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PossessionA film by Sumitra Bhave Sumitra Bhave’ page and Sunil Sukthankar Sunil Sukthankar’ page

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    • Run time: 90 minutes
    • Original title: Badha
    • Country of origin: India
  • Genre:
    Experimental - New Media
  • Synopsis:

    Badha (The Possession) A battle between fear and faith.
    A shepherd village on the barren land that witnesses this battle with detached eyes.
    An only son in the family disappears. A desperate grandmother who needs a boy in the family to attain salvation after death.The younger daughter in law of the family who cannot share the fear and pain that she is facing at the hands of her husband who refuses to consummate the marriage and begins the play of witch hunting against an innocent wife of a dalit soldier serving at the border. She is living alone, without a child after the death of her old father in law and is accused of casting spell on the children with the power of black magic. The headman of the village ready to manipulate the subtle power politics between the two communities in the village. The ripple created by the older village woman with her faith in the instinct of hope and compassion, that could break the stagnated poisoned water of fear.(more)

    • Director:
      Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar
    • Writer(s):
      Sumitra Bhave
    • Producer(s):
      Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar
    • Cast and Credits:

      Crew:
      Camera- Sanjay Memane,
      Editing & Sound Mixing- Mohit Takalkar, "Camera- Sanjay Memane
      Editing & Sound Mixing- Mohit Takalkar
      Art Direction & Costumes- Sumitra Bhave"
      Cast:
      Amruta Subhash as Anshi,
      Devika Daftardar as Sarja,
      Rajesh More as Tuka,
      Renuka Daftardar as Lakhmi,
      Uttara Baokar as Awali,
      Jyoti Subhas as Sakhoobai,
      Milind Shinde as Bhagat,
      Sachin Mondkar as Dhana (Child Artist),
      (more)

  • Prior Festival Screenings:
    • Pune International Film Festival, 2005,
    • OSIANS-CINEFANS International Film Festival, 2005
 

                                                                                                                                                       

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