O Friend, This Waiting! Explained
| O Friend, This Waiting! |
| Director: | Sandhya Kumar
Justin McCarthy |
| Producer: | Justin McCarthy |
| Starring: | Rama Ravi
Bharathi Penneswaran |
| Music: | R. Elangovan
Sudha Raghuraman |
| Cinematography: | Amit Mahanti |
| Editing: | Sandhya Kumar |
| Distributor: | India Foundation For The Arts |
O Friend, This Waiting! is a 2012 Indian, bilingual documentary film in Telugu and English written and directed by Sandhya Kumar, based on the poetry of 17th century Telugu composer Kshetrayya.[1] [2] For its wholly unconventional investigation of the Devadasi tradition in Andhra, combining an appreciation of this delicate and sensuous art formwith a genuine sociological exploration, the non feature film has received the National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film at the 61st National Film Awards.[3] [4] The film has received special mention at the Erasing Borders Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013.[5]
Awards
- National Film Awards
International honor
- Mumbai International Film Festival, Mumbai 2014
- International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
- Mudra Festival of Classical Dance, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 2013
- Erasing Borders Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013
- Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, 2012
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, 2012[6]
Notes and References
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2750206/ O Friend, This Waiting! (2012) - IMDb
- http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/between-sacred-and-profane/article4123378.ece Between sacred and profane - The Hindu
- Web site: 61st National Film Awards For 2013 . Directorate of Film Festivals . 16 April 2014 . 2014-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf . 16 April 2014 . dmy-all .
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