Marathi/Kannada movie ‘Follower’ is the latest movie to joins the ranks of Indian cinema making a mark on the global stage. The feature film premiered at the prestigious 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), where it received rave reviews and ran to packed screenings.
‘Follower’ premiered at the 52nd IFFR as part of the festival’s Focus: The Shape of Things to Come Segment.
Helmed by debutant writer and director Harshad Nalawade, ‘Follower’ encapsulates the fight between Belgaum’s main linguistic groups- Kannada and Marathi through the lens of Raghu, a radicalised journalist. The film has dialogue in Kannada as well as Marathi languages.
Follower tells the story of a brainwashed youth belonging to a marginalised community and by digging deeper in his story, attempts to explore a world infected with hate propagated by misinformation about each other. The film navigates through personal differences of characters and creates a...
‘Follower’ premiered at the 52nd IFFR as part of the festival’s Focus: The Shape of Things to Come Segment.
Helmed by debutant writer and director Harshad Nalawade, ‘Follower’ encapsulates the fight between Belgaum’s main linguistic groups- Kannada and Marathi through the lens of Raghu, a radicalised journalist. The film has dialogue in Kannada as well as Marathi languages.
Follower tells the story of a brainwashed youth belonging to a marginalised community and by digging deeper in his story, attempts to explore a world infected with hate propagated by misinformation about each other. The film navigates through personal differences of characters and creates a...
- 2/15/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
The concept of how people become radicalized, which usually ends up with them joining the ultra-right is a topic of international interest, particularly nowadays, with the particular political space having given rise to a number of leaders throughout the world. Harshad Nalawade, in his feature debut, examines this particular topic based on his own experiences of living as part of a linguistically marginalized community of the disputed small town of Belgaum in Karnataka, India, where the Marathi and the Kannadiga seem to be entangled in a constant feud.
Follower is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Raghu, a member of the Marathi population in Belgaum, works as a journalist for a media outlet that seems to shamelessly promote a new Marathi leader who tries to gain votes by polarizing the members of the particular ethnicity with the Kannadigas living there. Raghu believes in his cause, to the point that the...
Follower is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Raghu, a member of the Marathi population in Belgaum, works as a journalist for a media outlet that seems to shamelessly promote a new Marathi leader who tries to gain votes by polarizing the members of the particular ethnicity with the Kannadigas living there. Raghu believes in his cause, to the point that the...
- 1/31/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The burning and very current topic of radicalization of Indian youth is the core subject of Harshad Nalawade’s “Follower.”
The film has its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Focus: The Shape of Things to Come? strand that asks if the institutional success of what used to be right-wing Hindu nationalist groups but are now mainstream, and the persecution of dissenting voices, is a sign of the shape of things to come.
The project was a work-in-progress lab selection at South Asia’s top film market, Film Bazaar, in 2021, and participated in the Film Bazaar Goes to Cannes initiative at the Marche du Film in 2022.
The film follows Raghavendra, a young man with a technical degree who unwillingly works in the family gift shop. A few incidents draw him toward a charismatic Hindu leader and he becomes a meagrely paid keyboard warrior for a radical online outlet.
The film has its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Focus: The Shape of Things to Come? strand that asks if the institutional success of what used to be right-wing Hindu nationalist groups but are now mainstream, and the persecution of dissenting voices, is a sign of the shape of things to come.
The project was a work-in-progress lab selection at South Asia’s top film market, Film Bazaar, in 2021, and participated in the Film Bazaar Goes to Cannes initiative at the Marche du Film in 2022.
The film follows Raghavendra, a young man with a technical degree who unwillingly works in the family gift shop. A few incidents draw him toward a charismatic Hindu leader and he becomes a meagrely paid keyboard warrior for a radical online outlet.
- 1/28/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Karwaan
Starring Irrfan, Dulquer Salman, Introducing Mithila Palkar
Directed by Akarsh Khurana
Life’s like that. It takes some weird twists and turns to finally put you on the right road. Of course the “right” is often the wrong for some of us.
In a sequence that would have been profoundly amusing if it were not so tragic a beautiful lady looks at two coffins and tells Dulquer, “The right one is your father.”
“So far,” sighs Dulquer, “the right one was the wrong one for me.”
Well, ha ha to that.
Excavating humour from the innards of mortality is never easy. Writer-Director Akarsh Khurana attempts the near-impossible and comes up with a film that never offends, even when it poses some serious problems of pacing.
You know that the film is looking for ways to keep the journey going when there are unnecessary detours on the way. And why not?...
Starring Irrfan, Dulquer Salman, Introducing Mithila Palkar
Directed by Akarsh Khurana
Life’s like that. It takes some weird twists and turns to finally put you on the right road. Of course the “right” is often the wrong for some of us.
In a sequence that would have been profoundly amusing if it were not so tragic a beautiful lady looks at two coffins and tells Dulquer, “The right one is your father.”
“So far,” sighs Dulquer, “the right one was the wrong one for me.”
Well, ha ha to that.
Excavating humour from the innards of mortality is never easy. Writer-Director Akarsh Khurana attempts the near-impossible and comes up with a film that never offends, even when it poses some serious problems of pacing.
You know that the film is looking for ways to keep the journey going when there are unnecessary detours on the way. And why not?...
- 8/2/2018
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.