Haal E Kangaal

Haal-E-Kangaal (Hindi: हाल ए कंगाल, English: The Bankrupts) is a minimalist Hindi language feature film. The film is shot in a single location – a suburban flat in the city of Mumbai. The film stars only two actors. Ramchandra PN served as both the writer and director. The film is a black comedy that is a humorous account of the artistic and intellectual bankruptcy of independent filmmaking scene that presently exists in India. In a larger context, the film subtly debates the role of a filmmaker / artist in a highly competitive self centric world.

Haal-E-Kangaal
Directed byRamchandra P. N.
Written byRamchandra P. N.
Produced bySonk Films
StarringNiraj Sah, Hemant Mahaur
CinematographyNarayanan Venkataraman
Release date
  • April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20) (Manipal International Film Festival)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Two struggling filmmakers meet after a gap of fifteen years and have to spend a few hours together. As one of them narrates a script of a film to the other over liberal doses of drinks, the past catches up with them and for the two friends the celebration soon turns into a secession of one up-man-ship where accusations flow freely – the question of success, of failures and of a subtle comparison of individual achievements arise. The duo by the end of the film realise that they are as bankrupt as ever – literally, and in all sense of the word.[1]

Premier

A rough cut was shown in 2014 at the Manipal International Film Festival.[2] The group Popup talkies has been taking the film as a part of its curated package on Indian art house movies to places like Hyderabad and Mumbai.[3][4]

Haal-E-Kangaal has its premier on the 10th of June 2018[5] at the Reaktor Indian Film Festival in Vienna, Austria as a part of a package of Indian Art House film curated by programme coordinator Vivek Singhania and Festival director Bernhard Kammel.[6]

Cast

References
  1. "SUDDHA :: Projects in Development".
  2. "The Bankrupts (Haal-E-Kangaal) @ Manipal International Film Festival".
  3. https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20160213/282870844871183. Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Haal-e-Kangaal or The Bankrupts at Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai". allevents.in. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019.
  5. "Haal-E-Kangaal / The Bankrupts". 6 October 2021.
  6. "Indian Film Festival".
  7. "Niraj Sah". IMDb.
  8. "Alumni". Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. "Hemanth Mahaur". IMDb. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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