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KIRAN RAO

presents

a RECYCLEWALA FILMS production

a film by ANAND GANDHI

A UTV MOTION PICTURES RELEASE

SHIP OF THESEUS by Anand Gandhi

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Technical Details

India, 2012, Color, Drama

Language: English, Hindi

Running Time: 139 minutes

Screen Format: DCP

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Sound Format: 5.1

Production Company Contact

Recyclewala Films Private Limited

Address: A-91, MURLIPURA SCHEME, Jaipur- 302023, Rajasthan, INDIA

Contact Person: Ruchi Bhimani | Mitesh Shah

Phone: +91 98205-49022 | 98331-48884

Email: [email protected] | [email protected]


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Crew List Written and directed by: Anand Gandhi

Produced by: Mukesh Shah, Sohum Shah, Amita Shah

Co-produced by: Anand Gandhi

Executive Producer: Ruchi Bhimani & Mitesh Shah

Director of Photography: Pankaj Kumar

Edited by: Adesh Prasad, Sanyukta Kaza, Satchit Puranik

Sound: Gabor Erdelyi, Tamas Szekely

Original Music: Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor

Original Song ‘Naham Janami’ Composed by: Rohit Sharma

Production Designers: Rakesh Yadav, Pooja Shetty

Costume Design: Shriti Banerjee

First Assistant Director: Adesh Prasad

Line Producer: Ruchi Bhimani

Casting: Arushi Nayar

Publicity Design: N. Zihani Choudhary

Special Makeup: Dilip Naik

Post Production Supervisor: Sidharth Meer

Production Company: Recyclewala Films Private Limited

Cast List

Aida El Kashef as Aliya Kamal

Neeraj Kabi as Maitreya

Sohum Shah as Navin

Faraz Khan as Vinay

Vinay Shukla as Charvaka

Amba Sanyal as Bhanu Ajji


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Logline Ship of Theseus explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through the stories of an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and a young stockbroker.

Short Synopsis If the parts of a ship are replaced, bit-by-bit, is it still the same ship? A blind photographer grapples with the loss of her intuitive brilliance as an aftermath of a clinical procedure; an erudite monk confronting an ethical dilemma with a long held ideology, has to choose between principle and death; and a young stockbroker, following the trail of a stolen kidney, learns how intricate morality could be. Following the separate strands of their philosophical journeys, and their eventual convergence, Ship of Theseus explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death.

Long Synopsis If the parts of a ship are replaced, bit-by-bit, is it still the same ship? A blind photographer, celebrated for her intuitive work, successfully captures the essence of her experience in her photography. However, she also struggles with insecurities over authorship in the context of larger questions about subjectivity and intent in art. An erudite monk, who is an ideologue and practitioner of non-violence, and involved in animal rights activism, is forced to make a choice between death and medicine - medicine that is either derived from, or tested on animals. As death closes in, he re-questions all the ideas that he has always taken for granted. A young stockbroker has a frictional relationship with his grandmother, whom he nurses in a hospital. When it is discovered that a neighbouring patient has had his kidney stolen, he starts out on a trail that leads him to a kidney tourism racket. Altruism and concern leads him to confront the recipient of the kidney, eventually making him discover how intricate morality could be. Following the separate strands of their philosophical journeys, and their eventual convergence, Ship of Theseus explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death.


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B I O G R A P H I E S Anand Gandhi – Writer & Director

Anand Gandhi is a filmmaker, playwright and artist, deeply interested in philosophy, evolutionary psychology and magic. His work in theatre, television and short cinema has been appreciated by audiences around the world, and has won him several prestigious awards in the past decade. Ship of Theseus is his first feature. He is now engaged in producing cutting edge, contemporary world cinema under his banner Recyclewala Films Private Limited. Director's Filmography: 2012 THE SHIP OF THESEUS 2006 CONTINUUM (short) 2003 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (short)

Mukesh Shah – Producer

Recyclewala Films is an independent film production company established by producer Mukesh Shah with a vision to produce artistic, edgy and engaging films for both Indian and international audiences. The focus is on working with emerging talents who carry a unique voice, and are conscious of the need to engage their audiences in an intellectually, emotionally and aesthetically stimulating cinematic experience. Apart from SHIP OF THESEUS, the company is currently involved in the production of Rahi Barve’s debut feature TUMBAD.

Sohum Shah – Actor, Producer

Determined to experiment and challenge any stereotyping right at the onset of his career, Sohum Shah plays a young Stockbroker in Ship of Theseus, a character diametrically opposite to his breakout performance in BABARR. His line up includes Rahi Barve’s dark period mood piece TUMBAD, and Anand Gandhi’s next feature. Determined to act and partner with young cutting edge directors, Sohum Shah might easily be the face of the changing Indian cinematic landscape.

Aida El-kashef - Actor

Aida graduated from the high cinema institute class of 2008. She Worked as an assistant director in several commercial and independent films, directed 3 short documentaries and 2 short fiction films. Her graduation short fiction "Rhapsody in autumn" won the Silver Muhr in Dubai Film Festival and several other awards through out the Arab world. She co-founded "Mosireen " in 2011, a citizen journalism media collective based in Cairo. She plays the part of the Photographer in Ship of Theseus.


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Neeraj Kabi - Actor

Neeraj Kabi is a highly respected thespian, stage director and a trainer. He established ‘Pravah Theatre Laboratory’ for performance, training and research. In 1997 he played the lead role in multiple international award winning feature ‘The Last Vision’, directed by A.K. Bir and produced by NFDC. Along with Ship of Theseus, in which he plays the part of an erudite monk, Neeraj will have two more releases in coming months - Kranti Kanade’s ‘Gandhi of the month’ in which he plays a crucial part opposite Harvey Keitel, and Amit Kumar’s ‘Monsoon Shootout’ which is produced by Anurag Kashyap and picked up by Fortissimo films for International sales.


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Some quotes from the film:

".. a sphere stuck in plane land - struggling to explain what it means my “up”!" - character Aliya played by Aida Elkashef

"It's so oppressive, this obsession with final answers." - character Charvaka played by Vinay Shukla

"Isn't a man just a sum of his parts?" - character Navin played by Sohum Shah

"If a man is just a sum of his parts, does he change if you change the parts?" - character Mannu played by Sameer Khurana

"They have found a way to prove that reality exists even when nobody’s looking." - character Vinay played by Faraz Khan

"The male silkworm can smell a single molecule of pheromone. If I had an olfaction as developed, I wouldn’t be able to stand your smell." - character Vinay played by Faraz Khan

"Bats echolocate, yeah? Sound is perceived at a speed that even the flapping of a fly’s wings is clearly audible - time itself slows down." - character Aliya played by Aida Elkashef

"I guess we agree in reason, and now, it's only a matter of disposition." - character Maitreya played by Neeraj Kabi

"You think you are a person, but you are colony." - character Charvaka played by Vinay Shukla

"How do you know where you end and your environment begins?" - character Charvaka played by Vinay Shukla

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