Ship of Theseus (2012)

Directed by

Anand Gandhi

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

UA

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three strangers in India face personal struggles linked to identity and change. An experimental photographer questions her art, a monk grapples with his beliefs, and a stockbroker confronts a moral dilemma. Their stories intertwine around the idea of transformation.

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What happens

Ship of Theseus is a 2012 Indian drama film written and directed by Anand Gandhi, and produced by actor Sohum Shah. The film explores "questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through the stories of an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and an enterprising stockbroker", played by Aida El-Kashef, Neeraj Kabi and Shah, respectively. After three years in development, the film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim and was touted as "the hidden gem of the year". It has received positive reviews from both Indian and international press and has been hailed as "the most significant film to come out of India in a very long time". Film critic Derek Malcolm has called it a "life-changing film" and Variety commended its "unexpected grandeur". The title of the film alludes to Theseus' paradox, most notably recorded in "Life of Theseus", wherein the Greek historian and philosopher Plutarch inquires whether a ship that has been restored by replacing all its parts remains the same ship. The film was released in India on 19 July 2013. It won the award for Best Feature Film of the Year at the 61st National Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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