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Wikipedia article
'Kaasav' is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language film released on 6 October 2017. It has been directed by filmmaker duo Sumitra BhaveSunil Sukthankar and produced by Mohan Agashe in association with BhaveSukthankar's production company "Vichitra Nirmiti". The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 64th National Film Awards. It became the fifth Marathi film to win in this category.
Plot
Maanav (Alok Rajwade) has been hospitalized for cutting his wrists. He runs away from the hospital. Janaki (Iravati Harshe) finds him collapsed on the side of the road. She asks her driver Yadu (Kishor Kadam) to take him home to Devgad(konkan) and appoints a private doctor. Janaki is a divorcee who often consults a psychologist for her panic attacks. She also helps Dattabhau (Mohan Agashe), who is working on an olive ridley sea turtles conservation program.
Cast
* Iravati Harshe as Janaki
* Alok Rajwade as Maanav
* Mohan Agashe as Dattabhau
* Kishor Kadam as Yadu
Production
Mohan Agashe had acted and co-produced filmmaker duo Sumitra BhaveSunil Sukthankar's earlier film 'Astu' (2016). A New Jersey-based couple, Prakash and Alka Lothe, saw 'Astu' and liked it and gave 50 lakh to its producer-directors to make another film based on mental disorders.
BhaveSukthankar found it difficult to find producers to make 'Kaasav' which is based on depression as its theme. Agashe produced the film with Bhave and Sukthankar.
The film was shot in a single 18-day schedule at Devgad's beaches. As it depicts the issue of depression among youngsters in relation to the life and nesting cycle of olive ridley sea turtles, the team did a lot of research on the endangered species.
Agashe, himself being a psychiatrist, provided clinical material to the filmmakers that also included psychiatrist and researcher Vikram Patel's book, "Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual".
Reception and awards
The film won the 'Golden Lotus Award' ('Swarna Kamal') National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 64th National Film Awards. The citation states that this is "in appreciation of the perfect blending of an environmental behaviour and a personal one in a poignantly beautiful cinematic way." It became the fifth Marathi film to win in this category.
The film also participated in various international film festivals like the Mumbai Film Festival (2016), the Kolkata International Film Festival (2016), the International Film Festival of Kerala (2016), the Bengaluru International Film Festival (2017), and the New York Indian Film Festival (2017).
The protagonist Alok Rajwade also won the Best Actor Award in the BRICS Film Festival-2017 held in China this year.
References
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