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Superman of Malegaon: Credit crunch cinema
Posted Dec 10, 2009
Following the success of Slumdog Millionaire and with A-list power waning - forthcoming film Malegaon ka Superman (Superman of Malegaon), made for 100,000 rupees, is winning international acclaim.
Shaikh Shafique playes superman who when not acting is a factory worker who was paid about £1.30 a day in what was his first acting role.
The making of Superman of Malegaon.
Superman of Malegaon has already received awards at film festivals in Los Angeles, Prague, Pakistan and Italy and according to the U.K Times, when shown at a festival in Goa last week, "international buyers jostled to snap up the rights. Consequently, a worldwide cinema release is — astonishingly — on the cards."
Variety magazine has described the film as possessing a, " loopy, energetic DIY charm" - a film, "about dreamers with more ambition than talent or resources".
Director Faiza Ahmad Khan is one such example who runs a cottage industry making Hollywood spoofs from the small village Malegaon, a hundred miles from the glitzy Bollywood film capital, Mumbai. According to reports - not only was the film's budget an issue but the director also managed to drop his camera in the water and had to contend with the lead actor taking four days off to get married. We hope you're listening Hollywood.
Kerry Olsen
Source: The Times
Photo Credits: Supermen of Malegaon
TAGS: superman of malegaon film bollywood variety hollywood credit crunch cinema. the times slumdog millionaire faiza ahmad khan shaikh shafique
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