Baga Beach (film)

Baga Beach
Directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
Produced by Pramod Salgaocar
Written by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
Starring Paoli Dam
Cedric Cirotteau
Sadiya Siddiqui
Jean Denis Römer
Akash Sinha
Music by Sidhanath Buyao
Emiliana da Cruz
Cinematography Arup Mandal
Edited by Sankalp Meshram
Production
company
Sharvani Productions
Release date
Running time
 103 minutes
Country India
Language Konkani/English/Hindi
Budget ₹3 crore (US$420,000)

Baga Beach is 2013 Konkani film written and directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar. It followed his critically acclaimed, Paltadacho Munis (2009).[1]

Set in the eponymous Baga Beach in Goa, it was made at a budget of Rs. 3 crore, making it the most expensive film yet of Konkani cinema.[2] The film deals with the underbelly of tourism in Goa, with issues of paedophilia and child sexual abuse, conflict between locals and immigrants leading to hostility towards migrant labours, impact of holidaying foreigners on local culture.[3][4] The film had an Indian, German and French cast, including Bengali actress Paoli Dam, who spoke Hindi in the film.[5] It was shot in Goa with an handheld camera in sync sound.[6]

It was screened at 44th International Film Festival of India in 2013.[7] Subsequently, it won the Best Feature Film in Konkani award at the 61st National Film Awards.[8] After the awards, the Goa Legislative Assembly passed a resolution congratulating producer and director for making the film about "a topic which needed much attention", and called it an "eye opener on the issues related to children on our beaches." [9] The film was commercially released in Goa on May 30, 2014, but was not commercially released nationwide.[6][10]

Cast

  • Paoli Dam as Sobha
  • Cedric Cirotteau as Martin
  • Sadiya Siddiqui as Maggie
  • Jean Denis Römer as Schroeder
  • Akash Sinha as Devappa
  • Harsh Mainra as Shop keeper
  • Prashanti Tallpankar as Celestine
  • Reshma Jadhav as News Reporter
  • Rajesh Karekar as Jerroviar
  • Ivon C. de Souza as Brendan
  • Pradeep Naik as Victor
  • Serjee Kleem as Yuri

References

  1. ↑ "Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's next venture is 'Baga Beach'". The Hindu. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  2. ↑ "A Rs 3 cr Konkani movie". The Times of India. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  3. ↑ Gautaman Bhaskaran (27 November 2013). "Baga Beach: a tale of child sex, hatred for migrants". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  4. ↑ "`Baga Beach` about tourism ills in coastal Goa: Director". Zee News. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Paoli Dam to act in Shetgaonkar's 'Baga beach'". The Times of India. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  6. 1 2 "'Baga Beach' struggles to get a screening in Goa". The Times of India. Apr 18, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  7. ↑ "Shetgaonkar's 'Baga beach' to be screened at Iffi 2013". The Times of India. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  8. ↑ "61st National Film Awards For 2013" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  9. ↑ Press Trust of India (July 23, 2014). "Goa Assembly passes resolution hailing makers of 'Baga Beach'". Business Standard. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  10. ↑ Press Trust of India (May 28, 2014). "National Award does not make any difference to me: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
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