Film: "Tasher Desh" ("The Land of Cards"); Cast: Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Rii Sen, Soumyak Kanti De Biswas, Anubrata Basu, Tilotamma Shome, Tinu Verghis, Imaad Shah, Maya Tideman, Roxane Hauzeur amd Audrey Miras; Director: Quashik Mukherjee; Rating: **
You'd either love "Tasher Desh" or hate it, but you can definitely not ignore it. This Nfdc (National Film Development Corporation)-presented Bengali film released under PVR Director's Rare Banner is pitched as a quirky adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's edgy fantasy.
The narration has three layers bursting with lessons of life, regarding rules, hopes, desires and fate.
It's a story about society and culture, of brotherhood and winds of destiny, of acceptance and revolution..
You'd either love "Tasher Desh" or hate it, but you can definitely not ignore it. This Nfdc (National Film Development Corporation)-presented Bengali film released under PVR Director's Rare Banner is pitched as a quirky adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's edgy fantasy.
The narration has three layers bursting with lessons of life, regarding rules, hopes, desires and fate.
It's a story about society and culture, of brotherhood and winds of destiny, of acceptance and revolution..
- 8/24/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
DVD and VOD Release Date: Dec. 11, 2012
Price: DVD $24.99
Studio: Artsploitation
Anubrata Basu dreams of becoming a rap star in Gandu.
Artsploitation Films, a new distributor dedicated to bringing “edgy international movies to North American audiences” goes for the gusto with its debut release, the 2010 Indian cult musical drama Gandu.
Directed by Bengali filmmaker “Q” (Kaushik Mukherjee), this independent black-and-white Indian film takes a frantically paced, music-infused look at a poor young man from Kolkata (Anubrata Basu) who makes his cash by pickpocketing his prostitute mother’s johns and dreams of becoming a rap star.
Hindi slang for “asshole,” Gandu had its international premiere at the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival in New York City, where it won the Jury Award (Runner-Up) for Best Film. It subsequently screened at film festivals in Berlin, Rome, Istanbul, Amsterdam, London, Helsinki, Singapore, Croatia and South Africa. Ironically, the film has been banned in its native India,...
Price: DVD $24.99
Studio: Artsploitation
Anubrata Basu dreams of becoming a rap star in Gandu.
Artsploitation Films, a new distributor dedicated to bringing “edgy international movies to North American audiences” goes for the gusto with its debut release, the 2010 Indian cult musical drama Gandu.
Directed by Bengali filmmaker “Q” (Kaushik Mukherjee), this independent black-and-white Indian film takes a frantically paced, music-infused look at a poor young man from Kolkata (Anubrata Basu) who makes his cash by pickpocketing his prostitute mother’s johns and dreams of becoming a rap star.
Hindi slang for “asshole,” Gandu had its international premiere at the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival in New York City, where it won the Jury Award (Runner-Up) for Best Film. It subsequently screened at film festivals in Berlin, Rome, Istanbul, Amsterdam, London, Helsinki, Singapore, Croatia and South Africa. Ironically, the film has been banned in its native India,...
- 10/15/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Tasher Desh, the latest film by Gandu fame Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) will compete in the Cinema Xxi section of the 7th edition of the Rome Film Festival. The festival will run from 9th – 17th November, 2012.
Tasher Desh is based on Rabindranath Tagore’s dance drama with the same name. The film is co-produced by Anurag Kashyap. In an interview with DearCinema, Q described the film as “Tagore on an acid trip”, a psychedelic and intense rendition of the work of Tagore. The film stars Anubrata Basu, Rituparna Sen and Soumyak Kanti De Biswas.
The Rome Film Festival has four sections, Competition, Out of Competition, CinemaXXI and Prospettive Italia. The jury of the CinemaXXI section is led by Douglas Gordon with Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir. The film in the section will compete for the CinemaXXI Award.
Q came into international prominence with Gandu that had its...
Tasher Desh is based on Rabindranath Tagore’s dance drama with the same name. The film is co-produced by Anurag Kashyap. In an interview with DearCinema, Q described the film as “Tagore on an acid trip”, a psychedelic and intense rendition of the work of Tagore. The film stars Anubrata Basu, Rituparna Sen and Soumyak Kanti De Biswas.
The Rome Film Festival has four sections, Competition, Out of Competition, CinemaXXI and Prospettive Italia. The jury of the CinemaXXI section is led by Douglas Gordon with Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir. The film in the section will compete for the CinemaXXI Award.
Q came into international prominence with Gandu that had its...
- 10/13/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Bollyspice was at the second day of the London Indian Film Festival, which saw a special screening of groundbreaking and controversial Indian Film ‘Gandu’ (Asshole). The viewing was followed by a live performance by ‘Q’, the Calcutta based rapper, who also wrote, directed and edited the film. Gandu can be best described as a ‘thrash-metal rap musical’, which was banned in India but has since found its way to over a million viewers via the internet and pirated cds!
The film is set in Kolkata and revolves around a hapless loser who is referred to as Gandu (played by Anubrata). Gandu is jobless and lives with his mum who has become a sex-worker in order to pay the bills. As he dreams of a better life and stardom, his days consist of smoking weed, playing violent video games and masturbating to online porn. He finds an outlet to his frustrations...
The film is set in Kolkata and revolves around a hapless loser who is referred to as Gandu (played by Anubrata). Gandu is jobless and lives with his mum who has become a sex-worker in order to pay the bills. As he dreams of a better life and stardom, his days consist of smoking weed, playing violent video games and masturbating to online porn. He finds an outlet to his frustrations...
- 6/25/2012
- by Anjum Shabbir
- Bollyspice
★★★☆☆ Described by its director Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) as a 'rap musical' and starring Anubrata Basu and Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Bengali film Asshole (Gandu, 2011) is perhaps the most controversial - and arguably the bravest - selection made by this year's BFI London Film Festival committee due to its explicit language, graphic drug abuse and scenes of hardcore sex between actors.
Focusing upon disenchanted Kolkata youth Gandu (Basu), the film begins in an almost realist style, depicting his miserable existence alongside his prostitute mother. He makes his money from pickpocketing his mother's most popular client before splurging out on cannabis and gambling - needless to say, Gandu never wins.
To shield himself from the slings and arrows that his meagre existence throws at him, Gandu descends into Billy Liar-esque flights of fancy, rapping to the camera as if starring in his own music video, his targets feeling the wrath of his razor-sharp lyrics.
Focusing upon disenchanted Kolkata youth Gandu (Basu), the film begins in an almost realist style, depicting his miserable existence alongside his prostitute mother. He makes his money from pickpocketing his mother's most popular client before splurging out on cannabis and gambling - needless to say, Gandu never wins.
To shield himself from the slings and arrows that his meagre existence throws at him, Gandu descends into Billy Liar-esque flights of fancy, rapping to the camera as if starring in his own music video, his targets feeling the wrath of his razor-sharp lyrics.
- 10/13/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
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