Chippa Featuring Sunny Pawar Of Lion Fame To Have Its North American Premiere At The 17th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angles 2019  

Jyothi Venkatesh

Writer-director Safdar Rahman’s directorial debut Chippa which features actor Sunny Pawar of Lion fame will have its North American Premiere at the 17^th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angles (IFFLA) 2019. The festival is being held from 11-14^th April 2019 at the Regal L.A. LIVE: A Barco Innovation Center in Los Angeles.The film which stars Sunny Pawar in the titular role is a coming of age tale of a boy and takes place on a single night in the city of Kolkata. On the eve of his 10^th birthday, Chippa receives a letter addressed to him by his long absent father and Chippa travels the streets of the city to find out more. . Chippa’s journey brings him into contact with several colourful characters along the way — some who have lessons to impart, and some who could learn a thing or two from the outspoken kid.Chippa also stars Chandan Roy Sanyal (Kaminey, D-Day) in a pivotal role. The film also features actors Sumeet Thakur, Veer Rajwant Singh and Masood Akhtar among others.

The film is edited by Manas Mittal and shot by Ramanuj Dutta whose credits include the National Award winning Mukti Bhawan and Kadvi Hawa respectively. Cyrille de Haes has scored the music for the film.Chippa is produced by Celine Loop, Sushilkumar Agrawal ,Rajat Agrawal, and A V T Shankardass.

A visibly excited Safdar Rahman says, “Chippa is a small film shot in the by-lanes of Calcutta by a crew made up of friends and family, and it’s amazing to see it travel the world. It’s a really intimate story about the dreams of a kid who lives on a pavement and the flight his imagination takes. I am intrigued to see how audiences outside the country will respond to a story like this.’ Celine Loop, one of the producers of the film, said “To shoot nights with a child - not to mention a puppy as well- with our constrained resources was not easy! But I am happy that we managed it well, and have come out with a film we are all proud of.”

Safdar Rahman is a film practitioner based out of Calcutta and Mumbai. After having directed a few plays in school and college, Safdar landed up as a class teacher in a school in East Delhi, handling a class of forty kids for two years.Consequently, he founded and runs a non-profit called Red Lorry Yellow Lorry which works in the sphere of education and arts. In 2014, he started working with the maverick film company, Oddjoint, where he has worn many hats before recently venturing out on his own and partnering with his wife Celine to found Travelling Light. Chippa is his first cinematic directorial venture.

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