Tony Tharakan
IFFI's loss is New York'sgain. An Orissa filmmaker's documentary which didn'tmake it in time for the International Film Festival ofIndia will now be screened at the Big Apple. Santosh Gour's 'Sakhi Pila' (Odissi Boy Dancer) is part of the South Asian International Film Festivalbeginning in New York on December 7, and has baggedthe rare honour of being screened at Ziegfeld - thelargest movie theatre in the US.
The 35-minute documentary in English depicts thecenturies-old Gotipua tradition of boys dressing up aswomen and dancing in the temples of Orissa. Shot on a limited budget of Rs 20 lakh in Puri,Konark and Bhubaneswar last year, the film waspremiered at the Ebensee International Film Festivalat Austria where it caught the eye of SAIFF organisers.
Gour now has bigger plans up his sleeve for 2006. "I am currently working on a feature film to beproduced by a Spanish producer which deals with thetravails of a village youth who arrives in the big badworld of Mumbai," the ex-FTII graduate told PTI.
'Sadheikala Chhau dance' - Gour's documentary onthe Chhau dance form of Orissa is ready for release.The filmmaker is currently working on three otherdocumentaries to be completed in the coming year. Gour has previously shot eight films in the 35 mmformat making his directorial debut with 'The SilentDusk' in 1993. Retrospectives of his films were heldat Cologne in Germany and Jamshedpur in 2002.
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