Documentary Film Screenings
The Reality Check film series promotes and encourages documentary filmmakers in India, whose work reflects life and culture in the country today in a thoughtful blend of creativity and integrity.
Supermen of Malegaon
Hindi with English subtitles (66 mins)
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema.
This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films-quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman.
We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging. And as the film begins to take shape, through schemes and approaches that are sublimely ingenious, simply bizarre and purely hysterical, we also slowly discover Malegaon itself. The film is a tribute to a spirit that can never be vanquished, the spirit that enables the Supermen of Malegaon to make Malegaon`s Superman.
Director and writer: Faiza Ahmed Khan
Producers: Siddharth Thakur, Junichi Katayama, Faiza Ahmed Khan, Gargey Trivedi & Chung-yong Park
Music: Sunidhi Chauhan & Sneha Khanwalkar
The film screening will be followed by a discussion.
An NCPA Presentation in collaboration with Cinema Collective
Admission on a first-come-first-served basis.
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