Five Awards for 'Antarnad' Konkani film

Five awards for ‘Antarnad’


PANAJI: “Antarnad”, a film in Konkani language, produced and directed by Goan filmmaker Rajendra Talk, has bagged five national film awards.
The film awards were announced on Tuesday.

The film is about the present generation, which expects and demands instant glory and fame.
The story revolves around an identity clash between a classical music genius mother and her teenage daughter.

Mr. Rajendra Talak told presspersons here that apart from the best film award and the best direction award in the Konkani regional film category, his film got three awards in the mainstream competition.

Ashok Patki got the best music award, while Aarti Ankalekar bagged the best female singer award.

Divyya Chaphadkar bagged the best child artiste award, he said.

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(The Hindu)


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Devi Chandrasekhar has won the Goa State Film Award for the Best Actress
for her performance in Konkani film Vizmit.

Devi Chandrasekhar

Thrissur: A Malayali has won the Goa State Film Award for the Best Actress.

Devi Chandrasekhar, who lives in Irinjalakkuda, near here, won the prize
for her performance in the Konkani film, ‘Vizmit’ (Miracle),
directed by Mahaysh Rane (an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of
India, Pune). The film was also named the second best and won awards in the
categories of the Second Best Director and the Best Story.

The Fourth Goa State Film Awards were declared and presented at the Kala
Academy in Panaji on May 30. Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and
filmmaker Shekhar Kapur were the guests of honour.

Five films had competed for the best film prize. They were
‘Antarnad’, ‘Vizmit’, ‘Zuzari’,
‘Ordem Chador’ and ‘Bhitorlem Manacho Munis’. A
jury comprising Nitin Keni, Devi Dutt, Olivin Gomes and V.R. Naik decided
the awards. ‘Vizmit’ is Ms. Chandrasekhar’s debut film in
Konkani. “An award for one’s maiden film is very
special,” she told The Hindu over telephone from Panaji.

Born and brought up in Goa, she is a post-graduate in zoology. She was
ranked third in Goa University examinations. She is a well-known singer in
Konkani, a disciple of Hindustani maestro Vasantrao Khadnekar, and has
several albums to her credit. Her family moved to Irinjalakkuda a few
months ago after her father’s retirement from Goa State Police. The
family owns a house in Panaji, and Ms. Chandrasekhar divides her time
between Goa and Kerala. Last year, she taught Communicative English in
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kolazhi, near here.

She is one of the presenters of Asianet’s Idea Star Singer 2008.

‘Vizmit’ was shot in Goa and Mangalore. It tells the story of a
Catholic nun who is caught between the temptations of life and spiritual
asceticism. She escapes from the convent, but returns to embrace nun-hood
through a miracle.

“The film captures the beauty of Goa’s churches and beaches,
and the power of faith,” she says.

(The Hindu)