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DELHI: Children’s film Mahek, directed
by K Kanade, has been nominated in six categories
including the best feature film at the ongoing
41st annual International Film Festival in Houston
in the US.
The
other categories in which it has been nominated
are best direction, best screenplay, best feature,
best foreign film and best family film.
 Produced
by the Children's Film Society of India, Mahek
had its world premiere at the 51st London Film
Festival 2007 and later was screened at several
International Film Festivals including the 32nd
Cleveland Film Festival, and at St Louis, Chicago,
Frankfurt and Sydney.
The
cast of the film include Shreya Sharma, Anuya
Bhagwat, Madan Deodhar, Anuja Borkar, Dheeresh
Joshi, Madhavi Gadgil and Lalan Sarang.
The
international crew was made up of music composer
Mathieu Lamboley based in Paris, associate director
Matthias Schwelm based in Berlin, and second
associate director Sania Jhankar studying at
Tisch, New York.
The
Indian crew had DOP Mrinal Desai, co-Writer
Kedar Dharwadkar, editor Suchitra Sathe, sound
recordist Anmol Bhave, re-recording artists
Anup Dev-Subir Das, costume designer Dinaaz
Gabrani and Makeup director Kavita Koparkar.
Legendary artist Mario Miranda did the sketches
for this film.
Also,
it is the only Indian film at the festival which
will have 52 feature film premieres with emphasis
on the American and International Independent
Feature films.
Director
Kanade told indiantelevision.com, "My
first feature film Mahek looks at the world
through the imaginative eyes of children and
examines their rights. What children miss most
is respect. Respect for them and respect for
their imagination. For a child, a flower is
as important as food, shelter and clothing.
The education system in India could put more
emphasis on aesthetics and philosophy."
Kanade is an alumnus in film direction from
the Film and Television Institute of India(FTII)
in Pune. He also completed the Producers Program
from UCLA.
His
thesis film Chaitra won three National
Film Awards and two National Awards at MIFF.
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