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Written and directed by: Anand Gandhi
Produced by: Mukesh Shah, Sohum Shah, Amita Shah
Co-produced by: Anand Gandhi
Executive Producer: Ruchi Bhimani & Mitesh Shah
Director of Photography: Pankaj Kumar
Edited by: Adesh Prasad, Sanyukta Kaza, Satchit Puranik
Sound: Gabor Erdelyi, Tamas Szekely
Original Music: Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor
Original Song ‘Naham Janami’ Composed by: Rohit Sharma
Production Designers: Rakesh Yadav, Pooja Shetty
Costume Design: Shriti Banerjee
First Assistant Director: Adesh Prasad
Line Producer: Ruchi Bhimani
Casting: Arushi Nayar
Publicity Design: N. Zihani Choudhary
Special Makeup: Dilip Naik
Post Production Supervisor: Sidharth Meer
Production Company: Recyclewala Films Private Limited
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| Cast List |
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| Aida El Kashef as Aliya Kamal,
Neeraj Kabi as Maitreya,
Sohum Shah as Navin,
Faraz Khan as Vinay,
Vinay Shukla as Charvaka,
Amba Sanyal as Bhanu Ajji |
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| Synopsis |
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If the parts of a ship are replaced, bit-by-bit, is it still the same ship?
A blind photographer, celebrated for her intuitive work, successfully captures the
essence of her experience in her photography. However, she also struggles with
insecurities over authorship in the context of larger questions about subjectivity and
intent in art.
An erudite monk, who is an ideologue and practitioner of non-violence, and involved
in animal rights activism, is forced to make a choice between death and medicine -
medicine that is either derived from, or tested on animals. As death closes in, he requestions
all the ideas that he has always taken for granted.
A young stockbroker has a frictional relationship with his grandmother, whom he
nurses in a hospital. When it is discovered that a neighbouring patient has had his
kidney stolen, he starts out on a trail that leads him to a kidney tourism racket. Altruism
and concern leads him to confront the recipient of the kidney, eventually making him
discover how intricate morality could be.
Following the separate strands of their philosophical journeys, and their eventual
convergence, Ship of Theseus explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning
and death. |
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| BIOGRAPHIES |
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Anand Gandhi – Writer & Director
Anand Gandhi is a filmmaker, playwright and artist, deeply interested in philosophy,
evolutionary psychology and magic. His work in theatre, television and short cinema
has been appreciated by audiences around the world, and has won him several
prestigious awards in the past decade. Ship of Theseus is his first feature. He is now
engaged in producing cutting edge, contemporary world cinema under his banner
Recyclewala Films Private Limited.
Director's Filmography:
2012 THE SHIP OF THESEUS
2006 CONTINUUM (short)
2003 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (short)
Mukesh Shah – Producer
Recyclewala Films is an independent film production company established by
producer Mukesh Shah with a vision to produce artistic, edgy and engaging films for
both Indian and international audiences. The focus is on working with emerging
talents who carry a unique voice, and are conscious of the need to engage their
audiences in an intellectually, emotionally and aesthetically stimulating cinematic
experience. Apart from SHIP OF THESEUS, the company is currently involved in the
production of Rahi Barve’s debut feature TUMBAD.
Sohum Shah – Actor, Producer
Determined to experiment and challenge any stereotyping right at the onset of his
career, Sohum Shah plays a young Stockbroker in Ship of Theseus, a character
diametrically opposite to his breakout performance in BABARR. His line up includes
Rahi Barve’s dark period mood piece TUMBAD, and Anand Gandhi’s next feature.
Determined to act and partner with young cutting edge directors, Sohum Shah might
easily be the face of the changing Indian cinematic landscape.
Aida El-kashef - Actor
Aida graduated from the high cinema institute class of 2008. She Worked as an
assistant director in several commercial and independent films, directed 3 short
documentaries and 2 short fiction films. Her graduation short fiction "Rhapsody in
autumn" won the Silver Muhr in Dubai Film Festival and several other awards through
out the Arab world. She co-founded "Mosireen " in 2011, a citizen journalism media
collective based in Cairo. She plays the part of the Photographer in Ship of Theseus. |
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