India
has finally selected a movie for an official entry into Oscars and to
everyone's pleasant surprise the decision this year unlike last year which was
The Good Road(a Gujarati movie) over Ship of Thesus or the popular lunchbox, is
the internationally acclaimed Marathi movie Court. It is the directorial
debut of Chatainya Tamhane and post this movie he has been recognized as one of
the most potential film makers of the nation under 30.
The
movie released in India on 17 April 2015, however it was first premiered at the 71st
Venice International Film Festival on
September 4, 2014. The movie is a courtroom drama, wherein a aging folk
singer cum social activist is arrested for instigating suicide of a sewage
cleaner, whose body is found inside a manhole. His singing is blamed to have
inspired the youth to kill himself. As the movie unfolds it addresses real life
problems in the Indian judicial system and most importantly the most critical
question in the democratic nation of ours "the freedom of speech".
The essence of the movie is clearly evident in this very
compelling international poster of the movie, where the lead character,
activist Narayan Kamble played by actor Vira Sathidar, emerges with a
microphone from a pothole, with the background of a courtroom.
The movie has been chosen from 30 entries, including Masaan,PK, Haider, Kaakaa
Muttai and Baahubali.
After Mother India, Lagaan, Black and Salaam Bombay failing to grab the Oscars,
we wish we finally make up for all of it with a strong contender like Court.
Wishing the team all the best, India shall be surely praying for you. For now lets watch this trailer (with subtitles):
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