacharya, Harish Kumar, Jagat Singh, Samarth Shandilya and Milind Gunaji. "SAANKAL" is directed and written by Dedipya Joshii.
Synopsis
The film depicts how tradition can bring a drastic change in normal life. In middle of the Thar Desert, there was a village surrounded by its own rituals, taboos and social obligations.Long before partition, some village councils passed ordinances after which a so-called base born community banished girls from getting married in other communities but the choice of marring girls outside their community was still open for boys, the idea behind this law was to maintain purity in their blood. Any divergence from the law resulted in violence.
After 1947, India-Pakistan partition, many of these villages from India went to Pakistan, even then crossing borders and arranging marriages continued for a few years but due to government interventions a day came when they had completely lost connections with their relatives across the border. Consequently, number of marriageable males went even lower for their girls. Now most of those lived rest of their life unmarried or were forced to marry old men. By the time village councils felt the disaster it was too late.Instead of uprooting the cause they passed another law in panic which was a solution in their view but they didn't foresee that this will make situation worse only.
Boys were still allowed to marry girls from other community but girls in their own community were aging. Worried by this, the leaders decided something weird. Now for the sake of keeping girls with the clan, mature girls were forced to marry male kids. Their belief was that in this way daughters of their community won't go outside; but kids like Kesar (11 years) & young girls like Abeera (26 years) became victims of this malpractice.The ill effects of this tradition have been conveyed through this film.[1]
Cast
- Chetan Sharma as Kesar (Teen )
- Tanima Bhattacharya as Abeera
- Harish Kumaar as Usmaniya
- Jagat Singh (Actor) as Kesar ( Young)
- Samarth Shandilya as Kesar (Kid)
- Milind Gunaji as Apoorva Shingh Bhati
Awards and accolades
- The indie gathering -Aug 2015, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Awards- Best Female Lead & Best Foreign film).[2]
- Cape Town & Wieland International Film Fest- Sep.15, Cape town, SA
- Ireland Indian film festival- Sep2015, Dublin.
- Dehradun international film festival- Sep 2015, Dehradun.
- Los Angeles Cine Fest, Sep 2015, online
- Toronto international indian film festival, oct 2015, Canada.[3]
- Milan international film festival, November 2015, Italy
- Russian International Film festival, October 2015, Online. (Awards- Best Film & Best Actress).[4]
- Indie Film Festival, October 2015, Online.
- London show International Film festival, October 2015, online.
- Shaan E Awadh International Film Festival, Nov. 2015, Lucknow. (Awards- Best Film, Best Actress & Best Director)
- Kolkata International Film festival, November 2015, Kolkata
- Alexandria Film festival, November 2015, USA
- Phoenix international film Festival, November 2015, Phoenix USA.
- Delhi International Film Festival, Dec 2015, Delhi
- Friendship film festival, Dec. 2015, Delhi
- Broken Knuckle Film Festival, Dec 2015
- Jaipur International film festival, Jan 2016, Jaipur
- California Film Awards, Jan 2016, USA. (Awards- Gold Award-Foreign Film Competition)
References
- ^ http://glamgold.com/saankal-wins-hearts-at-the-20th-indie-gathering-international-film-festival/
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Tanima-Bhattacharya-bags-the-Best-Actress-Award-at-IGIFF/articleshow/48884786.cms
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/saankal-shackle-gets-toronto-nod-hindi-news-142610.html
- ^ http://www.ytalkies.com/bollywood-film-news/saankal-wins-best-film-award-at-russian-international-film-festival