Thursday, June 19, 2014

Bioscope – VIII [ Women-Centric ]



There are only a few movies made on the serious issues regarding woman or movies are totally woman-centric. However the list contains best of the lots.



Mother India (1957)

Story of a poor mother fights all odds to raise her two sons




        Director                      :      Mehboob Khan
        Producer                     :      Mehboob Khan
        Writer                         :      Mehboob Khanm, Wajahat Mirza, S. Ali Raza
        Cast                            :      Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar
        Music                          :      Naushad
        Cinematography          :      Faredoon A. Irani
        Editor                         :      Shamsudin Kadri




Awards

Academy Awards, USA 1958
Nominated
Oscar  Best Foreign Language Film
Filmfare Award
Won
Best FilmMehboob Khan
Won
Best Actress Nargis
Won
Best Director Mehboob Khan
Won
Best Cinematographer Faredoon A. Irani
Won
Best Sound Recordist R. Kaushik
Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival

Won

Best Actress       Nargis





Queen (2013)

Story of a woman, who dumped by the fiancé just days before marriage and her lone Journey to the pre-paid honeymoon trip.




        Director                      :      Vikas Bahl
        Producer                     :      Anurag Kashyap,   Vikramaditya Motwane
        Writer                         :      Anvita Dutt, Kangana Ranaut (dialogue)
        Screenplay                  :      Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh
        Story                          :      Vikas Bahl
        Cast                            :      Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon
        Music                          :      Amit Trivedi, Rupesh Kumar Ram
        Cinematography          :      Siddharth Diwan. Bobby Singh
        Editor                         :      Abhijit Kokate, Anurag Kashyap


Award

The movie is released this year so yet get any awards.




Damini (1993)

About Sexual abuses and exploitation of power by the rich.




        Director                      :      Rajkumar Santoshi
        Producer                     :      Aly Morani, Karim Morani, Bunty Soorma
        Writer                         :      Rajkumar Santoshi, Sutanu Gupta(Story)
        Cast                            :      Meenakshi Sheshadri, Rishi Kapoor, Amrish Puri
        Music                          :      Nadeem-Shravan, Sameer (Lyrics)
        Cinematography          :      Ishwar Bidri
        Editor                         :      V. N. Mayekar



Awards

   National Film Award
Won
Best Supporting Actor  -  Sunny Deol
   Filmfare Award
  
   
Won
Best Director -  Rajkumar Santoshi
Won
Best Supporting Actor - Sunny Deol[4]
Nominated
Best Actress - Meenakshi Seshadri





Kahani (2012)

Story of a Woman and how she  avenge the death of her husband.




        Director                      :      Sujoy Ghosh
        Producer                     :      Sujoy Ghosh, Kushal Kantilal Gada
        Writer                         :      Ritesh Shah, Sutapa Sikdar, Sujoy Ghosh
        Screenplay                  :      Sujoy Ghosh, Suresh Nair, Nikhil Vyas
        Story                          :      Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
        Cast                                    Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee,
                                                 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indraneil Sengupta,
                                                 Saswata Chatterjee
        Music                          :      Vishal-Shekhar
        Cinematography          :      Setu
        Editor                         :      Namrata Rao



Awards


National Film Awards
Won
Best Screenplay (Original)           Sujoy Ghosh
Won
Best Editing        Namrata Rao
Won
Special Jury Award Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Filmfare Awards
Won
Best Actress       Vidya Balan       Won
Won
Best Director      Sujoy Ghosh
Won
Best Sound Design           Sanjay Maurya, Allwyn Rego
Won
Best Editing        Namrata Rao
Won
Best Cinematography      Setu
14th IIFA Awards
Won
Best Actress       Vidya Balan
won
Best Editing        Namrata Rao
Zee Cine Awards
Won
Best Film – Critic's Choice           
Won
Best Director – Critic's Choice       Sujoy Ghosh
Won
Best Actress – Critic's Choice         Vidya Balan
Won
Best Story          Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
Won
Best Editing        Namrata Rao
Times of India Film Awards
Won
Best Story          Sujoy Ghosh       Won
Won
Best Screenplay
Won
Best Editing        Namrata Rao







!!!I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. - ― Jane Austen, Persuasion !!!

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