Supermen of Malegaon India / Singapore / Japan
2008, 52min.
Prod.: Shialey Tan, Script/Dir. of Phot.: Gargey Trivedi,Parasher Baruah, Dir.: Faiza Ahmad Khan, Compos.: Sneha Khanwalkar, Hitesh Sonik, Sound: Niraj Gera, Edit.: Shweta Venkat.
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under severe economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema. This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman. We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging. And as Superman begins to take shape, we also slowly discover Malegaon itself. A microcosm that reflects the complexities of modern India where the modern and the traditional rub shoulders, where extreme poverty and extreme wealth are neighbors, bewildering in its diversity, with a spirit that can never be vanquished. The film is a tribute to that spirit.
Production Company
Caldecott Productions Ltd.
Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Andrew Road, Singapore – 29939
Tel.: +65 63503263
E-mail - ShailevTan@mediacorp.com.sg
| Ahmad Khan, Faiza Faiza Ahmad Khan
Graduated from a course in Social Communications Media in 2002 after which she worked as a Production Executive in an Ad-film company. In 2004, she left to do freelance work, including short films and short documentaries. A year later, she worked with critically-acclaimed director Manish Jha as a Chief Assistant Director on his feature film, Anwar. The Supermen of Malegaon became the subject of her first full-length documentary film.
Filmography
Supermen of Malegaon (2008).
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