Madhyantara

Country: India
Elsewhere: IMDb

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How it feels

This film is about the process of making a movie. It shows details the director observed while working in the film industry.

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What happens

Madhyantara is a 2022 Kannada-language film produced and directed by Dinesh Shenoy. The film was selected for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa. Cinematography was done by Sunil Borkar, edited by Suresh Urs and the music is composed by Sidhant Mathur. The film was shot on 16mm. The story is about the process of film-making with details that Shenoy observed over a period of time during his association with the movies. Madhyantara won 2 awards at the 70th National Film Awards, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India. While Dinesh Shenoy won the Best Debut Film of a Director award in the Non-Feature Films category, which includes a 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and a certificate, Suresh Urs won the Best Editing award in the same category, which includes a 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and a cash prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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