As is the practice each year with the Government of Maharashtra selecting Marathi cinema for the Cannes’ Marche Du film, the Official selection for this prestigious section this year is Bittersweet, the hard-hitting drama of the emotional dilemma of women sugarcane workers in interior Maharashtra.
Bittersweet, produced by Suchhanda Chatterjee and Shubha Shetty of Quest Films had its world premiere at the Busan International Festival where it was an official selection. The film received rave reviews in Screen International which called it 'a conversation starter of a picture' and praised the debutante actress Akshaya Gurav for her performance as the protagonist.
Bittersweet is written and directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan who was overwhelmed by the headline in a prominent newspaper 'Beed: a village of women without wombs' that urged him to investigate and film the story on actual location, using real sugarcane cutters along with prominent Marathi actors Suresh Vishwakarma,...
Bittersweet, produced by Suchhanda Chatterjee and Shubha Shetty of Quest Films had its world premiere at the Busan International Festival where it was an official selection. The film received rave reviews in Screen International which called it 'a conversation starter of a picture' and praised the debutante actress Akshaya Gurav for her performance as the protagonist.
Bittersweet is written and directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan who was overwhelmed by the headline in a prominent newspaper 'Beed: a village of women without wombs' that urged him to investigate and film the story on actual location, using real sugarcane cutters along with prominent Marathi actors Suresh Vishwakarma,...
- 6/14/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The trailer of the hardhitting film Bittersweet released on Tuesday. Directed by Ananth Mahadevan, the film has been selected for screening at the Busan International Film Festival this year.
"The trailer was a challenge as this subject had never been dealt with before on screen. The launch of the trailer today expectedly brought in a huge viewership and some overwhelming reactions, both for the concept and the visual treatment of a burning topic," claimed Mahadevan.
https://youtu.be/D-qhqYD_4ao
Set in Beed in Maharashtra, the Marathi language film focuses on the inhumane condition of female sugarcane cutters who often go through hysterectomy surgery so that they can get rid off their menstrual cycle and avoid the 'period leave' and salary cut. The film huighlights how the whole process is ruining the biological cycle of many women in the district.
The film features Akshaya Gurav, Suresh Vishwakarma, Anil Nagarkar, Guru Thakur,...
"The trailer was a challenge as this subject had never been dealt with before on screen. The launch of the trailer today expectedly brought in a huge viewership and some overwhelming reactions, both for the concept and the visual treatment of a burning topic," claimed Mahadevan.
https://youtu.be/D-qhqYD_4ao
Set in Beed in Maharashtra, the Marathi language film focuses on the inhumane condition of female sugarcane cutters who often go through hysterectomy surgery so that they can get rid off their menstrual cycle and avoid the 'period leave' and salary cut. The film huighlights how the whole process is ruining the biological cycle of many women in the district.
The film features Akshaya Gurav, Suresh Vishwakarma, Anil Nagarkar, Guru Thakur,...
- 10/6/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Ananth Mahadevan is off to the Busan International Film Festival with his new film, and he has shared what compelled him to make his latest.
Titled "Bittersweet", Mahadevan's new film has been nominated in the Competition section of the prestigious film fest that will take place between October 21 and October 30 this year.
Mahadevan says the condition of female sugarcane cutters in the Beed district of Maharashtra was an eye-opener, and he felt he had to tell their story.
"It was so disappointing to realize that something like this is going on in India, in Maharashtra. When I started probing the issue and researching, there was not much document or hard material available. It is a volatile subject and is about human survival at a humongous cost, under an excruciating circumstance," Mahadevan told Ians.
Elaborating on the issue, the filmmaker said as sugarcane is a seasonal crop, the cutters had to...
Titled "Bittersweet", Mahadevan's new film has been nominated in the Competition section of the prestigious film fest that will take place between October 21 and October 30 this year.
Mahadevan says the condition of female sugarcane cutters in the Beed district of Maharashtra was an eye-opener, and he felt he had to tell their story.
"It was so disappointing to realize that something like this is going on in India, in Maharashtra. When I started probing the issue and researching, there was not much document or hard material available. It is a volatile subject and is about human survival at a humongous cost, under an excruciating circumstance," Mahadevan told Ians.
Elaborating on the issue, the filmmaker said as sugarcane is a seasonal crop, the cutters had to...
- 10/1/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
By Arundhuti Banerjee
Mumbai, Oct 1 (Ians) Ananth Mahadevan is off to the Busan International Film Festival with his new film, and he has shared what compelled him to make his latest.
Titled "Bittersweet", Mahadevan's new film has been nominated in the Competition section of the prestigious film fest that will take place between October 21 and October 30 this year.
Mahadevan says the condition of female sugarcane cutters in the Beed district of Maharashtra was an eye-opener, and he felt he had to tell their story.
"It was so disappointing to realise that something like this is going on in India, in Maharashtra. When I started probing the issue and researching, there was not much document or hard material available. It is a volatile subject and is about human survival at a humongous cost, under an excruciating circumstance," Mahadevan told Ians.
Elaborating on the issue, the filmmaker said as sugarcane is a seasonal crop,...
Mumbai, Oct 1 (Ians) Ananth Mahadevan is off to the Busan International Film Festival with his new film, and he has shared what compelled him to make his latest.
Titled "Bittersweet", Mahadevan's new film has been nominated in the Competition section of the prestigious film fest that will take place between October 21 and October 30 this year.
Mahadevan says the condition of female sugarcane cutters in the Beed district of Maharashtra was an eye-opener, and he felt he had to tell their story.
"It was so disappointing to realise that something like this is going on in India, in Maharashtra. When I started probing the issue and researching, there was not much document or hard material available. It is a volatile subject and is about human survival at a humongous cost, under an excruciating circumstance," Mahadevan told Ians.
Elaborating on the issue, the filmmaker said as sugarcane is a seasonal crop,...
- 10/1/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
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