GOLDFISH
Drama
Description:
Goldfish is about forgiveness, about retaining humanity in the face of the inevitable. It’s all about love, dementia, identity, and diaspora. As the script began to evolve, it became about the collision of two unreliable memories. And then the cast got involved. And the film became one about community and the definition of family. When the music emerged from the collision of the lyrics and two cultures, it began to shape the palette of the piece.
With help from a neighbourhood and a past she has shunned, a young woman returns home to deal with her mother’s dementia and the scars of her childhood.
Language: English
Director, Writer, and Cinematography: Pushan Kripalani
Pushan Kripalani is a cinematographer and director. His first film, The Threshold [2015], was acclaimed in its short festival run, garnering praise at MAMI and the NFDC Film Bazaar and winning Best Actor and Best Actress at the New York Indian Film Festival. As cinematographer, he has filmed several features, as well as ads, documentaries and shorts, working with Shyam Benegal, Ram Madhvani and Zafar Hai, amongst others, as well as for National Geographic, Discovery and the BBC. He has worked on over thirty productions for the stage and for radio, in capacities ranging from director to actor to designer, musician and producer. Goldfish is his second feature.
Producer: Amit Saxena
Presented by: Anurag Kashyap
Writer: Arghya Lahiri
Musician: Tapas Relia
Lyricist: Kausar Munir
Executive Producer: Pooja Chauhan
Production Designer: Ruby Todd
Line Producer: Surabhi Bhatnagar
Edited by: Pradip Patil
Sound Recordist: Andrea Calaprice
Sound Design by: Kaamod L. Kharade
Costume Designers: Kelly Toode & Seema Iqbal Rani
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Reviews rated four star and above (⭐⭐⭐⭐+)
“Complex and delicate film”, Pratikshya Mishra, The Quint
“The beauty lies beneath its characters”, Rohit Bhatnagar, Free Press Journal
“Explores all life themes beautifully”, Bhavna Agarwal, India Today
“A must watch film”, Lachmi Deb Roy, FirstPost
“A not-to-be-missed gem”, Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV
“Emotionally charged watch”, Archika Khurana, Times of India
“A very intimate and detailed affair“, Shubham Kulkarni, Koimoi
Spotlight >
- Goldfish had its Germany Premier at Indo-German Film week in Berlin, 2023
- Goldfish had the Australia Premier at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival in Melbourne
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