Gandu (2010) - Revision history

Pdewan: /* For foreign eyes only? */

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‎For foreign eyes only?

Pdewan at 17:29, 11 March 2015

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Pdewan at 17:17, 11 March 2015

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Pdewan: /* Gandu (2010) */

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‎Gandu (2010)

Pdewan: /* Gandu (2010) */

2014-09-16T19:18:41Z

‎Gandu (2010)

Pdewan: /* Gandu (2010) */

2014-09-16T19:10:12Z

‎Gandu (2010)

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2014-09-16T19:08:09Z

‎Gandu (2010)

Pdewan at 19:02, 16 September 2014

2014-09-16T19:02:00Z

Pdewan at 19:00, 16 September 2014

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Pdewan: /* Gandu (2010) */

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‎Gandu (2010)

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 Gandu, made in 2010, was never meant to be released. The experiment in extreme cinema that more people have heard of than seen was a break-out for Q and a breakaway from the realism and restraint usually found in commercial film-making. The mostly black and white movie, starring Anubrata Basu, Rii and Joyraj Bhattacharya, follows an angst-ridden young man’s journey towards self-fulfilment through highly stylized camerawork, choppy editing and interludes of profane Bengali rap. The protagonist’s claustrophobia, stemming from his sterile surroundings and his sense of emasculation, literally explodes in a no-holds-barred colour sequence of sexual intercourse, which has earned the film eternal notoriety.
 =For foreign eyes only?=
-"I want a theatrical release—I want to ask my society if I can show this, I will go to the censors, the courts, the works. It’s a big risk that only a fool can take. I am the grand fool."
+''"I want a theatrical release—I want to ask my society if I can show this, I will go to the censors, the courts, the works. It’s a big risk that only a fool can take. I am the grand fool." ''
 - Amitabh Chakraborty
 Gandu, Nandini Ramnath writes, was never meant to be released (in India): and it was not. Because its budget was microscopic, what it earns in foreign territories (through the British sales and distribution agency, Jinga Films) more than recovers costs. Chakraborty also subsidises his “cheap [budgets of Rs.25-30 lakh] and dirty pictures about sexual, social or political extreme content that otherwise can’t be made” through films like ''Tasher Desh ''  (based on Rabindranath Tagore’s play, and exhibited within India as well). He has two label Bangla Black, for offbeat films, and Overdose Films.

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+[[File: GanduB.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: we see a beautiful version of her face before she uglifies it with a punk look. |frame|500px]]
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 [[File: GanduA.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen approaches|frame|left|500px]]
 [[File:gandu.png|That presumably is Rii in '' Gandu'' (2010): Not since Mera Naam Joker (1970) has an actress ''clearly '' been seen fully naked from behind, so clearly. The subtitle ‘You can download it for free’ does not suggest that the film Gandu can be downloaded from the Web.|frame|500px]]
 [[File: GanduE.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Senas as the Angel. Towards the end of this black and white film there is a colour, copulation sequence |frame| left|500px]]
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 [[File: GanduG.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Anubrata  puts his fingers inside Rii Sen’s top|frame| left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduJ.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: Anubrata fondles her breast.|frame| left|500px]][[File: GanduI.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: we get to see what was being fondled |frame|500px]]
 [[File: GanduL.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen from behind |frame| left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduQ.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen from behind. |frame| 500px]]

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 [[File: GanduM.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): : ‘Lick my a***’: (Anubrata and Rii Sen) |frame| left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduN.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen, after her bra has been removed. Blurred view of her naked.|frame| 500px]]
-[[File: GanduO.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen topless.|frame| left|500px]]
+[[File: GanduO1.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen topless.|frame| left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduP.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen topless.|frame| 500px]]
   [[File: GanduR.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): B&W again. Rii Sen rises from the bed.|frame| left|500px]]

