[Urbanstudy] Film screening: 'When Shankar Nag Comes Asking' by Sushma Veerappa, Thursday, 28 March, 4.00 pm, NIAS Lecture Hall

[Carol Upadhya]

Apologies for cross-postings.
Carol


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*Synopsis:*


WHEN SHANKAR NAG COMES ASKING

Documentary, Kannada (English subtitled), 66:45 minutes, 2013, India

Produced by KOWDI

Directed by Sushma Veerappa

Camera - Vinod Raja

Sound – Arun Rama Varma

Editors – Sushma Veerappa with Vasanth Kumar D

Animations – Archana Hande


Bangalore could be any other metropolis of India. The lives of the
auto-drivers in the documentary could be survival stories of vulnerable
millions in many big cities right across the world. The twist in
Bangalore’s tale is Shankar Nag. No other city has an actor who died 20
years ago, still breathing through auto-ricksha windshields.

WHEN SHANKAR NAG COMES ASKING is an album about today’s Bangalore. In the
race to become a ‘global’ city, the struggle is as much in holding on to
the familiar as it is about embracing the new. In what ways does one seek
the familiar, when the familiar is not the same anymore? What does it take
for Ramanna, Mahadeva, and the Auto-drivers at Shankar Nag Auto Stand, 8th Main
Road, Basaveshwarnagar, to ‘belong’ in Bangalore today? How does Shankar
Nag fit into this story about identity and belonging?



Trailer -

http://youtu.be/mglMaZw7knk

Press –

http://www.timeoutbengaluru.net/film/features/idol-thoughts

Previous Screenings –

* Cinema City @ NGMA, Bengaluru

* Convocation 2012, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru


*About the filmmaker: *
After a Post-graduate diploma in Social Communications Media from Sophia
Polytechnic, Mumbai, Sushma joined the Bangalore Film Society. She
conceived and executed a film education programme for school children.  Sushma
has been making documentaries since 1998. Her focus has been on documenting
the work of grass root organizations working in Karnataka’s remote
villages. Her films have also been used as communication tools by these
organizations to further engage with the people they work with. Her work
encompasses a wide spectrum - about people’s co-operatives, leadership
imaging as participatory research tool, issues related to rainwater
harvesting, women and violence.  The city in transition has been her
concern in recent years. WHEN SHANKAR NAG COMES ASKING is the outcome of
this engagement. It is her first independent work.


For further information please contact:

Carol Upadhya
Professor
School of Social Sciences
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bangalore 560012
India

office:  +91 80 2218 5000/ 5141 (ext)
cell:      +91(0) 97408 50141

carol at nias.iisc.ernet.in
carol.upadhya at gmail.com

Programme Co-Director, *Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse
Transnational Flows in India's Regional Towns
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*http://www.nias.res.in/research-schools-socialsciences-provincial.php*
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