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Every once in a while, a film comes along and just socks you squarely in the gut, causing such a mix of emotions and leaving you utterly breathless. Shrihari Sathe’s 2014 Marathi-language film Ek Hazarachi Note (“Thousand Rupee Note”), which opens this Friday, September 23rd at New York’s Village East Cinema, is such a film.

Budhi is a widow who lives in a small village in Maharashtra. Her son, overcome by debts, committed suicide, and her daughter-in-law was taken back by her family, leaving Budhi completely alone. She works as a maid, cleaning and washing clothing, and each day starts with the quest to spend 2 rupees on milk and 2 more on sugar for tea, and then another 2 for rotis to eat with it.

Budhi has, however, adopted the family living in the shack next to her own – Sudama, a goat-herder who is like the son she lost, and his wife and children.

The critically acclaimed motion picture 1000 Rupee Note opens theatrically on September 23 in New York. Directed by Shrihari Sathe, the Maharashtra-set film about a widow who comes across a small fortune has won rave reviews with the Times of India remarking “the director has struck gold with his first film!” and the Orlando Weekly saying, “Clear and emotionally powerful”

Winner of over 30 awards from film festivals around the world, 1000 Rupee Note won both the Special Jury Award (Silver Peacock) and Centenary Award for Best Film at the International Film Festival of India. It also swept the Maharashtra State Film Awards winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Special Mention), and Best Supporting Actor. It also won at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival- Best Director (Jury Award) and Best Actress (Critics Choice), Best Story.

We have the exclusive first poster for the film!

Synopsis:

Budhi, a widow, lives in a small village in Maharashtra,...

The Vice Chairman of Entertainment Society of Goa Damodar Naik and Actress Divya Dutta presenting the Special Jury award to Shrihari Sathe Director of the Indian film ‘Ek Hazarachi Note’, at the closing ceremony of the 45th International Film Festival of India (Iffi-2014), in Panaji, Goa on November 30, 2014. Photo: Photo Division

Russian film Leviathan won the Golden Peacock for Best Film at the 45th International Film Festival of India (Iffi). The Governor of Goa Mridula Sinha and veteran actor Waheeda Rehman jointly presented the award to the director Andrey Zvyagintsev at the closing ceremony in Goa.

Marathi film Ek Hazarachi Note directed by Srihari Sathe won the Centenary Award besides receiving the Special Jury Award. The Centenary Award, comprising a Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 1 million (Usd 16000), was instituted in 2012 for a feature film that “reflects a new paradigm in motion pictures in terms of aesthetics,...

Jigarthanda at Saiff 2014

X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.

Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.

The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.

Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.

The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.

Elizabeth Ekadashi, directed by Paresh Mokashi, will screen as the opening Feature Film of the Indian Panorama section at the 45th International Film Festival of India 2014. The other highlights in the feature-film section include Kaushik Ganguly’s Chotoder Chobi, Rajat Kapoor’s Ankhon Dekhi, Rajeev Ravi’s Njan Steve Lopez, Shaji N. Karun’s Swapaanam and Avinash Arun’s Killa.

The Last Adieu by Shabnam Sukhdev has been chosen as the Opening Film of the Non-Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2014.

Feature Films

Title of the Film Language Director Othello Assamese Hemanta Kumar Das Punashcha Bengali Souvik Mitra Chotoder Chobi Bengali Kaushik Ganguly Bodhon Bengali Ayananshu Banerjee Jodi Love Dile Na Praane Bengali Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha Teenkahon Bengali Bauddhayan Mukherji Gour Hari Dastaan – The freedom File Hindi Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Ankhon Dekhi Hindi Rajat Kapoor 1-December Kannada P. Sheshadri Ri Khasi Pradip Kurbah 1983 Malayalam Abrid Shine North 24 Kaatham...

Arbhaat short film club event

What:

Arbhaat short film club in Pune, started by Umesh Kulkarni and Girish Kulkarni, will enter into its second season with the screening of short films of directors like Tarkovsky, Kieslowski, Herzog, Nolan and Szabo.

When:

3 April. 6.30 Pm

Entry:

Free and open to all.

Venue:

National Film Archives of India,

Law College Road

Pune

About the event:

Inaugural session of the second season of ‘Arbhaat Short Film Club’ will see the presence of filmmakers Onir (My Brother Nikhil, I Am), Gajendra Ahire (Anumati), Kiran Yadnyopavit (Taryanche Bait), Avinash Arun (Killa) and Shrihari Sathe (Ek Hazarachi Note).

Short films by Tarkovsky, Kieslowski, Herzog, Nolan and Szabo will be screened.

After the screening sessions, Umesh Kulkarni will conduct an interaction session with the guests, Onir, Kiran Yadnyopavit and Gajendra Ahire who will share their experiences as directors.

Cinematographer-director Avinash Arun will talk about his film Killa, which...