Paltadacho Munis

Paltadacho Munis or The Man Beyond the Bridge is an Indian film in Konkani directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar. Set in Goa, the film is about a recently widowed forest ranger in a dwindling forest, who strikes up an unlikely relationship with a woman he finds lost and alone in the woods. The film tries to destigmatise mental illness, often equated with being possessed by the devil in rural India.[1]

Paltadacho Munis
Poster of the film
Directed byLaxmikant Shetgaonkar
Produced byNFDC
Written byMahabaleshwar Sail
StarringChittaranjan Giri
Vasant Josalkar
Prashanti Talpankar
Veena Jamkar
Music byVed Nair
CinematographyArup Mandal
Edited bySankalp Meshram
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 September 2009 (2009-09-14) (TIFF)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKonkani

The film was premiered at 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery.[2] It was chosen as opening film of the Indian Panorama section at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2009.[3] Thereafter it went to receive international critical acclaim,[4] including the narrative jury award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.[2] It was included in the world's best films of 2009 list.[5] According to a review, it strikes a perfect balance between the personal and the political. Laxmikant's cinema is rich in metaphors, remarkable in its restrain and exciting in its modern sensibility.[6] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Konkani at the 57th National Film Awards.[7][8] The film was also nominated for the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award, Berlin.[9]

Shetgaonkar's next film was Baga Beach.

Plot

Vinayak (Chittranjan Giri) is a forest guard who lost his wife to a wild beast. He now lives all by alone in the forest. He then meets a mentally unstable woman (Veena Jamkar). Gradually, the two develop a unique bond. Meanwhile, the local priest and an aspiring politician connive to build a temple on forest land.[10]

Awards

Cast

References
  1. "Festival 2011: Official selection". Berlin Independent Film Festival. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. Lowe, Justin (14 October 2010). "The Man Beyond the Bridge: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "List of films for IFFI's Indian Panorama announced". Deccan Herald. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. "Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's next venture is 'Baga Beach'". The Hindu. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. "The Man Beyond the Bridge to release in Canada". DearCinema.com. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. "Review - IFFI- 2009 Diary: The Man Beyond the Bridge". DearCinema.com. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. "57th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  8. "57th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  9. "Paltadcho Munis for NETPAC award in Berlin". Goa News. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  10. Chatte, Sachin (16 November 2018). "That one from Goa". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  11. Malkarnekar, Gauree (27 November 2016). "Espousing the cause of the Konkani film industry". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  12. "Paltadacho Munis wins best film award at Los Angeles". Goa News. 27 April 2010.
  13. "'Paltadcho Munis' bags national award in Konkani". Goa News. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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