Cineman

Anand a voluntarily retired teacher, has started a movement to show films to school children in remote villages. Taking seriously the power of film as a medium and its impact on children, Anand continues to work to promote film literacy despite public opposition. Anand and his Children's Film Club have been running an innovative initiative to teach children through cinema for the last 10 years. Noticing his work, a young filmmaker named Omkar meets Anand to make a documentary of his work. Through the process of making the documentary, Anand's struggle to bring the right cinema to these children is highlighted. One day, while showing a movie in a school in a remote village, suddenly the lights go out and the children get to see only half of the movie. There Anand meets 9 year old boy named Ankur who is very talkative, mischievous and intelligent. While talking, Ankur tells the story of a half-watched movie.from here things take an interesting turn and the story goes straight to “Hollywood” in America. The journey, which started out of love for the medium of cinema takes different turns and takes travelers along to create a bridge to connect two different ends together.

  • Umesh Mohan Bagade
    Director
    Anahut (Short), Chaukat (Short)
  • Umesh Mohan Bagade
    Writer
    Anahut (Short), Chaukat (Short)
  • Sumit Patil
    Producer
    Vishay Hard
  • Umesh Mohan Bagade
    Producer
    Anahut (Short), Chaukat (Short)
  • Sarita Ganesh Paste
    Producer
  • Kishor Kadam
    Key Cast
    "Anand "
    Fandry, Natarang
  • Ricky Wood
    Key Cast
    "david"
    Gone Girl
  • Prithviraj Chavan
    Key Cast
    "Ankur"
  • Richard klein
    Key Cast
    "Richard "
    RRR
  • Sidharth Badi
    Key Cast
    "Omkar"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 44 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    65,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, India
  • Language:
    English, Marathi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 30th Kolkata International Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    December 9, 2024
    Indian premier
    In Competition section
  • Third eye International film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    Jury Mention Award for child Actor
  • Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival
    Sambhaji Nagar
    India
    India Focus (Special screening )
  • Pune International Film Festival 2025
    Pune
    India
    February 14, 2025
Director Biography - Umesh Mohan Bagade

His current profile mostly revolves around concept writing and direction. For last 7-8 years he has been working for various films, TVCs, short films and documentaries. Also he has worked as a columnist for Times of India - Maharashtra Times news paper.
Beauty of conveying a story through audio-visuals and the magic of delivering a message through creative medium of films has always fascinated and inspired him. While pursuing these interests he finally ended up choosing this path as his profession.
His last short film "Anahut" won prestigious Filmfare Best Film Audience Choice Award in 2018. Another short film ‘Chaukat’ also got selected in Indian panorama of Internationa film festival of India 2016. Both films were also screened in various prestigious film festivals across the world.
Through his own production house - Addventure Productions, he has worked as a producer, director and writer for a number of television commercials.

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Director Statement

Cinema, as an impactful audio-visual medium, influences children aged 6-15. Promoting good movies to them can instill positive morals. It’s essential to bring quality cinema to all, including rural areas.