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Goan Konkani film - Poltodcho Munis- captivates Toronto Film Festival audience ============ ========= ========= ========= ========= Man beyond Bridge - Konkani film - Poltodcho Munis A Film Review by Silviano Barbosa Toronto Based on Konkani Poet/Novelist Mahableshwar Sail's story and under the magic touch of young Director Laxmikant Shetgaunkar, the Konkani film Poltodcho Munis can easily be classified as Goa's best Konkani movie ever to captivate the world film audience. This movie has everything in it: best direction, a touching unconventional story, natural acting, attractive scenes, simple yet effective dialogues, down-to-earth characters, rural jungle terrain with a river running through it, and a typical Goan native population to bring out the volatile soul of the land in front of the appreciative world audience. The music is enlivening, and every moment of the film feels precious and satisfying to the soul and you wish and hope the movie never ends. The emotion is boundless and you empathize with the main characters throughout the film. Who is to decide what is righteous or not, but you can believe and love the dazzling treatment the director paints the film with. The chirping of the birds, the quaint sounds of the wild, the smooth running of the fresh pure water in the river, the dark mountains, and the flora and fauna of this beautiful Goan terrain that has hypnotized the poets and sadhus of this world for ages, embellish the environs that forms the backdrop to this magnificent film. The film ends sadly with Vinayak cutting off the rope of the bridge as he cuts off his life from the other side - POLTODDI. The Man Beyond the Bridge is directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar (also screenplay). The cast includes Chittaranjan Giri, Veena Jamkar, Prashanti Talpankar and Vasant Josalkar. The music is by Debasish Bhattacharjee/ Ved Nair, sound by Rajendra Hegde, cinematography by Arup Mandal and edited by Sankalp Meshram. The affable portrayal of Vinayak by Chittaranjan Giri is commendable. Veena Jamkar as his live-in companion/ mentally challenged woman hardly speaks, except to say "Naka..", but acts superbly. So do the fine charismatic characters of SarPunch, adviser/midwife (voijinn) Prashanti Talponnkar, Bhott and Possorkar, who give this film its finishing touches. Director Shetgaonkar has tackled various aspects of life in this film: loneliness, yearning for love and companionship, serenity of nature, conservation, religious passion and fervour, politics, community celebrations, social mores and traditions and most of all he has used appropriate spoken Konkani language to give a legitimate touch to this film's locale. With films like Poltodcho Munis and directors like Laxmikant Shetgaunkar, India, if not Goa, can be proud of its own *Slum Dog* achievements in the world of films. You have to see this marvellous film for its mercurial soul and most of all for its MUNISPONN . Reviewed by Silviano C. Barbosa, Author of the Canadian/Goan novel, "The Sixth Night" goa...@hotmail. com September 15, 2009 http://www.agorapublishing.com/Sixth_Night.html Links: http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/ http://www.goa-world.com www.colaco.net http://www.navhindtimes.in/multimedia www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm Promoting Tiatr & Tiatrists since 1994 http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/ Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/
