Neetu Chandra's production 'Deswa' set to release on digital channel NeoBihar
New Delhi
December 19, 2017
Actress-Producer Neetu Chandra is all set to present her Bhojpuri production
venture 'Deswa' to the audience by releasing it globally on December 23rd, 2017.
The film will be released through digital channel NeoBihar via YouTube.
'Deswa' is the first Bhojpuri film to have been screened at 16 International
film festivals and also the first Bhojpuri film to be selected for Indian
Panaroma International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa in 54 years.
While talking about the project, Neetu Chandra said, "There is a need for a
film like 'Deswa' to release globally including the Hindi markets. Thanks to
digitalization, we decided to go ahead and release the film on the digital
channel 'NeoBihar' so that we could reach millions. The film will be released in
English subtitles so everyone in any part of the world can watch it. It is
important for the world to see that Bhojpuri film. can also be content driven
while catering to the masses."
The makers believe that by releasing Deswa digitally, the film will, most
importantly, be accessible to traditonal bhojpuri and non bojpuri audiences in
India and Internationally, from the senior bureaucrats to the laborers in the
farm.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who had earlier watched the film appreciated Chandra's
efforts of presenting it and praised the film saying, "I loved 'Deswa'. This
film highlights the various problems faced by the people of Bihar including
unemployment, focusing on the fact that how people have to struggle with the
jobs, showing the predicaments faced by them on a daily basis. The film without
influencing violence or crime, in a very subtle way exhibits the conditions and
does not get offensive in any way. The music and lyrics are really meaningful.
I'd recommend everyone to watch the film. It's a well presented film and I want
to congratulate Neetu Chandra and her entire team."
Neetu feels that by creating a new form of Bhojpuri cinema that can cater to
audiences looking for cinema different from the ones that cater to masses.
"It is only when people realize that films from and on Bihar can also also
great content, will the door for content-driven cinema in Bihar open," explained
Chandra.
The cast of the film comprises of new faces that have been associated with
theatre in Bihar.
Neetu's idea behind shooting the entire film in Bihar was to create enough
job opportunities for the locals as she believes that filmmaking should be
considered as a livelihood and aims to boost the Bhojpuri film business with a
content driven commercial film.
'Deswa' is written and directed by National award-winning Director Nitin
Chandra who is also the brother of Neetu Chandra and has assisted directors
Dibakar Banerjee and Tanuja Chandra on various films.
The brother-sister duo has brought about a revolution of sorts by presenting
a clean and classy Bhojpuri film and reaching out to a global audience. (ANI)
New Delhi
December 19, 2017
Actress-Producer Neetu Chandra is all set to present her Bhojpuri production
venture 'Deswa' to the audience by releasing it globally on December 23rd, 2017.
The film will be released through digital channel NeoBihar via YouTube.
'Deswa' is the first Bhojpuri film to have been screened at 16 International
film festivals and also the first Bhojpuri film to be selected for Indian
Panaroma International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa in 54 years.
While talking about the project, Neetu Chandra said, "There is a need for a
film like 'Deswa' to release globally including the Hindi markets. Thanks to
digitalization, we decided to go ahead and release the film on the digital
channel 'NeoBihar' so that we could reach millions. The film will be released in
English subtitles so everyone in any part of the world can watch it. It is
important for the world to see that Bhojpuri film. can also be content driven
while catering to the masses."
The makers believe that by releasing Deswa digitally, the film will, most
importantly, be accessible to traditonal bhojpuri and non bojpuri audiences in
India and Internationally, from the senior bureaucrats to the laborers in the
farm.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who had earlier watched the film appreciated Chandra's
efforts of presenting it and praised the film saying, "I loved 'Deswa'. This
film highlights the various problems faced by the people of Bihar including
unemployment, focusing on the fact that how people have to struggle with the
jobs, showing the predicaments faced by them on a daily basis. The film without
influencing violence or crime, in a very subtle way exhibits the conditions and
does not get offensive in any way. The music and lyrics are really meaningful.
I'd recommend everyone to watch the film. It's a well presented film and I want
to congratulate Neetu Chandra and her entire team."
Neetu feels that by creating a new form of Bhojpuri cinema that can cater to
audiences looking for cinema different from the ones that cater to masses.
"It is only when people realize that films from and on Bihar can also also
great content, will the door for content-driven cinema in Bihar open," explained
Chandra.
The cast of the film comprises of new faces that have been associated with
theatre in Bihar.
Neetu's idea behind shooting the entire film in Bihar was to create enough
job opportunities for the locals as she believes that filmmaking should be
considered as a livelihood and aims to boost the Bhojpuri film business with a
content driven commercial film.
'Deswa' is written and directed by National award-winning Director Nitin
Chandra who is also the brother of Neetu Chandra and has assisted directors
Dibakar Banerjee and Tanuja Chandra on various films.
The brother-sister duo has brought about a revolution of sorts by presenting
a clean and classy Bhojpuri film and reaching out to a global audience. (ANI)
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