Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 4 - 12, 2008

R(evolution)
R(evolution)

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Colour, 35 mm
India, 2007, 80 min
WP – World premiere
Section: Forum of Independents
http://www.revolutionfilmsindia.com
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Film screenings:
625 - 9.7., 18:30, Small Hall - Thermal
7E5 - 10.7., 22:00, Espace Dorleans Cinema

Director: Mustafa Zaveri
Screenplay: Mustafa Zaveri
Dir. of Photography: Prashant Rai
Music: Benjamin Humphries
Editor: Mustafa Zaveri
Producer: Mustafa Zaveri
Production: Revolution Films
Contact: Revolution Films

Cast

Mustafa Zaveri, Anand Tiwari, Faezeh Jalali, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Avantika Akerkar

Synopsis

This independent Indian debut is a film whose story tells of the death of a loved one and takes its characters along a path which will ultimately enable them to grasp the meaning of human existence and the universe as a whole. The tormented protagonist searches for the meaning of life in books. In one that he buys in a bazaar, he finds a marked passage that paints a precise picture of his situation. The address of the book’s previous owner is written inside and the hero sets out to find him. He turns out to be the equable owner of a restaurant situated on a sunny beach in the middle of a captivatingly serene bay, who tells him that he was not the one who marked the passage. The film follows the journey of the book and its role in the lives of several people, tracing the way in which human destinies are bound together in time and space. Like the dialogues which abound in healthy insight and light spontaneity, it sees the Frisbee as a symbol of meditative reflection and offers alternative views of life, evolution, religion and also the tsunami catastrophe.

About the director

Mustafa Zaveri studied film in the USA at Texas Christian University. His place of study evidently influenced his view of the world, and the opportunity to confront the philosophical and religious attitudes of his native India with Christianity is strongly projected into the ideas for his independent directorial debut R(evolution), which Zaveri wrote, directed and produced himself; money for the film was borrowed from his friends and family. He also plays the free-thinking, philosophising mentor whom the main protagonist meets in the film. He thus literally represents himself within the story as the writer conveying his own thoughts and opinions to others via his work.

Film Guests

Mustafa Zaveri, Muzaffar Zaveri

Contacts

Revolution Films
81, Mohammedali Road, Lehri House, 2nd Floor, C Block, Room No.14-17, 400 003 Mumbai
India
Tel: +91 22 234 213 87
E-mail: mustafa@revolutionfilmsindia.com
www: www.revolutionfilmsindia.com

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