Shala Directed by Sujay Dahake
India, 2011, Marathi (with English Subtitles) World Premiere
Cast- Anshuman Joshi, Ketaki Mategaonkar, Ashwini Giri, Nandu Madhav, Snehal Ghayal
In turbulent India of the Emergency in the 1970’s, four friends on the threshold of their teenage years in a little Indian school, gather in their beloved adda to deliberate the everyday's of school and life. Little do they know that by the end of this academic year, their lives will take a turn as they never expected it to. . .
‘Shala’ (School) is every person's story.
It is for every person who has been to school, and loved and lost his love.
It is a story of love, of circumstance, of passion, friendship and freedom.
Sujay Sunil Dahake was born in Pune, on the 26th Jan 1985 and passed out from a Pune based private mass communication institute. His diploma film “On the razor’s edge” a documentary on homeless people in Pune was screened at ‘International Digital Film festival, Delhi’. Sujay also worked with Fashion TV (FTV) Asia as a fashion photographer. During his months contract with FTV he shot 6 super models and was also featured in the program called ‘Photographers’ on FTV. Sujay also served as an ‘Associate Producer’ in a Hollywood production studio called ‘Bigfoot Entertainment’ under a 6 months contract. He also got a chance to be the Associate Producer on 2 Hollywood films ‘Deep Gold’ & ‘Victim of circumstance’. He also conducts special workshops on cinema analysis and Editing in a Pune based private film Institute. Sujay at the age of 25 directed his first film “SHALA” Based on the novel by Milind Bokil.
With: Fatakra Directed by Soham Mehta
USA, 2010, 19 minutes, English
Naveen left India to chase his dreams in America. Three years and a recession later, his wife and son finally join him. ‘Fatakra’ (‘Firecracker’) tells the story of the sparks that fly on their first day together as dreams collide with reality.
