Apr 16 2022 to Apr 16 2022 7:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

A film by Arun Karthick

India-Netherlands | 80 mins | 2020 | Tamil, with English Subtitles

Nasir, the eponymous protagonist, is a quietly humorous romantic. He straggles through life to make ends meet with his job as a salesman at an apparel shop, so he can take care of an ailing mother and adopted son. Nasir’s day is as ordinary as any other – he takes a bath, speaks to his son, drops his wife off at the bus station, and goes about various chores that his job demands. We find him to be a nimble romantic, marshalling a love of love, song, children, friendship, and even God to rise into something resembling a life well lived, before his day takes a turn for the worse as communal bigotry rears its ugly head.

Based on a short story, A Clerk’s Tale by Dilip Kumar, Nasir denounces the irreparable effects of hate speech on human lives, in this particular instance the Muslim minority. A candid exposé of life as a second-class citizen, Arun Karthick’s second feature film Nasir had its World Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020, where it won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film. An Indo-Dutch coproduction, the film was theatrically released across 21 screens in the Netherlands to rave reviews.

This is Nasir’s first screening in Bangalore. There will be a discussion with the director Arun Karthick and Thani Mudaliar after the screening, followed by a Q&A.

Cast
Valavane Koumarane as Nasir
Sudha Ranganathan as Taj
Sabari as Iqbal

Crew
Direction & Screenplay: Arun Karthick
Director of Photography: Saumyananda Sahi
Editor: Arghya Basu
Sound: Gautam Nair
Production Designer: Mausam Aggarwal

In collaboration with the Leftbank Film Society

Bangalore’s newest film society and a film collective, Leftbank Film Society aims to screen classic & contemporary world cinema on a regular basis in the city. Leftbank Film Society takes its name from the left bank of the river Seine in Paris, from where came the Leftbank group of filmmakers Agnes Varda, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and Alain Robbe-Grillet. The New Wave came from the Right Bank.