Title of film : The Great Indian Road Movie
Director Name : Sohan Lal
Cast & crew :
Producer : Abhilash S. Pillai
Editor : Hariharaputhran
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Synopsis : ~ On the Life Road ~ ‘The Great Indian Road Movie’ was visualized by travelling over fifteen thousand kilometres across seventeen states of India. This is the story of a nine year old blind boy who lives in the state of Kerala, his desire to see and to know the truth about his life. The boy’s father with the help of some well wishers arranges for a cornea transplantation surgery which brings life back to his eyes. Upon regaining vision the boy develops a wish, a wish to travel and explore the whole of India. The boy’s father, though financially weak, sets upon this mammoth journey to fulfil his child dream. The father and the son start from the southern tip of India, Kanyakumari. They walk, they hitchhike, and they travel by the cheapest public transportation available like rickety buses and in the general compartments of Trains. They travel by all sorts of transportation India offers, truck, tram, tractor, country boat, auto rickshaw, horse carriage, bullock cart and even a camel. On this soul searching journey the boy is exposed to a kaleidoscope of people, cultures, languages, lifestyle and food. He is fascinated with the diversity of this vast country and the harmonious habitation of people, animals and nature. Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram at the banks of Sabarmati River marks an enduring impression on the boy. The journey takes the father and the son through some breath taking landscapes, the burning sun on Thar Desert, the sandstorm at Jodhpur, the crosswinds at Rohtang Pass, the incessant showers at Chirapunji and the snow covered Kashmir. The unique native music of different regions sway and soothe their turbulent mind. Along with the changing weather and topography the relationship between the father and the son also evolve. The nature reflects the churn in their mind. On another plane this pan Indian journey is the quest of the boy to unravel the truth, the truth about self. At the end of this karmic journey through Vedic lands the boy realizes the truth. According to the Hindu belief ‘crow’ symbolizes the soul of the departed dear ones. In ‘The Great Indian Road Movie’ we have assimilated this belief through visuals. ‘The great Indian road movie” is a carpet, woven with a heart rendering thread and dyed with an array of colors from the palette of India.Now the carpet is rolled out for you. Welcome, welcome to see the movie and see India.
Director Bio : Sohan Lal (സോഹൻലാൽ) is an Indian film director and writer, based in Kerala. Sohan Lal started his career as a production assistant and script writer with Doordarshan (Indian National Television broadcaster ) in 1996–2000 and later worked with the television channels - Indiavision in 2000-2002, Middle East Television, Dubai in 2002-2004, Jeevan TV in 2004 and Amrita TV in 2004-2011 as Director-Programs. Sohan Lal has produced more than 3,000 episodes of TV programs in various TV Channels. Sohan Lal has also penned 12 books and collection of poems. Sohan Lal shot into fame in 2006 with the TV film Neermaathalathinte pookkal/ Flowers of Neermaathalam adapted from a short story by Malayalam writer Madhavikutty / Kamala Das. The film was telecast on Amrita TV and brought him critical acclaim and several awards including Kerala State Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography. Sohan Lal's first feature film was Orkkuka Vallappozhum (Remember once awhile) in 2009 starred mainstream Malayalam actors. It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in various film festivals worldwide. His second movie Kadhaveedu (House of Stories) was released in November 2013. 'The Great Indian Road Movie' is his 3rd feature film.
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