The Bankrupts (Haal-E-Kangaal)
118 MIns / Hindi / Colour / in Post production.
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Ramchandra PN
DOP: Narayanan Venkataraman
Dialogues: Niraj Sah
Cast: Niraj Sah, Hemant Mahaur
Location Sound: Santosh Kumar
Associate Director: Suresh Gujar
Producers: Sushma PN, Ramchandra PN
Two actors trained from
the National School of Drama have come together to act in a unique Hindi film
called ‘Haal-E-Kangaal’ or ‘The Bankrupts’. The uniqueness of this film is that
it has only two characters in it. Two
filmmaker friends meet after fourteen years and have to spend a span of eight
to ten hours together. As they celebrate
the re-union one narrates a story of a possible film to another. Soon, the past
catches up with them and central to this past is the fatherhood of a fourteen
year old girl!
This black comedy is set
in a flat in a suburbs in Mumbai is shot by FTII trained camera person the
Singapore based Narayanan Venkataraman.
Experienced sound designer Santosh Kumar has recorded the sound and is
responsible for the sound track. Director Ramchandra PN has himself edited this
film and written its screenplay.
After graduating fromt eh
National School of drama in 1985 Actor Niraj sah, playing one the the leads,
worked with the likes of Robin Das, Barry John, Fritz Benewitz BM Shah, Ram Gopal Bajaj Devendra Ankur and KN Pannikar. He has worked in films like Ajay Kartik’s
Karamati Coat, Mani Kaul’s Naukar Ki Kameez and recently the award winning
children’s film Batul Muktiyaar’s ‘Kapaal’.
Hailing from the lad of
Taj Mahal, Hemant Mahur too completed his theatrical training in 1988 and been
acting in various feature film in Mumbai – some of them Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Jungle’ and ‘Shool’, Vikram Kapadia’s
international film ‘The Warrior’ and the upcoming movie Highway directed by
Imtiyaaz Ali.
The shooting of the film
was completed in 2012, the editing and sound post production in the coming
months. The film is seeking completion funds from prospective producers or
distributors.
Tag line of the
film:
The film makers
meet after a gap of fourteen years to discuss a possible script that could be
made into a film but end up discussing their own barren lives.
About the
filmmaker:
Ramchandra
PN is a FTII graduate. His first feature
film ‘Suddha’ (The Cleansing Rites) in the regional Tulu language won him the
Best Indian Film at the Osian Cinefan Festival of Asian Films, New Delhi, India
in 2006. It is the first Tulu film to have won an international recognisition. It
was also awarded an exhibition grant from ‘Hubart Bals Fund’, Netherlands
through which he screened the film with a portable projector in about hundred
villages in the Tulu speaking districts in Coastal Karnataka. His second
feature film ‘Putaani Party’ (The Kid Gang) in Kannada language won him the
Best Children’s film at the Indian National Film Awards, 2009. It was also in
consideration for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nomination, the same year.
