A Non-fiction documentary to release in multiplexes
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
September
27,
2006
Madhushree
Dutta's
'Seven
Islands
and
a
Metro'
will
be
the
first
of
its
kind,
to
bag
multiplex
release
by
Sringar
Films
on
6th
Oct.
2006.
This
non-fiction
documentary
is
structured
around
imaginary
debates
between
Ismat
Chugtai
and
Sa'adat
Hasan
Manto,
the
two
legendary
writers
who
lived
in
this
metropolis,
played
by
Harish
Khanna
&
Vibha
Chibbar.
Seven Islands and a Metro: a city that came into existence by weaving 7 isles. This documentary is a tale of the cities of Bom Bahia / Bombay / Mumbai, through a tapestry of fiction, cinema verite, art objects, found footage, sound installation and literary texts. The multilingual Bombay, the Bombay of intolerance, the Bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the El Dorado.
On her unique achievement, director Madhushree attributed, "Though this is my first release I have been making documentaries for a long time. Seven Islands... has been my most ambitious and expensive effort so far. And it gives me immense pleasure to receive such a warm response by reviewers, press and industry. Generally these so called "arty movies" get a very specific and class consumption and never mass consumption; I'm glad that my documentary is reaching its subjects and right audiences. Documentaries are boring, but non-fiction is liberating-you can use visual art, music and literature."
Mr. Shyam Shroff of Sringar Films added, "I was highly touched by this piece of art and felt it deserved a wider audience. Hence we decided to make available our platform for this creative effort. I'm sure it will receive a very good response and will narrate a new tale to the citizens of this city about their city.