Aatmapamphlet
Autobio-Pamphlet
© Satyajeet Shobha Shriram
Om Bendkhale
Aatmapamphlet | Autobio-Pamphlet
© Satyajeet Shobha Shriram
Om Bendkhale
Aatmapamphlet | Autobio-Pamphlet
© Satyajeet Shobha Shriram
Khushi Hajare, Manas Tondwalkar
Aatmapamphlet | Autobio-Pamphlet
© Satyajeet Shobha Shriram
Aatmapamphlet | Autobio-Pamphlet
“The country, too, was crossing milestones, just like me.”
Daydreams, disillusions, and a sudden rush of joy. The symptoms of a first love are everywhere in this delightful directorial debut that reworks the visual codes of Bollywood romances to great comic effect. Yet as Ashish recalls his childhood, and time speeds up or slows down, the story of his love for his classmate Srushti gets caught up in that of 1990s India. Caste and religion threaten to turn friends into foes, but Ashish and his classmates ultimately prove their friendship runs deeper than societal divisions. This plea for (national) unity, voiced by a band of ordinary schoolboys, is in no way naïve: here is a strong rebuttal to the violently divisive walls and barricades of classism and religion tearing the whole world apart; here is popular comedy of the best kind.
Daydreams, disillusions, and a sudden rush of joy. The symptoms of a first love are everywhere in this delightful directorial debut that reworks the visual codes of Bollywood romances to great comic effect. Yet as Ashish recalls his childhood, and time speeds up or slows down, the story of his love for his classmate Srushti gets caught up in that of 1990s India. Caste and religion threaten to turn friends into foes, but Ashish and his classmates ultimately prove their friendship runs deeper than societal divisions. This plea for (national) unity, voiced by a band of ordinary schoolboys, is in no way naïve: here is a strong rebuttal to the violently divisive walls and barricades of classism and religion tearing the whole world apart; here is popular comedy of the best kind.
Trailer/Film Excerpt
With
- Om Bendkhale (Ashish)
- Pranjali Shrikant (Srushti)
- Chetan Wagh (Borya)
- Manas Tondwalkar (Ashish, young)
- Khushi Hajare (Srushti, young)
- Bhimrao Mude (Baba)
- Ketaki Saraf (Aai)
Crew
| Director | Ashish Avinash Bende |
| Screenplay | Paresh Mokashi |
| Cinematography | Satyajeet Shobha Shriram |
| Editing | Faisal Mahadik |
| Music | Saket Kanetkar |
| Sound | Shishir Chousalkar |
| Production Design | Baban Adagale |
| Costumes | Sachin Lovalekar |
| Make-Up | Santosh Gilbile |
| Casting | Rohan Mapuskar |
| Assistant Director | Sejal Randive |
| Production Manager | Rakesh Raorane |
| Producers | Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Aanand L. Rai, Kanupriya A. Iyer, Madhugandha Kulkarni, Shariq Patel |
| Executive Producer | Chandrashekhar Nannaware |
World Sales
Zee Studios
Mumbai, India
Produced by
T-Series
Mumbai, India
Colour Yellow Productions
Mumbai, India
Zee Studios
Mumbai, India
Ashish Avinash Bende
© Tejas Joshi
Aatmapamphlet is his debut film as a director. He has been working in the film industry for 14 years and has been an assistant director on numerous Indian film productions.
Filmography
2023 Aatmapamphlet (Autobio-Pamphlet)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023