![]() ![]() For any producer to put in money, he or she has to be a true lover of cinema or someone with deep pockets.įortunately, for aspiring Goa filmmakers, there are cinema-loving producers ready to pitch in. O’Maria (2010) went on to become one of the biggest hits ever.Ī film on a shoestring budget would cost at least Rs. Rajendra Talak, Goa’s most prolific filmmaker, has made four films since 2004 and two of them,Īntarnaad (2006) won the National Award, while Home Sweet Home (2014) was encouraged by the box-office success of the film to release its sequel in December 2015, albeit to a mixed response. Swapnil Shetkar, the director and producer of Nirmon (a remake of the abovementioned Konkani classic of the same name) directed by Sripad Pai was released in 2015. It is what one could call a science fiction comedy, where a dead man’s conscience gets transported into the person who was responsible for his death. The law which was established in wake of the 1965 war with Pakistan and the 1962 war with China: empowered the government to take over any property in India that belonged to an Indian who decided to take Pakistani or Chinese citizenship. Like most regional films that come from small States, these Konkani films too deal with unique and diverse subjects.Įnemy (2015), for instance deals with the Enemy Property Act enacted in 1968. For a State that has a population of just 15 lakh, a majority of whom live in the hinterland, that is an impressive number of films especially if you consider the fact that there is a better chance of making money in a Ponzi scheme than by investing money in producing a film. In the last quarter of 2015, there were four major releases, including a science fiction film in Konkani. Now, with new technology, it has become easier to make low budget films, but all the stakeholders agree that the interest in cinema in the State has been on an upsurge after the International Film Festival of India moved to Goa back in 2004. Though other movies were made, intermittently, only three since then are significant:īhuierantlo Munis (1977), the first colour film in Konkani. Paltadcho Munis (The Man Across The Bridge) which won the FIPRESCI award at the Toronto Film Festival in 2009.įilms have been produced in Goa for a while but they were few and far between. ![]() However, the first Konkani film to make an impact internationally was Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s The film is still going strong a good 18 months after it was first screened, caught attention of cinephiles nationally and also made it to festivals around the globe. ![]() But Goa’s own cinema mains an unknown entity outside the State. Not surprisingly, its for its beaches, villages, churches, temples and popular landmarks have been portrayed prominently in several Bollywood films. Goa is best known as a tourist destination. ![]()
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