Kalakaar
Synopsis
The setting of the film is Ancient India, almost 500 years back, before the existence of the rubber eraser. A very talented sketch artist receives a commission from the Prime Minister.
He is told to remake the sketch by the next day. In his nervousness to please the Prime Minister, he gets clumsy and spills milk on the sketch. The looming deadline doesn’t help his nerves and he makes mistake after mistake, ruining the half completed sketch each time. Now he is frustrated and scared. At this juncture his friend, a scientist decides to help him. After a lot of trial and error the scientist accidentally comes across a substance that can erase lead marks from parchment- the rubber eraser. Meanwhile, the artist is summoned to the king’s court and finds himself in trouble! Will his friend the scientist reach him on time with his miraculous discovery and keep him form going to the gallows? Find out in Kalakaar’, a delightful, silent, B/W film!
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Language: Silent
Year of production: 2005
Length: 12 min
Country: India
Film Festivals:
• SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK- NOMINATED FOR BEST FILM. (TOP 5 FROM OVER 400 FILMS WORLDWIDE)
• INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, ICE 06’- JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILM.
• AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL, MAHARASHTRA - BEST DIRECTOR
• THE RIVER- TO- RIVER FILM FESTIVAL AT FLORENCE, ITALY.
• SHOWCASED AT PRESTIGIOUS FILMS CLUBS THROUGH INDIA INCLUDING THE MOCHA FILM CLUB MUMBAI AND THE ZENZI FILM CLUB, MUMBAI.
• TELECAST ON NDTV PROFIT INDIA AS A PART OF THE ‘INDI- FILM MAKERS CLUB’ IN 2006.
• TWILIGHT FILM FESTIVAL, DELHI
• PRABHAT FILMS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, MUMBAI
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