Maya Movie Details :
Maya is a 2001 Hindi film directer by Digvijay Singh with Nitya Shetty, Mita Vashisht, Anant Nag and Nikhil Yadav in lead roles.
- Directer : Digvijay Singh
- Producer : Emmanuel Pappas,Dileep Singh Rathore,Raj Singh
- Writter : Emmanuel Pappas,Digvijay Singh
- Starring : Nitya Shetty,Mita Vasisht,Anant Nag,Nikhil Yadav
- Music : Manesh Judge,Noor Lodhi
- Cinematography : Mark Lapwood
- Edited : Bridget Lyon
- Costume Design : Felicity Gifford
- Production Management : Emmanuel Pappas,E.V. Rajkumar
- Assistant Director : Dinesh G. Thakur
- Sound Department : Eric Grattepain,Philippe Heissler,Nicolas Leroy,Hubert Persat
- Production Company : Kundalini Pictures,On the Road
- Distributors : Ad Vitam Distribution,Agora Films,British Film Institute (BFI) ,CNC
- Genres : Drama
- Release date : 7 September 2001 India,16 January 2002 U.S.A
- Running time : 105 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Star Cast of The Film :
- Anant Nag … Arun
- Mita Vasisht … Lakshmi
- Nitya Shetty … Maya
- Nikhil Yadav … Sanjay
- Virendra Saxena … Pujari (as Veerendra Saxena)
- Mukesh Bhatt … Ganesh
- Shilpa Navalkar … Mridu
- Shreechand Makhija … Candyman
- Bhushan Dhupkar … Guri
- Abhichandra Jella … Vivek
- P.K. Sharma … Temple Priest (1)
- Prasad Sharma … Temple Priest (2)
- Shankar Sharma … Temple Priest (3)
- Girish Singh … Raju
- Sasidhar Valluri … Butcher
Story of The Film :
For 12 year-old Maya, life is very simple in her village in rural India. From innocent pranks to small adventures in the nearby forest, she spends most of her time with her 11 year-old cousin Sanjay. However, their fraternal love will be shattered when Sanjay will fail to save her from an imaginary brutal ritual.
Reception :
The Film won international acclaim at the major film festivals it participated in. The music score by the America-based duo of Manesh Judge and Noor Lodhi won Critics Mention at the Flanders Film Festival in Belgium. The music also received an award in England and came in third behind John Williams’ score for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Catch me if you Can. The movie was first runners-up in People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, one spot ahead of Mira Nair’s well known hit, Monsoon Wedding.
- Toronto International Film Festival 2001 | 1st Runner-Up People’s Choice Award
- Montreal World Film Festival | Nominated – Grand Prix De Amerique
- Flanders International Film Festival | Nominated Golden Spur and Winner Critics Mention – Music
- Chicago International Film Festival | Critics Special Mention – Nitya Shetty & Nikhal Yadav
- 25th Asian American International Film Festival | Remy Martin Emerging Director of 2002
- Australian Cinematography Society | GOLD Award & Distinction for Cinematography
Maya Movie Review :
This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.0 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 277.
Brilliant and heart-wrenching.
If you are an Indian born post-independence like me, this is a must to watch.
My heart just broke into a thousand pieces and something core to my existence died.
To think that this must still be happening in some remote corner of India is even more disgusting.
The biggest paradox that I cannot yet deal with is that a pristine form of art like
Critics Rating , from muvyz give 2 star out of 5 Star.
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