Kaadu Pookkunna Neram treats issue of Maoism from Humanistic point of view: Dr Biju
Subjects and Story are not unique, Treatment and Style is: Nishant Roy Bombarde
Dr Biju,Director of Malyalam Feature Film Kaadu Pookkunna Neram meaning When the Woods Bloom and Shri Nishant Roy Bombarde, Director of Marathi Non-Feature Film Daaravtha" meaning Dahleej" met the press in Goa today.
Briefing the media Dr. Biju said Kaadu Pookkunna Neram is a political film being based on controversial issue of Maoism; '.People get framed and labelled as Maoist in Kerala and this film deals with this issue in a sensitive way. Of his six films, this is the fourth film to be screened under Indian Panorama section of the 47th IFFI, he added. The film will be released in the January next year. He plans to dub it in different languages, as people from a number of countries are able to relate with this film.
Kaadu Pookkunna Neram is about a police man who arrests a suspected Maoist woman in a forest. But he lost the way out from the forest. Thus, both the hunter and the hunted are stranded in the thick forest. Power, Crime, Man, Woman, the Hunter, the Hunted... all such equations change utterly and are no more what they used to be.
Interacting with media Nishant Roy Bombarde, the Director of Daaravtha described that the story of his film portrays the relationship of an adolescent son and his mother, where the son is exploring his sexuality in a patriarchal society. The film explores the parallel journey of a mother and a son in their quest to find their own self. This film is not a biopic, but on a very common sensitive issue that numerous people go through and .. Responding to a question he said, Marathi films have always touched the sensitive issues bordering with social issues. There cant be any unique story or subject in such a long journey of human existence but the way you tell the story or treat the subject matters and makes it unique.
Nishant has written, directed and produced the film all by himself. Daaravtha has won several awards, including the National Award for Best Debut Director
Daaravtha is about an adolescent Pankaj who is discovering his sexuality. Torn between a patriarchal Indian upbringing full of gender stereotypes and his natural urge to identify with the opposite gender, he finds an opportunity to express his desires within the bounds of cultural ethos.
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