V.P.S. MENON April 19, 2004.
DY. GEN. MANAGER [Exp.]
Telefax: 00 91 22 2497 3364/2496 0694
E-mail: vpsmenon@nfdcnet.co.in
Dear Participants,
Re: CANNES - 2004
The National Film Development Corporation is a premier film production and marketing company, promoted by the Government of India. We will be at Cannes in Booth No. B-6 Riviera. We have some interesting Bollywood films to offer to you both from art house and mainstream circuits and would be extremely happy to discuss the details with you while we are at Cannes.
We are sending you the product list of some of our new films with brief synopsis. We have a library of several well acclaimed films on different subjects.
The following Executives will represent at Cannes Market 2004.
Mr. D. Mukhopadhyay, Managing Director
Mr. V.P.S. Menon, Dy. General Manager
Mr. S.D. Kulaskar, Dy. Manager.
We welcome you to our Booth and shall be grateful if you could inform us the date and time convenient to you for a meeting at our Booth B-6 Riviera.
Looking forward to meeting you, we remain.
Best regards,
Yours sincerely,
V.P.S. MENON
Film : "DANCE LIKE A MAN"
Genre, Running Time : Drama (100 Min.)
Language : English
Director : Pamela Rooks
Producer : National Film Development Corp.Ltd (India)
Cast : Shobana, Anoushka Shankar, Arif Zakaria
Delivery status : Completed
Year of Production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : A young dancer takes her parents' profession though they had to undergo suffering to pursue their passion.
Film : "DEVI AHILYA BAI"
Genre, Running Time : Drama (145 Min)
Language : Hindi
Director : Nachiket & Jayoo
Producer : National Film Development Corp. Ltd (India)
Cast : Shabana Azmi, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Delivery status : Completed
Year of production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : In the early 18th century, Devi Ahilya Bai becomes
a widow in her early childhood. Her father-in-law
does not want her to disappear from life.
Film : "PARINAMAM"(Change of circumstances)
Genre, Running time : Drama (130 Min.)
Language : Malayalam
Director : Venu
Producer : National Film Development Corp. Ltd (India)
Cast : Nedumudi Venu, Matampu Kunju Kuttan
Delivery status : Completed
Year of production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : Balakrishna Marar retires from service, faces problem of
adjustment with the rest of the family.
Film : 1:1.6. AN ODE TO LOST LOVE
Genre, Running time : Drama (110 Min.)
Language : English
Director : Madhu Ambat
Producer : National Film Development Corp. Ltd (India)
Cast : Atul Kulkarni, Gulshan Grover, Mausami, Sonali
Kulkarni, Rati Agnihotri
Delivery status : Under production
Year of production : 2004
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : Set against a back drop of film shooting, the film tries to
analyze the eternal question - is creation more important
than life
Film : "SAPHALAM (A Fruitful Journey)
Genre, Running time : Drama (118 Min)
Language : Malayalam
Director : Ashok R. Nath
Producer : Anil Thomas
Cast : Balachandra Menon, Sumithra, Manoj K. Jayan
Delivery status : Completed :
Year of production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : 'Saphalam' provides an insight into familial relations -
individuals still have their lives to live.
Film : "PADAM ONNU : ORU VILPAM (Lesson One : A Wail)
Genre, Running time : Drama (110 Min.)
Language : Malayalam
Director : T.V.Chandran
Producer : Aryadan Shoukath
Cast : Meera Jasmin, Irshad, Mamu Koya, Suja Karthika
Delivery status : Completed :
Year of production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : A poignant story of a young girl caught in shackles of
social system, her valiant attempt to break free to pursue her dream to continue her studies
Film : "ORUTHTHI (A Girl)
Genre, Running time : Drama (91 Mins.)
Language : Tamil
Director : Amshan Kumar
Producer : S. Thara
Cast : Poorvaja, Ganesh Babu, Balasingh
Delivery status : Completed :
Year of production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : This story is about a lower-caste village girl who
challenges upper caste people.
Film : "TOK JHAL MISTI"(life is Sour, Life is Sweet)
Genre, Running time : Comedy (150 Min.)
Language : Bengali
Director : Basu Chatterji
Producer : NFDC
Cast : Ferdous, Priyanka Trivedi, Arjun Chakraborty
Romaprasad Banik
Delivery status : Completed :
Year of production : 2001
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : Two families that of Dilip and Mukund, do not mix with
each other because of their difference in status.
Film : "FIVE BY FOUR"
Genre, Running time : Drama (90 Min.)
Language : English
Director : Roopa Swaminathan
Producer : NFDC
Cast : Carey Edwards, Divyadarshini, Eashwar, Sapna, Usha,
Hardeep Minhas, Preetha, Sujatha Panju
Delivery status : Completed :
Year of production : 2003
Country of origin : India
Brief synopsis : Five By Four is a story of five women and three men. It is
laid out like a novel. It has a prologue - main story
- epilogue.