Kathaakar - story of a man rediscovering his passion

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Kathakaar is a story of a man who has lost his job for Innovation. Piyush Mishra the veteran actor plays a character of a man who was working in the Theatre as a projectionist. The Mall and Multiplex culture had made him lose his job like many who lost the battle to keep up the pace with innovation and resisted change.


The story however revolves around rediscovering Passion of a man who, after losing the job, comes back to his village only to find a new passion.


Struggling with what to do with his life, he one day narrates a story for a crying kid. Slowly he becomes the favorite story teller in the village and re-discovers his passion.


Awards and Accolades



 

– Semi-Finalist in the Foreign Narrative category of the 43rd annual Student Academy Awards.  Out of 1,749 submitted to the Student Academy, the advancement puts Kathakaar in roughly the top 5% of all films submitted.

– Finalist in the Jio Filmfare Short Film Awards, 2017

– Best International Short Film- 5th Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival, 2015

– Best Short Film (JURY) – 5th Washington D.C. South Asian Film Festival, Washington D.C., 2016

– Competitor Award- II International Motivational Film Festival BRIDGE of ARTS, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 2016

– Best Short Film- 6th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai, 2015

– Best Short Film- 5th Pune Short Film Festival, 2015

– Best Short Film- 4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, 2015

– Best Short Film- CORTOKINO International Film Festival, Mumbai, 2016

– Best Short Film- Aakruti International Film Festival, Mumbai, 2015

– Best Director- 4th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival, 2015

– Best Screenplay- 6th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, 2016

– Best Cinematography (Student)- Haryana International Film Festival, 2016

– Best Actor in a Short Film (Piyush Mishra): Haryana International Film Festival, 2016

 

Official selection

 

– 17th Annual Filmi: Toronto’s South Asian Film Festival, Toronto, 2016

– 6th International Film Festival of Student films and Film Schools – BASTAU, 2016

– 3rd Benicia Film Festival, California, 2016

– 2nd Machetanz Film Festival, Alaska, 2016

– PLANOS – Tomar International Short Film Festival, 2016

– 1st Norwich Radical Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2016

– 14th Pune International Film Festival, 2016

– 8th Nashik International Film Festival, 2016

– 5th Delhi International Film Festival, 2015

– 5th Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, 2015

– 2nd Rajasthan International Film Festival, Jaipur, 2016

– 1st All Lights India International Film Festival, Kochi, 2015 (Opening Short Film)

– 13th Frames Film Festival, Mumbai, 2016

– 3rd Goa Short Film Festival, 2016

– 3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival, 2016

 

Special Screening

– Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 2016

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