Neti Neti (film)
Neti Neti – Not This Not This is a 2013 Indian Film. Directed by Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar and Produce by Rita Jhawar
Title
Neti Neti is a Sanskrit Word.It means the impermanence of the Universe.All that we see and experience is an illusion,a cosmic illusion.The movie deals with the experience of a women as she dreams and the changing characters of her dream are in the end she herself.There is this eternal question between God identity and nothingness which requires the presence of such a Title. NETI NETI – NOT THIS, NOT THIS.
Plot
‘NETI NETI-NOT THIS NOT THIS' is all about the eternal seek of human kind. Is all that we perceive real? Isn't life a cosmic dream? It is time we seek the eternal truth that has eluded us. The protagonist faces the questions in her dream, wherein she assumes the identities of a grave digger, a 'Dom', a child, an old lady and a prostitute, a Baul singer. In her dream she also appears as a witness, and sees God through her belief patterns. She is confused when she perceives a nameless being playing dice with God and herself. All these and more leave her perplexed. Truth as Dreamer realizes is 'Endless Genesis in the sea of Nirvana.
Music and audio
The Film's Music, was done by Saugata Mazumdar, Paul Cecchetty, Vijay Siddharth, Singer & Lyrics Writer Saugata Mazumdar, recording studio Harmony & K77 Kolkata India.
Awards
Winner
- 2013 – 2nd Kolkata International Film Festival, Won best Film Award, Won Best Background Music Award
- 2013 – 2nd Delhi International Film Festival, Won Special Festival Mention Award, Won Best Background Music Award
- 2013 – Free Spirit Film Festival, 2013 McLeodganj, Himachal Pradesh Won Best Original Concept Award.
- 2013 – 2nd Mumbai International Film Festival, Won best Film Award, Won Best Background Music Award, Won Best director Award
- 2014 – NACT Film Award 2014 Won best Film Award
- 2014 – Navi Mumbai Film Festival Award 2014 Won best Film Award
- 2014 – Navi Mumbai Film Festival Award 2014 Won best Film Award
- 2014 – Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, Award Won best Film Award, Won Best Background Music Award, Won Best director Award
- 2014 – Film Makers' Association of Eastern India, Kolkata Film Festival Award 2014 Won best Film Award
- 2014 – 3rd Bangalore Film Festival, Award 2014 Won Special Festival Mention Award Won Official Selection for Editing Won Official Selection for Screenplay Won best Film Award, Won Best Background Music Award,
- 2014 – Indian Cine Film Festival, Award 2014 Won Special Festival Mention Award Won Official Selection for director Won Best Background Music Award, Won Official Selection for Editing
Official selection
Nominated in
- 2013 – Delhi International Film Festival 2013, Delhi
- 2013 – 4th Gujarat International Film Festival of India
- 2013 – 6th Jaipur International Film Festival 2014