KUKLI
Pukli is a village girl who belongs to an indigenous community of rural India. The lively little girl is known for her endless questions and curiosity towards anything unknown to her. But one fine day she suddenly stopped talking to everyone. No one had any clue about her silence. Her parents, villagers, and school teacher have tried a lot to find out her doubt. But they all remained speechless when they heard her foremost unanswered question.
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SHYAMA SUNDAR MAJHIDirector
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SHYAMA SUNDAR MAJHIWriter
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JAYANTI MAJHIProducer
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DIBYAJYOTI MARNDIKey Cast"PUKLI"
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SHANKAR MAJHIKey Cast"Pukli's Father"
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RAIMANI MAJHIKey Cast"Pukli's Mother"
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ARJUNRAJ MURMUKey Cast"Murmu Sir"
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MADAN MAJHIKey Cast"Lakhan Hadam"
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JADUNATH MAJHIKey Cast"Grandpa"
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SHYAMA SUNDAR MAJHIKey Cast"Head Master"
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RAJ MOHAN SORENCinematography
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RAJ MOHAN SORENEdit
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RAJ MOHAN SORENSound
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RAJ MOHAN SORENMusic
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RAJ MOHAN SORENColorist
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MADAN MAJHIExecutive Producer
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SHAKUNTALA MARNDIEnglish Subtitle
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SUJATA HANSDAEnglish Subtitle
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Fiction, Drama
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Runtime:24 minutes 52 seconds
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Completion Date:July 1, 2019
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Production Budget:1,500 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:Other
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Visualis Film Festival 2019St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
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Glance International Short Film Festival 2019Mumbai
India
Official selection -
Laurus Film Festival 2020Moldova
Belarus
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Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival 2019Moscow
Russian Federation
Official selection -
Nepal Cultural International Film Festival 2019Toronto
Canada
Official selection -
The Lift-off Sessions 2019, Pinewood StudiosUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
Official selection -
First-time Filmmaker Sessions 2019, Pinewood StudiosUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
Official selection -
International Film Festival «FESTPRO» 2020Moscow
Russian Federation
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Rome Independent Prisma Awards 2019Rome
Italy
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Benin City Film Festival 2019Benin
Nigeria
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John Abraham International Short Film Festival 2019Kozhikode, Kerala
India
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Take It Easy Film Festival 2019New York
United States
Official selection -
Under the Stars International Film Festival 2019Bari
Italy
Official selection -
Short Cine Fest 2019Online Film Festival
Official selection -
International Film and Video Festival «catharsis» 2019Moscow
Russian Federation
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Jaipur International Film Festival 2019, JaipurRajasthan
India
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Clubby Online Minimovie Festival 2019Noida
India
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International Film Festival of Ahmednagar 2019Ahmednagar
India
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7th Siliguri Short & Documentary Film Festival 2020Siliguri, West Bengal
India
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Independent Days International Film festival 2020Karlsruhe
Germany
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SENSUS Film Festival 2020St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
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Drishtiraaga Short Film Festival 2020Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India
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Chalachitram National Film Festival 2020Guwahati, Assam
India
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Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival 2020Mumbai
India
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Transparent Film Festival 2020New York
United States
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South Asian Short Film Festival 2020Kolkata
India
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Golden Earth Film Award 2020Online Festival
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Cine Fern Online Film Festival 2020Online Film Festival
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4th Jaipur Film World 2020Jaipur, Rajasthan
India
