Film by KSFDC to compete in Bengaluru film festival

Thiruvananthapuram: ‘Nishiddho’ (forbidden),the first film produced by Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) as part of the state government’s initiative to support aspiring women directors, has been selected to the competition section of the 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), scheduled from March 3 to 10.
Written and directed by Tara Ramanujan, ‘Nishiddho’ is one of the two films produced by KSFDC under the government’s ‘films directed by women’ project, an initiative for empowerment of women.The movie will be screened in the Indian cinema competition category of BIFFes.
‘Nishiddho’ is about the lives of two migrant people from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and their struggles in a Kerala city. Actors Kani Kusruti and Tanmay Dhanania play the lead in the film, which has cinematography by Manesh Madhavan, editing by Anzar Chennatt and music by Debojyoti Mishra.
The government has allocated budgetary funds to KSFDC for production of two movies under the project annually. The movies are helmed by female directors.
Congratulating the crew of ‘Nishiddho’, minister for culture Saji Cheriyan said that Kerala is probably the first state to introduce such two distinct projects for encouraging creative endeavours by the underrepresented section in filmdom.
“The project for women filmmakers is part of the government’s commitment to the empowerment of women. It will provide ample creative space for them to fulfil their concepts and ideas through visual story-telling. It is a seminal initiative to promote women-led creative projects in the state,” he said.