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 [[File: GanduZ.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Anubrat (above) and Rii Sen |frame| 500px]]
 [[File: Gandu1.png|''Gandu '' (2010): Rii Sen (above)|frame| left|500px]]
+=The film=
 Gandu is a low- budget ‘art’ film in Bengali, much of it filmed in crisp, well photographed black and white. There is a lovemaking scene in colour. Its DVDs are not available legally in India and, from all accounts, it has not been screened commercially in India.
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 It was the first Bengali film with full-frontal nudity and the second Indian film after ''Trishagni.'' Not since Mera Naam Joker has an actress ''clearly '' been seen fully naked from behind either. (Parampar was somewhat hazy. The director and photographer saw her naked; the audience had to guess.)
+=Audience reaction=
 Audience reaction to Gandu was not very different from that to India’s other famous cheesecake films (Chitkabrey, Rang Rasiya, Mr Singh…, Maya…): they were bored. Many viewers could reportedly not sit through Gandu at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film has also been shown at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York and at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
 Mukherjee is reported to have said that ‘70% of [the film had] to be about sex." Most audiences want some sex with a story around it—which Gandu has, and some viewers have even appreciated its narration.
 Gandu, Nandini Ramnath writes, was never meant to be released (in India): and it was not. Because its budget was microscopic, what it earns in foreign territories (through the British sales and distribution agency, Jinga Films) more than recovers costs. Chakraborty also subsidises his “cheap [budgets of Rs.25-30 lakh] and dirty pictures about sexual, social or political extreme content that otherwise can’t be made” through films like ''Tasher Desh ''  (based on Rabindranath Tagore’s play, and exhibited within India as well). He has two label Bangla Black, for offbeat films, and Overdose Films.

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 [[File: GanduA.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen approaches|frame|left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduB.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: we see a beautiful version of her face before she uglifies it with a punk look. |frame|500px]]
 [[File:gandu.png|That presumably is Rii in '' Gandu'' (2010): Not since Mera Naam Joker (1970) has an actress ''clearly '' been seen fully naked from behind, so clearly. The subtitle ‘You can download it for free’ does not suggest that the film Gandu can be downloaded from the Web.|frame|500px]]
 [[File: GanduE.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Senas as the Angel. Towards the end of this black and white film there is a colour, copulation sequence |frame| left|500px]]

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 [[File: GanduC.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: she is angry—and her shoulders are naked |frame| left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduD.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: her shoulders are naked |frame|500px]]
-[[File:gandu.png|That presumably is Rii in '' Gandu'' (2010): Not since Mera Naam Joker (1970) has an actress ''clearly '' been seen fully naked from behind, so clearly. The subtitle ‘You can download it for free’ does not suggest that the film Gandu can be downloaded from the Web.|frame|500px]][[File: GanduA.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen approaches|frame|left|500px]]
+[[File:gandu.png|That presumably is Rii in '' Gandu'' (2010): Not since Mera Naam Joker (1970) has an actress ''clearly '' been seen fully naked from behind, so clearly. The subtitle ‘You can download it for free’ does not suggest that the film Gandu can be downloaded from the Web.|frame|500px]]
 [[File: GanduE.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Senas as the Angel. Towards the end of this black and white film there is a colour, copulation sequence |frame| left|500px]]
 [[File: GanduF.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen displaying her wares in ''Gandu'' |frame|500px]]
 [[File: GanduG.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Anubrata  puts his fingers inside Rii Sen’s top|frame| left|500px]]
-[[File: GanduI.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: we get to see what was being fondled |frame|500px]]
+[[File: GanduJ.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: Anubrata fondles her breast.|frame| left|500px]][[File: GanduI.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen: we get to see what was being fondled |frame|500px]]
 [[File: GanduH.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen kisses Anubrata |frame| left|500px]]
   [[File: GanduK.png|''Gandu ''   (2010): Rii Sen kisses Anubrata.|frame| 500px]]

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-Note: The film ''Gandu'' was available on YouTube but now seems to have been taken off—perhaps for the same reasons that offended the Indian censors. European art cinema has evolved conventions on nudity and sex that ''Gandu'' went beyond. The film deserves to be released but with all those scenes deleted. Readers are requested '''not''' to post stills from Gandu that go beyond what is accepted internationally, and beyond what the Indian censors have allowed so far. If any photograph that offends readers over 18 finds its way to this page offensive it may kindly be reported as a message to the Facebook page, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. </div>
+Note: The film ''Gandu'' was available on YouTube but now seems to have been taken off—perhaps for the same reasons that offended the Indian censors. European art cinema has evolved conventions on nudity and sex that ''Gandu'' went beyond. The film deserves to be released but with all those scenes deleted. Readers are requested '''not''' to post stills from Gandu that go beyond what is accepted internationally, and beyond what the Indian censors have allowed so far. If any photograph that offends readers over 18 finds its way to this page it may kindly be reported as a message to the Facebook page, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. </div>
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