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Original name: Cineman
English name: Cineman
Year: 2024
Run time: 103 minutes
Language: Marathi
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: India
Director: Umesh Bagade
Producer: Sumit Patil, Umesh Bagade, Sarita Paste
Cast: Kishor Kadam, Prithviraj Chavan, Sidarth Badi, Richard Kelen, Ricky Wood
Screenplay: Umesh Bagade
Cinematographer: Abhishek Shete
Editor: Sourabha Prabhudesai
Sound Designer: Kshitij Yadav
Music Composer: Rushikesh Kulkarni
Costume Designer: Amruta Khandekar
Production Designer: Akash Zende
Production Company: Birdboy Entertainment, Addventure Productions
Umesh Bagade is a conceptualiser, writer, producer, and director. He has worked on various films, TV commercials, short films, and documentaries. He believes in the power of audio visuals to convey the magic and message inherent in any story. His recent short film Anahut won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the Filmfare awards in 2018. His previous short, Chaukat, was screened at the International Film Festival of India.
Anand, a voluntarily retired teacher, has initiated a movement to screen films for school children in remote villages. Recognizing the power of cinema as an educational tool, he continues to promote film literacy despite facing public opposition. For the past 10 years, Anand and his Children's Film Club have been running an innovative initiative to teach children through cinema. His work catches the attention of a young filmmaker named Omkar, who decides to document Anand's efforts. As Omkar films the process, Anand’s struggle to bring quality cinema to children is revealed. During one screening in a remote village, the power goes out midway through the film, leaving the children to watch only half. It’s here that Anand meets Ankur, a talkative, mischievous, and intelligent 9-year-old boy. While conversing with Anand, Ankur recounts the story of the incomplete film, which leads the narrative to take an unexpected turn. The journey, which began with Anand’s love for cinema, eventually unfolds into an adventurous connection between two distant worlds, bridging the gap between cultures and stories from Hollywood to the village.
