Movie Screening | SSEALS
Movie Screening: I'm Not the River Jhelum (2022)
- Date
- Thursday 24 October 2024
- Time
- Serie
- Research Colloquium: SSEALS (2024)
- Address
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 1.47
SSEALS (South and South East Asia Leiden Series) invites you to their first event of the academic year 2024–25, a screening of the internationally acclaimed film I'm Not the River Jhelum (2022). The event will be moderated by Dr. Radhika Gupta (Anthropology, Leiden University). The director, Prabhash Chandra, will join online. Snacks and drinks will be available. All are welcome.
About the Film
The film shows glimpses of the life of its young protagonist Afeefa living in Kashmir. On the one hand, the film explores the suffocation and trauma experienced by Afeefa in her personal life and, on the other hand, the film evokes the atmosphere of perpetual uncertainty and violence in the milieu. In following the life of Afeefa, the film traces her growing understanding of the forces at play in Kashmir, India.
About the Director
Born and brought up in Bihar, India, Prabhash Chandra is the artistic director of Alpana Theatre. He is a postgraduate from the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi. He has directed, adapted and acted in numerous plays for over a decade now. Currently, he is a visiting faculty at the University of Delhi. He has directed a documentary, ‘Mera Ram Kho Gaya’ (2019) which received critical acclaim. I’m Not The River Jhelum (Be Ches Ne Veth) is his first feature fiction film.
Director’s Note
For over many decades, life in Kashmir has been filled with uncertainty and violence. The worst sufferers in this situation are children and women in the sense that the basic human rights to freedom and education are denied to them. From what I gathered from my visits to Kashmir and in my interactions with the people, I felt a great many views exist, in conflict with each other within Kashmir as well as outside - in ‘mainland’ India. I felt that there is a huge gap between the perception and the ground reality of Kashmir. It has been a challenge for me to comprehend the complex universe of Kashmir and to attempt to evoke this in my first feature film.
Cast
Amba Suhasini K. Jhala
Lokesh Jain
Hiba Qamar
Anand Kumar
Gandharv Dewan
Farooq Bilal Fazli
Syeda Hameed
Inder Salim
Crew
Supervising Foley Editor
Karan Arjun Singh
Re-Recording Mixer
Alok De
Cinematography
Pratiik D Bhalawala | Anuj Chopra
Visual Realisation
Malay Ray
Sound Design
Manoj Sikka
Creative Consultant | Editing
Paresh Kaamdar
Producer | Production Design
Sukriti Khurana
Screenplay | Direction
Prabhash Chandra
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