12th Annual NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
May 23-27, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 3.00 pm, Theatre 1, Tribeca Cinemas.
Bubble Gum Directed by Sanjivan Lal
India 2011. 117 mins. Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri (with English subtitles)
Cast: Apporva Arora, Tanvi Azmi and Delzad Hiwale
Vedant, 14, resents his parents’ over concern for his deaf brother, 16, studying away from home. He forgets all when a pretty girl shifts in close by. To his horror he discovers a competition brewing over her with a local dude. Things get further complicated when his brother also returns home for his holidays. He is asked to give him a priority. Fearing losing the girl, Vedant fights back all only to discover himself, his brother & his family!
Sanjivan Lal is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune with specialization in Film Direction, 1993. His diploma film The Second Page about the killing of under trails in Police lock ups was screened as part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India in Calcutta in 1994. Starting his own production house, Lumiere Films, Sanjivan directed several one offs and serials telecast on prime television channels like Star Plus’s Star Bestsellers, Zee TV’s Rishtey and Sahara TV’s Raaz and Mujrim Kaun? The episode Khazana in the thriller series Mujrim Kaun? won the prestigious RAPA award for excellence in Radio and Television advertising.
Sanjivan has dealt with a variety of non-fiction subjects as well. From a film on chau mask making for the Government of Jharkhand, to a film on the Electronic Voting Machine for The Election Commission of India. His short film Is God Deaf about noise pollution in the name of religion was selected for the International Festival of Documentary and Reality Films at New Delhi and the International Film Festival of India, 2004, as part of the Indian Panorama. He also was a jury member for the Indian Panorama at IFFI 2005 in Goa.
Sanjivan Lal is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune with specialization in Film Direction, 1993. His diploma film The Second Page about the killing of under trails in Police lock ups was screened as part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India in Calcutta in 1994. Starting his own production house, Lumiere Films, Sanjivan directed several one offs and serials telecast on prime television channels like Star Plus’s Star Bestsellers, Zee TV’s Rishtey and Sahara TV’s Raaz and Mujrim Kaun? The episode Khazana in the thriller series Mujrim Kaun? won the prestigious RAPA award for excellence in Radio and Television advertising.
Sanjivan has dealt with a variety of non-fiction subjects as well. From a film on chau mask making for the Government of Jharkhand, to a film on the Electronic Voting Machine for The Election Commission of India. His short film Is God Deaf about noise pollution in the name of religion was selected for the International Festival of Documentary and Reality Films at New Delhi and the International Film Festival of India, 2004, as part of the Indian Panorama. He also was a jury member for the Indian Panorama at IFFI 2005 in Goa.