Turtle (film) explained
| Turtle |
| Director: | Dinesh S. Yadav |
| Producer: | Ashok H. Choudhary |
| Native Name: | |
| Starring: | Sanjay Mishra
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| Music: | Kunaal Vermaa
Repariyaa Baalam |
| Cinematography: | Yogesh Koli |
| Editing: | Aseem Sinha |
| Studio: | Shivazza Films & Entertainment |
| Distributors: | --> |
| Runtime: | 1 Hour 15 Minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
Turtle is an Indian Hindi-language film directed by Dinesh S Yadav and Produced by Mr. Ashok H Choudhary. The film stars Sanjay Mishra, Amol Deshmukh, Teetu Verma, Yash Rajasthani, Ankit Sharma, Ramnath Choudhary and Monica Sharma.[1] [2] The film is based on the issue of World Water Crisis. It had its premiere at the Jagran Film Festival on 2 July 2018[3] [4] and has been selected in China Film Festival, Third Eye Asian Film Festival and Rajasthan International Film Festival.[5]
At 66th National Film Awards, Turtle received the National Film Award for Best Rajasthani Film.[6] The film is inspired by a real story of Mr. Ramkaran Choudhary (Bagod) from Village Dehlod, Rajasthan.
Synopsis
In this folktale, Turtle, digs the earth to deepen the water. The film is a metaphorical depiction of the turtle where in a drought struck village of Rajasthan, Sanjay Mishra (as Ramkaran Choudhary), is churning the parched, sun baked earth, to extract water and the common folk indulged in a tug of war, rotating on his shell, desperate to quench their thirst.
Cast
- Sanjay Mishra as Ramkaran Choudhary
- Teetu Verma (as Nanku)
- Amol Deshmukh as Shambhu
- Ankit Anil Sharma as Hari
- Monica Sharma as Ashok's mother
- Ramnath Choudhary as the Alghoza player and Long Mustache
- Yash Rajasthani as Ashok
- Zoya Shah as Reena
Filming
Turtle has been shot in and around Jaipur, Phagi and Kudli village of Rajasthan.[7]
Awards
- The film Turtle won the National Film Award for Best Rajasthani Film at 66th National Film Awards in August 2019.[8] After winning the award, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot congratulated to producer Ashok Choudhary over the call.[9]
- The film won the Special Critic Award for Best Director in Hindi Feature Film at the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) in January 2019.[10]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Khan . Murtaza Ali . Sanjay Mishra: The film Turtle is all about the looming crisis over water . . 5 August 2018.
- News: Yadav . Suresh . डायरेक्टर दिनेश यादव ने कहा राजस्थानी सिनेमा मेरा पहला प्यार . . 10 August 2019 . Hindi.
- News: Shefali Shah, Arjan Bajwa, Pahlaj Nihalani graced day 2 of 9th Jagran Film Festival . . 5 October 2018.
- News: Jagran Film Festival . . 2 July 2018.
- News: Indore's Ankit Sharma's film selected in China Film Festival . . 11 August 2018.
- News: Vaid . Kritika . 66th National Film Awards: Ayushmann Khurana for 'Badhaai Ho' And Vicky Kaushal For 'Uri', Check The List of Winners Here . . 9 August 2019.
- News: Dinesh Yadav, 'My film addresses the need for water conservation'. Shukla. Richa. 14 August 2019. The Times of India.
- News: Awards are Great but Films Serve Purpose When Released for Mass Audience, Says Sanjay Mishra . . 20 August 2019.
- News: Kumar Sharma . Pawan . राजस्थानी फिल्म टर्टल को मिला अवार्ड, सीएम गहलोत ने निर्माता अशोक चौधरी को फोन पर दी बधाई . . 11 August 2019.
- News: Syed . Siraj . RIFF 2019, Jaipur, January 19–23, Winners list, Part II . 25 August 2019 . Filmfestivals.com.
