O Friend, This Waiting!

O Friend, This Waiting!
Directed bySandhya Kumar
Justin McCarthy
Produced byJustin McCarthy
StarringRama Ravi
Bharathi Penneswaran
CinematographyAmit Mahanti
Edited bySandhya Kumar
Music byR. Elangovan
Sudha Raghuraman
Distributed byIndia Foundation For The Arts
Release date
  • 2012 (2012)

O Friend, This Waiting! is a 2012 Indian, bilingual documentary film in Telugu and English written and directed by Sandhya Kumar, based on the poetry of 17th century Telugu composer Kshetrayya.[1][2] For its wholly unconventional investigation of the Devadasi tradition in Andhra, combining an appreciation of this delicate and sensuous art form with a genuine sociological exploration, the non feature film has received the National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film at the 61st National Film Awards.[3][4] The film has received special mention at the Erasing Borders Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013.[5]

Awards

National Film Awards

International honor

  • Mumbai International Film Festival, Mumbai 2014
  • International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
  • Mudra Festival of Classical Dance, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 2013
  • Erasing Borders Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013
  • Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, 2012
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, 2012[6]

References

  1. ^ O Friend, This Waiting! (2012) - IMDb
  2. ^ Between sacred and profane - The Hindu
  3. ^ "61st National Film Awards For 2013" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. ^ Film | O Friend, This Waiting! | Bangalore International Centre | Time Out Bengaluru
  5. ^ O Friend, This Waiting! | Magic Lantern Movies LLP
  6. ^ O Friend, This Waiting! | Magic Lantern Movies LLP


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