Cine Paradiso talk series

Session 01

SULEMANI KEEDA

A film by Amit V MAsurkar

Followed by conversation with director Amit V Masurkar and Eshan Sharma, founder Karwan Heritage

Join our new series of film screenings and talks that invite off-beat and independent filmmakers and creative professionals working in the medium of cinematic arts to share their films, videos and engage in conversation with audiences. The title of the series is inspired from the well known classic Italian film Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988) by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film is an ode to the love of cinema as seen through the eyes of a young boy Toto, while he develops a friendship with the projectionist of a dilapidated cinema theatre based in post WW2 Sicily. In the same vein, this talk series will bring together cinema professionals and scholars to decode and demystify the magic that plays on screen, and hope to hone love and appreciation for the cinematic arts. KNMA hopes to invite artists and storytellers working with the medium of moving images, attempting to bridge a gap between popular arts and museum audiences.

The series is initiated by Neha Tickoo and Eshan Shrama

Synopsis of Sulemaani Keeda:

Runtime: 90 minutes

Dulal, a brooding intellectual and his hustler friend Mainak dream to write the next big Bollywood film. After being commissioned to write for the son of a famous B movie producer, their picaresque journey brings them in a position where they have to choose between friendship, love and the chance of a big break.

Amit V. Masurkar is an Indian film director and screenwriter born in Bagalkot, India in 1981. He directed the independent comedy film Sulemani Keeda in 2013, and his second feature film, Newton (2017), was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. In 2021, his directed feature film Sherni was launched and garnered critical acclaim.

Eshan Sharma

Eshan Sharma is the young and dynamic founder of one of India's leading student collectives, Karwaan: The Heritage Exploration Initiative. He loves reading non-fiction books and talking to people. Eshan studied History at Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi. He has a Master's Degree in Modern Indian History from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He also conducts very interesting history and cinema walks around cities like, Delhi, Bombay and Baroda.