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Best Film Digital Talkies International Film
Festival, 2001
Best Film
Digital Talkies Fest 2001
Best Editing Kara Film Festival 2002
urf professor
Nobody knows the Professor's real name. He wears a no-nonsense safari suit,
looks like an accountant, is absent-minded and a little clumsy, loves to
read but, being shortsighted, needs glasses to do so. He is good at what he
does, yet dreams of winning the lottery so he can retire and give his books
exclusive attention. He is the only hit man in town who belongs to a public
library.
Advani tells his story through 4
episodes: Red Bikini, Maya, Funeral Parlour and Jackpot. A thriller but also
a black comedy; action packed yet reliant on long stretches of dialogue; the
background music evocative, yet the narrative style bordering on the
austere. Full of contradictions, Urf Professor nevertheless creates a
unified whole. It would be useless to try and summarise the plot, involving
as it does a botched assassination, a stolen car, a tramp, a lottery ticket
and, of course, a love interest.
The Filmmaker
Pankaj Advani created Bheja Fry, a series of madcap, short, silent films for
Channel V. He has made a children's film, Sunday, for the Children's Film
Society of India, which won two National Awards and has been shown at
several festivals. He also co-wrote Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na with Kundan Shah.
Directed by: Pankaj Advani
INDIA/2001/120MIN/HINDI
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