Peter Terpstra
2012-08-28 02:43:37 UTC
Tibetan Opera singer Namgyal Lhamo's film Drapchi selected for Warsaw
film fest
Press Trust of India | Sunday, August 26, 2012 (New Delhi)
After its world premiere and impressive response at Osians Cinefan,
Arvind Iyer's debut feature Drapchi has been selected for the 28th
Warsaw International Film Festival in October.
Written by Pooja Ladha Surti and produced by Iceberg Nine Films, the
78-minute-long film, shot in four countries and starring acclaimed
Tibetan Opera singer Namgyal Lhamo, will be screened in the World Today
section of the festival.
Drapchi attracted a motley crowd of world cinema lovers at Osian's where
both Iyer and Lhamo were present.
Asked about the response the film received at the festival, Iyer told
PTI, "A scene when Yiga Gyalnang (Namgyal Lhamo) is seen running her
hands on a barbed wire fence on an icy cold winter day, when her voice
says 'As long as Wise Spirits live, Tibet will Live' was very much
appreciated.
"That one liner juxtaposed with Lhamo's explosive track 'Changkha' and
the barbed wire that pinched hearts and triggered a lump in the throat
seemed to encapsulate the times that Tibetans live in."
The film has been signed on by Hollywood whiz and publicist Linda Brown
who has worked on movies such as 2012 Sundance Festival winners Valley
of Saints and Middle of Nowhere.
According to him, it is a relatively "difficult decision for film
festivals as anything Tibet related always has an antenna or two going
up somewhere politically".
Asked if he felt that his work would fan trouble with the Chinese, Iyer
says, "A lot of people ask me that and I don't know what to say anymore
because I try and look at Tibet from a 'Tibetan-inside-Tibet'
perspective and I have always maintained that the Tibet belongs to Tibetans.
"However, there is a systematic run down of tradition and culture inside
of Tibet and this is where artists such as Namgyal Lhamo continue to
play such a massive role in keeping that cultural flag flying high."
He says his next untitled feature which also be produced by Iceberg Nine
Films and will have the Tibetan songstress in an "equally important and
powerful role".
http://tinyurl.com/99ekhr9
http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20120213422&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=259318
film fest
Press Trust of India | Sunday, August 26, 2012 (New Delhi)
After its world premiere and impressive response at Osians Cinefan,
Arvind Iyer's debut feature Drapchi has been selected for the 28th
Warsaw International Film Festival in October.
Written by Pooja Ladha Surti and produced by Iceberg Nine Films, the
78-minute-long film, shot in four countries and starring acclaimed
Tibetan Opera singer Namgyal Lhamo, will be screened in the World Today
section of the festival.
Drapchi attracted a motley crowd of world cinema lovers at Osian's where
both Iyer and Lhamo were present.
Asked about the response the film received at the festival, Iyer told
PTI, "A scene when Yiga Gyalnang (Namgyal Lhamo) is seen running her
hands on a barbed wire fence on an icy cold winter day, when her voice
says 'As long as Wise Spirits live, Tibet will Live' was very much
appreciated.
"That one liner juxtaposed with Lhamo's explosive track 'Changkha' and
the barbed wire that pinched hearts and triggered a lump in the throat
seemed to encapsulate the times that Tibetans live in."
The film has been signed on by Hollywood whiz and publicist Linda Brown
who has worked on movies such as 2012 Sundance Festival winners Valley
of Saints and Middle of Nowhere.
According to him, it is a relatively "difficult decision for film
festivals as anything Tibet related always has an antenna or two going
up somewhere politically".
Asked if he felt that his work would fan trouble with the Chinese, Iyer
says, "A lot of people ask me that and I don't know what to say anymore
because I try and look at Tibet from a 'Tibetan-inside-Tibet'
perspective and I have always maintained that the Tibet belongs to Tibetans.
"However, there is a systematic run down of tradition and culture inside
of Tibet and this is where artists such as Namgyal Lhamo continue to
play such a massive role in keeping that cultural flag flying high."
He says his next untitled feature which also be produced by Iceberg Nine
Films and will have the Tibetan songstress in an "equally important and
powerful role".
http://tinyurl.com/99ekhr9
http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20120213422&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=259318