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Painting Life is a 2018 Indian English film written and directed by Bijukumar Damodaran (commonly known as Dr. Biju). The film was jointly produced by Silicon Media and BlueOcean Pictures and depicts the experience of a film crew who get stranded in a remote Himalayan village.[1][2]

Painting Life
Official poster
Directed byDr. Biju
Written byDr. Biju
Produced byUshadevi BS
StarringPrakash Bare
Geetanjali Thapa
Ritabhari Chakraborty
Shankar Ramakrishnan
Purav Goswami
Ravi Singh
Krishnan Balakrishnan
Noksha Saham
Phuntsok Ladakhi
Meera Vasudevan
Melwyn William
CinematographyM. J. Radhakrishnan
Edited byDavis Manuel
Music byMark Chan
Production
company
Silicon Media & BlueOcean Pictures
Release date
  • October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27) (Hanoi International Film Festival)
Running time
140 minutes
CountriesIndia, US
LanguageEnglish

Plot


The crew, led by a hit Bollywood filmmaker, arrives in the Himalayas to shoot a song and dance sequence for their upcoming blockbuster. Soon, they find themselves cut off from the outside world after torrential downpours and landslides. They are trapped with no basic amenities or means of communication and are at the mercy of the forces of nature.

The team, having been accustomed only to the breakneck pace and luxury of urban life, struggles to cope with the total isolation and the rough conditions. They are forced to interface closely with nature and the local folk and experience life at a much gentler pace. They also get exposed to the challenges faced by the local people.

For the director, who has been highly successful commercially, cinema is mainly an entertainment business with no connect to the real world or social issues. He saw the valley as merely a picturesque locale for his shoot. Through a series of intense and unforgettable experiences, he begins to see the reality beyond. His eyes open to the travails of the breathtakingly beautiful land and its beleaguered residents. How those eventful days under siege, affect the thoughts and priorities of the filmmaker, both on the personal and filmmaking fronts, forms the central theme of the film.


Cast



Crew


Painting Life is the first English feature film directed by Dr. Biju, whose earlier eight films have won national film awards.

M. J. Radhakrishnan, a 7-time winner of Kerala State Film Awards for Best Cinematography, is behind the camera.

Singaporean composer Mark Chan is composed the background score of the film. The sound design, recording and mixing are performed by Jayadevan Chakkadath and Pramod Thomas. The film is co-produced by Silicon Media.


Production



Casting


Painting Life[4] is a pan Indian project with a cast and crew from 10 different Indian states. The cast of the film includes Prakash Bare (Bangalore), Geetanjali Thapa (Mumbai), Ritabhari Chakraborty (Kolkata), Shankar Ramakrishnan (Kerala), Ravi Singh (Mumbai), Purav Goswami (Assam), Meera Vasudevan(Mumbai), Phuntsok Ladakhi (Jammu), Noksha Saham (Arunachal), Kinzong Bhutia (Sikkim), Master Govardhan(Kerala), Tensing Lepcha (Sikkim), Melwyn Williams (Delhi), Krishnan Balakrishnan (Kerala), Yancho Bhutia (Sikkim) and Arjun (Sikkim).


Filming


The film is shot[5][6] entirely in Sikkim, an Indian state that borders China. The movie also talks about the dam construction which has impacted the ecology of this area. A number of NGOs and activists from the state, who continue to work against projects that threaten the ecosystem of Sikkim, were associated with the movie both on and behind the camera.


Festival Selections and Awards



References


  1. Uma Da Kunha (12 January 2018). "2018: Indie Cinema's 12 Most Anticipated Films". India: The Citizen.
  2. Saraswathy Nagarajan (10 January 2018). "'I try to experiment in all of my productions': Prakash Bare". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram,India.
  3. Cris (24 January 2018). "Bare-ing it all". Cochin,India: Deccan Chronicle.
  4. Vinod Nair (19 December 2017). "There is no space for small filmmakers in the Malayalam: Prakash Bare". The Times of India. Cochin, India.
  5. "Dr Biju wraps up his English film". Cochin,India: Cinema Express. 24 January 2018.
  6. "That's a wrap". Cochin,India: Deccan Chronicle. 11 November 2017.




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