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KURMAGHAR -a film Written & Directed By Avinash Shejwal

synopsis:-
The story of the film is based on a fourteen year old girl, this teenage girl has no idea about menstruation and kurmaghar.
What is a Kurmaghar:- Women & girls have to live in hut during their menstruation period.which is made outside of village this hut is called Kurmaghar.A hut made up of grass,bamboo,branches etc with no essential physical things around.In rainy season,water leaks through the grass ceiling and flooring made up of mixing clay and cow dung create mud inside the hut. A bathroom made up of old sarees or wooden plank. The women are prohibited from entering to the village even for life essential commodities. If someone break the rule then this have to face the punishment given by villagers and caste-assembly.
In the movie you will see how the girl has to stay in the hut day and night during menstruation and what other problems she has to face.

Problems in a kurmaghar !

*The nights are especially very scary in the kurmaghar. It is not uncommon for wild animals to make an appearance like snake and there have been reports of women dying from "snakebites" while staying in Kurmaghar.
*“During the rainy season, it is all the more difficult to stay in a Kurmaghar because water comes inside and sometimes the roof leaks,
*There have no light (a light used in the film just for cinematic look ),
* no bed , Women usually sleep on the floor with just a thick sheet for a mattress, which is folded and used as a cushion during the day.

•Produced by :-Vaibhav Vishnu Kadam

Written & Directed by
Avinash Shejwal
avinashshejwal90@gmail.com

  • AVINASH SHEJWAL
    Director
  • Avinash shejwal
    Writer
    Dispel the white collar dream
  • Vaibhav Vishnu kadam
    Producer
  • pranjal suradkar
    Key Cast
    "Bali"
  • Pooja gaikwad
    Key Cast
    "mother"
  • Kranti sunita mohan
    music
  • Abhijeet patil
    cinematographer
  • Avinash Shejwal
    EDITOR
  • Avinash shejwal
    SCREENPLAY
  • Deepak Sathe
    PRODUCTION HEAD
  • Gautam Shejwal
    CREATIVE HEAD
  • Vinod Shejwal
    CREATIVE HEAD
  • Santosh Gautam
    LIGHT
  • Rohit Raokar
    HELICAM
  • Abhijeet Milind Gawali
    Assistant director
  • Asmita Milind Gawali
    Art Director
  • Ruchita Gautam Shejwal
    Costume Designer
  • Ujwala Shailendra Suradkar
    Hair & Make-up
  • Shailendra Suradkar
    Technician Supervisor
  • Atul Deepak Shejwal
    Technician Supervisor
  • Shayam Kishor
    Sound Mixing
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 26, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    4,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - deogiri college Aurangabad
  • 4th INSFF 2020
    INDAPUR
    India
    March 3, 2020
    Official Selection & Nomination for Best film, Best Screen play & Best Art Direction
  • 2nd SNFF 2020
    Sindhudurg
    India
    March 7, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 5th MANWTFFF 2020
    Los Angeles, California 90023
    United States
    September 17, 2020
    Official selection & 3-NOMINATION Teaser video, Feature Film & Poster
  • 10th Pune Short Film Festival 2020
    Pune
    India
    Official Selection
  • HEcare Film Festival (Human-Environment care film festival HECFF) CANADA 2020)
    CANADA
    Canada
    November 5, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 7th Goa short film festival 2020
    Goa
    India
    Official Selection
  • The 3rd Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival 2020
    Fukuoka
    Japan
    December 23, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 14th international children’s film festival Bangladesh 2021
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    January 30, 2021
    Bangladesh
    Official Selection
  • FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA DI CEFALU Italy 2021
    Cefalu
    Italy
    May 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival of Detective Films and Television programs on Law-Enforcement themes DetectiveFEST
    Smolensky boulevard,Moscow
    July 4, 2021
    Nominee
  • FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA DI CEFALU Italy 2021 Cefalu
    CEFALU
    Italy
    July 3, 2021
    Semi Finalist
  • First-time filmmaker sessions by lift-off global network 2021
    Pinewood
    United Kingdom
    April 14, 2022
    Official selection
  • International Film Festival of Detective Films and Television programs on Law-Enforcement themes DetectiveFEST International Film Festival of Detective Films and Television programs on Law-Enforcement themes DetectiveFEST
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    July 4, 2021
    Nominee
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
    Cefalù, Palermo
    May 1, 2021
    Semi-Finalist
  • One Earth Awards
    Bangalore, Karnataka
    India
    March 31, 2022
    Award Winner
  • Queer Asia Film Festival London

    United Kingdom
    June 16, 2022
    Official selection
  • Lift-off filmmaker session’s London
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 5, 2023
    Official selection
Director Biography - AVINASH SHEJWAL

Name : Avinash Shejwal
Dob : 3 April
Education : 1) Master of Business Administration .
2) Deogiri college Aurangabad.
3) Shiamak Davar's Institute for Performing Arts.
Ex. Member of a Bosco Martis team.

Work at an Indian Cinema
New film:- 1) The writer it has Begun (2022) (written & Directed
2) Dispel the white collar dream (2021) (Written & Directed )
As a Bollywood Choreographer
Projects:
Movie:
1 Zindagi tumse
Music videos:
1 Yehan tera hain jahan (Rituraj )
2 Mere bin (Sachin Gupta)
3 Din saare(Darshan Raval upcoming)
4 River Anthem (Sachin Gupta)
5 Mere humdam
6 Dard kaam nahi hota

Directed music video:-
1 Hai hum yahan (2018)

KURMAGHAR (2020)
A FILM WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
AVINASH SHEJWAL
Mumbai
Email- avinashshejwal90@gmail.com

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