Nasir (film)
Nasir | |
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Directed by | Arun Karthick |
Produced by | Mathivanan Rajendran |
Starring | Koumarane Valavane |
Cinematography | Saumyananda Sahi |
Edited by | Arghya Basu |
Production companies | Stray Factory Rinkel Film, Uncombed Buddha, Magic Hour Films, Colored Pickle Films, Harman Ventures |
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Running time | 75 min |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Nasir is a 2020 Tamil-language Drama film directed by Arun Karthick and is an Indo-Dutch co-production between Stray Factory, Rinkel Film, Uncombed Buddha, Magic Hour Films, Colored Pickle film & Harman Ventures. The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "An observational chronicle of one seemingly ordinary day in the life of a seemingly ordinary sari salesman in the southern city of Coimbatore," with a focus on tolerance and human values. The movie's poster is inspired by the outline of Gandhipuram.[1]
Nasir was the recipient of the Hubert Bals Fund in 2018[2] The film premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in Tiger Competition and won the NETPAC award for Best Asian Film premiering at the Festival[3] It also bagged the Grand Prix at the 14th Andrei Tarkovsky Zerkalo International Film Festival, Russia.[4] It won the Golden Wood in the Asian Arthouse Film Festival, 2021, Kolkata.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "'Nasir': Film Review | Rotterdam 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Jeshi, K. (21 May 2018). "Following 'Nasir'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Rosser2020-01-31T19:01:00 00:00, Michael. "Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 winners revealed". Screen. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Arun Karthick's 'Nasir' wins Grand Prix at prestigious Russian international film fest". www.thenewsminute.com. July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Joshi, Namrata (5 May 2020). "'Nasir' movie review: Losing his religion". The Hindu.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (9 February 2020). "'Nasir': Film Review". Variety.