“The Script Was First Written In Malayalam And Then Converted To Jasari”: Pampally, The Director Of ‘Sinjar

The directors of feature films in Indian Panorama ‘Sinjar’ and ‘Nagar Kirtan’ addressed the media sharing their experience and about making films and issues they face. Pampally, the director of Sinjar, says "Sinjar is a place in Iraq. Most people know the importance of Iraq. ISIS people who captured the place in 2014 and from that day the place is called Sinjar. They captivated Yazidi ladies and girls were brutally sexually harassed and abducted into dark house. My story shows how international terrorism affects the life of an ordinary fisherman in Lakshadweep. When terrorist attacks and conflicts happen around the world, we never thought how such incidents affect ordinary, uneducated people. This film tries to portray the hardships of such people.”He also explained the challenges he faced while doing a film in the local dialect of Jasari which lack any script or grammer. “The script was first written in Malayalam and with the help of local youth it was converted to local spoken language. The actors were also given some training for pronouncing this dialect. These also exercise turned it into a Himalayan task.Pampally marks his debut in IFFI 2018 with Sinjar which is also a rare language film made in Jasari language

 Actor Riddhi Sen, winner of 65th National Film Award for Best Actor, who was last seen in Bollywood in Helicopter Eela, says "I am happy that Nagarkirtan is being screened at #IFFI2018, one of the biggest film festivals in the world. Everyone here is living and breathing cinema. Hopefully, I can come back here if I am worthy enough.Riddhi Sen said that playing the character of a transgender in ‘Nagarkirtan’ was a life changing experience for him. “The movie is about a transgender person who has a woman trapped inside a man’s body. The transformational part from a man to a transgender individual was very difficult. The hardest thing was to capture the physicality of a woman and maintaining the fine line" "The film is a little effort to plunge into the darkness and help those people who are not accepted the way they are. He expressed hope that this film will change the attitude of at least one percent of society towards third gender."