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SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON
(66 mins/ Urdu/Daccani/Hindi with English subtitles/ 2008/ Documentary)
Director: Faiza Ahmad Khan
Co-producers: Siddharth Thakur, Gargey Trivedi
(66 mins/ Urdu/Daccani/Hindi with English subtitles/ 2008/ Documentary)
Director: Faiza Ahmad Khan
Co-producers: Siddharth Thakur, Gargey Trivedi
Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Time: 7:00 pm onwards
Venue: Juhu, Mumbai
(Wheel-chair and senior citizen friendly space)About the film: Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema. This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films - quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman. We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging.
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About the filmmaker: Faiza has a research-based documentary practice working with films and digital archives. Supermen of Malegaon was her first feature documentary. Subsequently she has made ‘When land is lost, will we eat coal’ - a VR documentary shot at a coal mine in Chhattisgarh, Habitat 2190, which follows the construction of a nature reserve at the site of former migrant settlement ‘The Jungle’, in Calais, France. She lives in Delhi.
About the filmmaker: Faiza has a research-based documentary practice working with films and digital archives. Supermen of Malegaon was her first feature documentary. Subsequently she has made ‘When land is lost, will we eat coal’ - a VR documentary shot at a coal mine in Chhattisgarh, Habitat 2190, which follows the construction of a nature reserve at the site of former migrant settlement ‘The Jungle’, in Calais, France. She lives in Delhi.
Featuring: Sheikh Nasir, Sheikh Shafique, Akram Khan, Farogh, Shakeel Bharti
Crew Credits: Cinematography: Gargey Trivedi, Parasher Baruah Sound
Recording: Gunjan Sah Sound Mix: Niraj Gera Music: Sneha Khanwalkar,
Hitesh Sonik Editing: Shweta Venkat
About the Kriti Film Club: This is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti development praxis and communication team'. For 25 years, we have been screening and discussing documentary films on development, environment, and socially relevant issues, in an effort to positively influence mindsets and behaviour towards creating an equitous, just, and peaceful world. We also curate issue-based film festivals and organise documentary film shows in neighbourhoods, communities, schools, colleges, or institutions on request and otherwise. The Kriti Film Club has been screening independent cinema (non-fiction and fiction) regularly and independently (without any funding) in Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of India and online (Doculive.blogspot.com), to promote 'thought-provoking cinema' #impactcinema
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