S Durga
Directed bySanal Kumar Sasidharan[1]
Produced byAruna Mathew
Shaji Mathew
StarringRajshri Deshpande
Kannan Nayar
Sujeesh KS
Baiju Netto
Arunsol
Vedh
Bilas Nair
Nistar Ahamed
Sujith Koyikkal
Vishnujith Asuren
CinematographyPrathap Joseph
Edited bySanal Kumar Sasidharan
Music byBasil Joseph
Production
company
Niv Art Movies
Release date
Running time
85 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Sexy Durga (Changed into S Durga for Indian release) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language indie horror film directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan.[2] The film is about the religious divide in the society of Kerala and its effect on marriage between two people from two different religious backgrounds.

It has won the Hivos Tiger Award at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam,[3] and the Golden Apricot at Armenia's Yerevan International Film Festival in the category International Feature Competition, 2017.[4]

Synopsis

Durga, a north Indian migrant and a Keralite youth named Kabeer are running away on a midnight. They are waiting for a transport to the nearest railway station to catch a train to a distant place. Two small time gangsters, transporting arms, offer assistance to the couple. The hapless "Durga" encounters a cross section of the society through the rest of the night. Parallel to the journey of Durga, another mysterious event intercuts in the film. In a Kerala village, devotees perform 'Garudan Thookkam, a ritual art form submitted as a reward for the problems solved in the abode of Goddess Kali, who represents Goddess Durga's personified wrath & embodied fury.

Cast

  • Rajshri Deshpande as Durga
  • Kannan Nayar as Kabeer
  • Vedh as Stranger
  • Sujeesh KS as Stranger
  • Arunsol as Stranger
  • Bilas Nair as Stranger
  • Baiju Netto as Sub Inspector
  • Sujith Koyikkal as Policeman

Reception

Since the first screening as a work in progress film in the NFDC film Bazaar in Goa, the film has received good reviews from the viewers. Critic Gautaman Bhaskaran wrote in Hindustan Times "that was arguably one of the finest movies that this writer saw here".[5] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "Sasidharan likes games. In S Durga, the games are metaphorical, about the way we “toy” with others. But in both films, these games start out as “fun” (though not for everyone), and end up revealing the ugliness inside the players, who are but a microcosm of a patriarchal society. These are, essentially, power games, with the strong preying on the weak. The strength comes from privilege (caste, class, gender, religious majoritarianism). The weakness rises from these very factors, but from the other end of the spectrum."[6]

Awards

  • 19th Jio Mami Film Festival 2017 Mumbai India
  • NFDC FILM BAZAAR – DI Award 2016 [7]
  • Hivos Tiger Award in International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017[8]
  • Award for Professional Achievement in the Tarkovsky Film Festival in Russia for the excellence in cinematography[9]
  • The Young Jury award in the 53rd Pesaro Film Festival[10]
  • Special mention from the Official Jury in the 53rd Pesaro Film Festival[10]
  • Jury Mention for Direction in Cinema Jove, International Film Festival of Valencia, Spain.
  • Jury Mention for Music Track in Cinema Jove, International Film Festival of Valencia, Spain.
  • Golden Apricot Award in the International Feature Competition category in Yerevan International Film Festival 2017[11]
  • Best International Feature Narrative in Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico Expresión en Corto International Film Festival 2017[12]
  • Best International Feature award Reflet d’Or in the Geneva International Film Festival [13]

Film Festivals

The film was screened at the following Film festivals:

References

  1. ↑ "Sexy Durga, a new film by Kerala director". Hindusthan Times. Chennai, India. 23 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "At NFDC Film Bazaar, Sexy Durga is a powerful take on fear". Hindustan Times. Panaji, India. 25 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hivos Tiger Competition". iffr.com.
  4. ↑ The winners of 14TH GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan IFF are announced
  5. ↑ "At NFDC Film Bazaar, Sexy Durga is a powerful take on fear". 25 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "S Durga Movie Review". Film Companion. 12 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Facebook Launches Film Bazaar Awards". Variety. 25 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sexy Durga wins at International Film Festival of Rotterdam". The Times of India. 26 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "WINNERS OF THE XI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". tarkovskyfest.ru. 18 June 2017.
  10. 1 2 "THE WINNERS OF THE 53RD PESARO FILM FESTIVAL". pesarofilmfest.it.
  11. ↑ "Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's Sexy Durga Continues To Win Big Awards". filmibeat.com.
  12. ↑ "Guanajuato 2017 Dispatch: Film Awards Go To SEXY DURGA, LOS AÑOS AZULES, And More". screenanarchy.com.
  13. ↑ "Sanal Sasidharan's Sexy Durga takes home the Reflet d'Or from Geneva". cineuropa.com.
  14. ↑ "Sexy Durga wins Sanal Kumar Sasidharan the Rotterdam Film Festival Hivos Tiger Prize". The New Indian Express.
  15. ↑ "Sexy Durga". newdirectors.org.
  16. ↑ "FESTIVALS' FAVOURITES". kinopavasaris.lt.
  17. ↑ "SEXY DURGA". indianfilmfestival.org.
  18. ↑ "Sexy Durga". tix.sff.org.
  19. ↑ "Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's Sexy Durga: Yet Another International Acclaim For The Movie!". filmibeat.com. 20 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Sexy Durga". edfilmfest.org.
  21. ↑ "'The Black Prince' and 'Sexy Durga' to lead LIFF 2017". bizasialive.com.
  22. ↑ "Sexy Durga in the International Film Festival of Valencia". The Times of India.
  23. ↑ "Film by Indian director wins 'Golden Apricot' in Yerevan". kavkaz-uzel.eu.
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