{"id":149641,"date":"2025-11-24T03:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149641\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:31:08","slug":"kiran-raos-kindling-pictures-backs-bosco-bhandarkars-shadow-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149641\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiran Rao’s Kindling Pictures Backs Bosco Bhandarkar’s ‘Shadow Hill’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKiran Rao<\/a>\u2018s production banner Kindling Pictures is backing commercial director Bosco Bhandarkar\u2019s feature directorial debut \u201cShadow Hill: Of Spirits and Men,\u201d which has been selected for the WAVES Film Bazaar<\/a>\u2018s Co-Production Market.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Bazaar is the market component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI<\/a>). <\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows two men on a treasure hunt in Goa \u2014 one seeking closure about a hidden truth and the other looking for an escape from drudgery. A mysterious woman who tells tales of the past helps both men find resolution. Set against the backdrop of Goa\u2019s transformation from a tranquil coastal region to an urban sprawl, the story blends comedic and tragic moments while exploring themes of memory, loss and human connection.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe idea is to find love as a counterforce to cynicism,\u201d says Bhandarkar, who drew inspiration from childhood summer vacations spent at an ancestral house in a Goan village. \u201cWe are living in times when one hopes for some faith in humanity, and I hope our film helps reflect this in some small and beautiful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe director said he wanted to address the ecological destruction caused by Goa\u2019s booming real estate market and political corruption, noting that \u201cthe very concepts of space and time have shifted drastically for the locals in present times, and not for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRao, who co-founded Kindling Pictures with producer Tanaji Dasgupta, has known Bhandarkar for over 25 years. \u201cHis perspective is unusual, mischievous, and deeply human,\u201d says Rao. \u201cThrough humor and irony, he is able to peel back the surface of ordinary life and reveal its hidden layers, often through striking, poetic imagery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBhandarkar has spent most of his career directing commercials. He describes himself as a daydreamer who loves \u201cfilms made by filmmakers who have school bags filled with empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt Film Bazaar, Kindling Pictures is seeking co-producers, financiers and film funds. The company has invested 25% of the budget and is looking to raise additional financing while attaching strategic partners to help execute Bhandarkar\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe believe it embodies a rare balance of humor, poignancy, and danger,\u201d said Rao. \u201cWe are very excited about this film because it promises to be an extraordinary cinematic experience,\u201d adds Dasgupta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kiran Rao\u2018s production banner Kindling Pictures is backing commercial director Bosco Bhandarkar\u2019s feature directorial debut \u201cShadow Hill: Of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,87384,85,46,67439,91441],"class_list":{"0":"post-149641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-iffi","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-kiran-rao","13":"tag-waves-film-bazaar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}