After having bagged the Best Tamil Film award at the 57th national film awards recently, Pandiraj directed Tamil move ‘Pasanga‘ (The Kids), will now be screened at a Chinese Film Festival as India’s lone entry.
The film has been selected for the 19th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival to be held at Jiangyin City in that country from October 11-16. The makers of the movie, Pandiraj and producer Sasikumar, also a director, are scheduled to leave for China.
‘Pasanga is the only Indian film selected for this prestigious festival,’ a unit spokesperson said in a release here.
‘Pasanga’ by debutant director Pandiraj is the story of the bonding of two rival schoolboys intertwined with a parallel love track. A commercial grosser, the film also recieved critical acclaim.
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It could not get any better for a debutant director in Kollywood. Pasanga, directed by Pandiraj, has been creened in film festivals across the world (literally) and won awards all over. If there is one country where Pandiraj and producer Sasikumar have not travelled with Pasanga, it must be China. But the quest is over as Pasanga has been selected for the 19th China Golden Rooster & Hundred flowers Film Festival. This festival will be held at Jiangyin, a city in China from October 11 to October 16, 2010. Director Pandiraj and producer Sasikumar have been invited to participate in the festival and both are leaving for China for the same. ‘Pasanga’ is the only Indian film that has been selected for this prestigious festival. It has also won National awards for Best Tamil film, Best dialogues and Best child artists.