Chippa

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
Original title Chippa
Country of production India
original language Hindi
Publishing year 2018
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Safdar Rahman
script Safdar Rahman
production Rajat Agrawal ,
Sushilkumar Agrawal ,
Celine Loop ,
AVT Shankardass
music Cyrille de Haes
camera Ramanuj Dutta
cut Manas Mittal
occupation

Chippa is a family film by Safdar Rahman , which premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival 2018 and was included in the Netflix India program on June 1, 2020.

action

On the eve of his tenth birthday, Chippa receives a letter from his great aunt from his father, who left the family a long time ago. This is written in Urdu, and since neither he nor anyone in Chippa's environment can read the letter, he starts looking for a translator. The relationship with his great-aunt has not been good for a few weeks anyway, and he hopes that if he knows the contents of the letter, he may find his father. His search leads Chippa through the streets of Calcutta on this eventful night.

production

Chippa takes a taxi through the night streets of Calcutta
In Calcutta, among other things, the pottery colony in Kumortuli was used for shooting

Directed by Safdar Rahman , who also wrote the script. It is his first movie. Safar, a graduate of Jadavpur University, had worked in Delhi as a lecturer for Teach For India for a few years and taught at a primary school in the slums of Seelampur before returning to his hometown Calcutta in 2014. Rahman explained, “The film is set in the Park Circus in Calcutta. It's about the immigrants who live there. I tried to capture a new aspect of the city. "

Rahman will play the title role of Chippa with child actor Sunny Pawar , who made his actor debut in the 2016 film Lion: The Long Walk Home .

The shooting took place in winter 2017. The recordings were made in natural street lighting, with 80 percent of the scenes being filmed at night. Cameraman Ramanuj Dutta had chosen popular locations such as the alleys in the north of Calcutta or the pottery colony in Kumortuli.

The premiere took place in 2018 at the Mumbai Film Festival . In April 2019 it was presented at the Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles, from 23 June 2019 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival . In July 2019 it celebrated its German premiere at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart . On June 1, 2020, he was accepted into the Netflix India program.

reception

Reviews

Rouven Linnarz from asianmoviepulse.com describes Chippa as a multi-faceted carpet of different stories and dreams, each of which has its own charm for the viewer. He speaks of a touching, humorous and creative film about dreaming and finding yourself. In addition to the locations and excellent acting, Linnarz also highlights the great screenplay by Safdar Rahman .

Awards (selection)

Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2019

  • Awarded the German Star of India

New York Indian Film Festival 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chippa. In: wishberryfilms.in. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Chippa. In: indianfilmfestival.org. Retrieved June 25, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c Chippa is a story of hope: Safdar Rahman. In: The New Indian Express, April 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Sruthi Ganapathy Raman: After 'Lion', Sunny Pawar is back on the streets of Kolkata in 'Chippa'. In: scroll.in, November 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Uma Da Cunha: MAMI Film Festival: World Premiere of the Remarkable Film Chippa. In: thecitizen.in, October 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Program of the Edinburgh International Film Festival . Retrieved June 25, 2019 (PDF; 83.8 MB)
  7. ↑ https://indisches-filmfestival.de/en/event/chippa-family-film-2/
  8. ↑ Rouven Linnarz: Film Review: Chippa (2018) by Safdar Rahman. In: asianmoviepulse.com, March 26, 2019.
  9. ↑ Bernd Haasis: Indian Film Festival: Women in the Golden Cage. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, July 21, 2019.
  10. ↑ Sunny Pawar wins Best Child Actor for Chippa at the 19th New York Indian Film Festival 2019. In: ndulgexpress.com, May 15, 2019.