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Red Wood Film Festival 2020Online Festival
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The New Normal International Film Festival 2020Melbourne
Australia
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Short Film Factory 2019Bucharest
Romania
Best Short Film- -
Cine-Parbon International Short Film Carnival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Short Film -
Saran International Film Festival 2019Saran, Bihar
India
Best Short Film -
Tamasha Film Festival 2019Patna
India
Best Short Film -
Samuday Ke Saath National Short Film Competition 2019Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
India
Best Short Film -
Jharkhand Santali Film Festival 2019Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
India
Best Short Film -
White Unicorn International Film Festival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Short Film -
Cosmo Film Festival 2020Chennai
India
Best Indian Short Film -
BIOSCOPE Film Festival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Short Film Runner up -
Siliguri International Short Film Festival 2019Siliguri, West Bengal
India
2nd Best Short Film -
Indapur National Short Film Festival 2020Indapur, Maharashtra
India
3rd Best Short Film -
Istanbul Film Awards 2020Istanbul
Turkey
Best Director -
Jharkhand Santali Film Festival 2019Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
India
Best Director -
Kalaburagi International Film Festival 2020Gulbarga, Karnataka
India
Best Child Artist -
Cine-Parbon International Short Film Carnival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Child Artist -
BIOSCOPE Film Festival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Child Artist -
Jharkhand Santali Film Festival 2019Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
India
Best Story -
BIOSCOPE Film Festival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Story -
BIOSCOPE Film Festival 2020Kolkata
India
Best Sound -
Chambal International Film Festival 2019Kota, Rajasthan
India
Best Inspirational Film -
Vindhya International Film Festival 2019Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh
India
Special Jury Award Tribal Short Film -
Ayodhya Film Festival 2019Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
India
Special Jury Mention Best Cinematography -
Nexgn International Short Film Festival 2019Pune, Maharashtra
India
Award of Excellence for Best Short Film -
Tagore International Film Festival 2020Bolpur,West Bengal
India
Outstanding Achievement Award
Shyama Sundar Majhi is from India's Balasore District of State Odisha. He has studied BS in Power Engineering from BITS Pilani. He has directed BIN GIRA PERA, a Santali music video album in the year 2015 which included seven songs. In the year 2018, he has worked as a story writer, lyricist, and director for a Santali feature film SABARNAKA SURUBALI. In the year 2019, he has worked as a writer and director in a short Santali film titled KUKLI. All three projects are made under the banner of MM PRODUCTION.
Shyama Sundar Majhi is a well-known director in Santali Cine Industry for his uncompromising devotion to frame magnificent creative masterpieces. He has committed to working with the mission of progressive development of the Santali Cine Industry.
“My childhood hobby has become an addiction.
The spark in addiction has resulted in passion.
Though my passion isn't related to my profession,
But my mission has silently enriched my vision”.
The prime aim and objective of MM Production are to produce good quality Videos and Content that will directly or indirectly support the overall growth of the Santal Social System and promote their language, literature, culture, and tradition worldwide. Team MM Production consists of a group of like-minded people. We are working with minimum resources and limited manpower to fulfill our purpose.
I am Shyama Sundar Majhi, the Director of the Short Film KUKLI. This film is produced under the banner of MM Production in July 2019. I belong to an Indigenous Community: the Santal Community. The story of my film is picturized on an underprivileged little girl who descends from the indigenous Santal Community of rural India. I'm very well acquainted with the grass-root reality of my community. Through this film, I want to show the world about the Santali culture, tradition, social system, the pain, and suffering of my Santal Community.
Basically, I belong from a technical Profession and I possess an engineering background. Neither did I have studied in the film institution nor have attended any filmmaking workshop in my life. In my Short Film "KUKLI", not a single trained artist has been cast. Almost everybody is from my village and most of them are my family members and relatives. That was a big challenge for me on how to get the work done effectively and efficiently. Working with a child artist who has never been professionally trained, is really a very tough task for the Director. In my Film, the main character is a little girl child who knew nothing about acting and of course film shooting. The hard work of my team has reflected in the success of our film "KUKLI". Till now my film has won 115 National and International Awards out of 180 official selected Film Festivals across 16 Countries. It is not a matter of awards, but it is sure that my film is successfully highlighting a strong social message on humanity, anti-war, pain, and suffering of the tribal lives even in present India.