Rajnesh Domalpalli’s debut feature and thesis for Columbia University’s graduate film program was made on a shoestring budget using a cast of non-professional first-timers for two and a half months, but was a crowning success nevertheless, screening and winning awards from festivals all around the world, including a Best Debut one from Berlin.
Vaneja is screening at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Vanaja, a 15-year-old girl whose mother has died and her father is a poor, alcoholic fisherman, sees her whole life changing when a soothsayer predicts that she will become a great dancer one day. Rama Devi, an elderly dancing legend and local landlady, takes her in as a servant, but also in order to teach her the secrets of Kuchipudi dance, with the girl and her father also hoping that her wage will alleviate his debts and allow him to buy a new boat. Vanaja...
Vaneja is screening at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Vanaja, a 15-year-old girl whose mother has died and her father is a poor, alcoholic fisherman, sees her whole life changing when a soothsayer predicts that she will become a great dancer one day. Rama Devi, an elderly dancing legend and local landlady, takes her in as a servant, but also in order to teach her the secrets of Kuchipudi dance, with the girl and her father also hoping that her wage will alleviate his debts and allow him to buy a new boat. Vanaja...
- 5/21/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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