Frozen (2007 film) explained
Frozen is a 2007 black-and-white Indian drama film directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan. The original screenplay written by Shanker Raman, based on a story by Chandrabhushan and starring Danny Denzongpa, Gauri, and Skalzang Angchuk. The film was shot entirely on location at Ladakh, India.[1] [2]
It was featured at the various international film festivals, including the 2007 London Film Festival and Dubai International Film Festival,[3] and was the official selection at 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, and Palm Springs International Film Festival.[4] [5] [6] [7]
At the 55th National Film Awards, it was awarded the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Cinematography.[8]
Plot
The film is a sombre journey of imaginative and impulsive teenager, Lasya (Gauri), who lives with her father Karma (Danny), an apricot jam-maker and younger brother Chomo (Angchuk) in a remote village in the Himalayas. Pristine snow-capped mountains surround their tiny hamlet and barren harsh land stretches for miles into nowhere. One day the army moves in, settles a hundred yards across their doorstep. The last bit of comfort the family draws from their familiar surroundings changes into a harsh, ceaseless, irreversible conflict. The film depicts the life of this family whose dreamlike existence is interrupted by insurmountable odds, one after the other.[9]
Cast
- Danny Denzongpa as Karma
- Gauri Kulkarni as Lasya
- Skalzang Angchuk Gultuk as Chomo
- Shakeel Khan as Romeo
- Rajendranath Zutshi as Dawa
- Yashpal Sharma as Sharma
- Aamir Bashir as Commanding Officer
- Denzil Smith as Tenzing
- Sanjay Swaraj as Salim
- Anuradha Baral as Sita
- Sonam Stobgias Gorky as Rinpoche
- Shilpa Shukla as Karma's Wife
- Wangchuk Dorjey Mogul as Officer Wangchuk
- Stanzin Jordan as Vicky
- Manish Mathur as Performing Artiste
Production
The film was shot in Ladakh, then part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, in February 2006, over 34 days at an average height of 15,000 ft above sea level. The film was shot in colour and was digitally intermediated to black and white. The house where the film was picturised was built at Stakmo, behind Thiksey Monastery.[3] [6]
- Production company: Seagull Media Productions, Phat Phish Motion Pictures (Shivajee Chadrabhushan, and Gauri Kulkarni and another person are the owners of Seagull media Productions and these two are frauds and cheated the third person. They have taken money for this film and the film "palak" and not even returned one rupee after receiving millions of rupees from the third partner. Please beware of these frauds and stake away from them)
- Production Design: Sonali Singh, Siddarth Sirohi
- Sound Design: Vivek Sachidanand[10]
- Sound Editor: Renganaath Ravee
- Art Direction: Dawa Tsering
- Costume Design: Loveleena Jain
- Editing: Shan Mohammed
Reception
A review by Dennis Harvey of Variety, said that film's director's "background as a photographer and mountaineer, -- is evident in every frame of directorial debut "Frozen.".[11]
Though the film had been going through Film Festival circuit since 2007 when the film was ready, its commercial release however happened in May 2009, during the stand off between producers and multiplexes, which resulted in number of films coming out of cold storage.[12]
Awards and nominations
The film has won (or been nominated for) the following awards:
- Won
- Nominated
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.booksie.com/editorial_and_opinion/book_review/lubusait/frozen-warm-ladakhi-fare FROZEN Warm Ladakhi Fare Film review
- Web site: Festival Review - Toronto International Film Festival . Gautaman . Bhaskaran . 19 September 2007 . . 8 September 2009 . 1 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101073058/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=9865 . dead . dmy .
- Web site: Dubai Film Festival 2007: FROZEN . Andre . Soares . 8 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091227214708/http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/frozen-at-the-dubai-film-festival/ . 27 December 2009 . dead . dmy .
- http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=16473 Frozen 2007
- Web site: India/2007/Hindi, Ladakhi dialogue with English subtitles/B&W/35mm/110 mins . . 8 September 2009 . 8 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608025542/http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/en/movies/a-celebration-of-indian-cinema/frozen.html . dead . dmy .
- News: Shivajee Chandrabhushan's Frozen goes to Toronto Film Festival. Diganta. Guha. Hindustan Times. 21 June 2007. 2 April 2016.
- http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19692&fid=35 Frozen, 110 mnts.
- Web site: 55th Nsational Film Awards for the Year 2007. Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India). 8 September 2009.
- Web site: Frozen . . 31 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101231045322/http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=30 . dead . dmy .
- http://www.ftiipeople.com/?p=186 Frozen
- https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934772.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Film Review
- Web site: Danny's award winning film FROZEN set for release. 8 September 2009.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071798/awards Awards
