:Frozen (2007 film)
{{short description|2007 black-and-white Indian drama film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Frozen
|image = Frozen 2007 film.jpg
|caption =
|director = Shivajee Chandrabhushan
|producer = Shivajee Chandrabhushan
|writer = Shanker Raman (screenplay)
Shivajee Chandrabhushan (story)
|starring = Danny Denzongpa
Gauri
Rajendranath Zutshi
Aamir Bashir
|music = John P. Varkey
|cinematography = Shanker Raman
|editing = Shan Mohammed
|distributor =
|released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|07}}
|runtime = 109 minutes
|country = India
|language = Hindi
Ladakhi
|budget =
}}
Frozen is a 2007 black-and-white Indian drama film directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan. The original screenplay written by Shanker Raman, based on a story by Chandrabhushan and starring Danny Denzongpa, Gauri, and Skalzang Angchuk. The film was shot entirely on location at Ladakh, India.[http://www.booksie.com/editorial_and_opinion/book_review/lubusait/frozen-warm-ladakhi-fare FROZEN Warm Ladakhi Fare Film review] Retrieved 8 September 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=9865 |first=Gautaman |last=Bhaskaran |date=19 September 2007 |title=Festival Review - Toronto International Film Festival |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=8 September 2009 |archivedate=1 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101073058/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=9865 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}
It was featured at the various international film festivals, including the 2007 London Film Festival and Dubai International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/frozen-at-the-dubai-film-festival/ |title=Dubai Film Festival 2007: FROZEN |first=Andre |last=Soares |accessdate=8 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227214708/http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/frozen-at-the-dubai-film-festival/ |archivedate=27 December 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} and was the official selection at 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, and Palm Springs International Film Festival.[http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=16473 Frozen 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113101221/http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=16473 |date=13 January 2010 }} efilmcritic.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/en/movies/a-celebration-of-indian-cinema/frozen.html |title=India/2007/Hindi, Ladakhi dialogue with English subtitles/B&W/35mm/110 mins |publisher=Dubai International Film Festival |accessdate=8 September 2009 |archivedate=8 June 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608025542/http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/en/movies/a-celebration-of-indian-cinema/frozen.html |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}{{cite news|title=Shivajee Chandrabhushan's Frozen goes to Toronto Film Festival|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/shivajee-chandrabhushan-s-frozen-goes-to-toronto-film-festival/story-q8lgO3z4z1lH6huwd8I10M.html|first=Diganta|last=Guha|work=Hindustan Times|date=21 June 2007|accessdate=2 April 2016}}[http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19692&fid=35 Frozen, 110 mnts.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727191352/http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19692&fid=35 |date=27 July 2011 }} Palm Springs International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
At the 55th National Film Awards, it was awarded the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Cinematography.{{cite web|url= http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2009/sep/r2009090707.pdf|title=55th Nsational Film Awards for the Year 2007|publisher=Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India)|accessdate=8 September 2009}}
Plot
The film is a sombre journey of imaginative and impulsive teenager, Lasya (Gauri), who lives with her father Karma (Danny), an apricot jam-maker and younger brother Chomo (Angchuk) in a remote village in the Himalayas. Pristine snow-capped mountains surround their tiny hamlet and barren harsh land stretches for miles into nowhere. One day the army moves in, settles a hundred yards across their doorstep. The last bit of comfort the family draws from their familiar surroundings changes into a harsh, ceaseless, irreversible conflict. The film depicts the life of this family whose dreamlike existence is interrupted by insurmountable odds, one after the other.{{cite web|url=http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=30 |title=Frozen |publisher=San Francisco International Film Festival |archivedate=31 December 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231045322/http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=30 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}
Cast
- Danny Denzongpa as Karma
- Gauri Kulkarni as Lasya
- Skalzang Angchuk Gultuk as Chomo
- Shakeel Khan as Romeo
- Rajendranath Zutshi as Dawa
- Yashpal Sharma as Sharma
- Aamir Bashir as Commanding Officer
- Denzil Smith as Tenzing
- Sanjay Swaraj as Salim
- Anuradha Baral as Sita
- Sonam Stobgias Gorky as Rinpoche
- Shilpa Shukla as Karma's Wife
- Wangchuk Dorjey Mogul as Officer Wangchuk
- Stanzin Jordan as Vicky
- Manish Mathur as Performing Artiste
Production
The film was shot in Ladakh, then part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, in February 2006, over 34 days at an average height of 15,000 ft above sea level. The film was shot in colour and was digitally intermediated to black and white. The house where the film was picturised was built at Stakmo, behind Thiksey Monastery.{{YouTube|lELsIqbyDWs|Frozen}}
Reception
A review by Dennis Harvey of Variety, said that film's director's "background as a photographer and mountaineer, -- is evident in every frame of directorial debut "Frozen.".[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934772.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Film Review] at Variety (magazine)
Though the film had been going through Film Festival circuit since 2007 when the film was ready, its commercial release however happened in May 2009, during the stand off between producers and multiplexes, which resulted in number of films coming out of cold storage.{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09/apr/11-dannys-award-winning-film-frozen-set-for-release-040910.asp|title=Danny's award winning film FROZEN set for release|accessdate=8 September 2009}}
Awards and nominations
The film has won (or been nominated for) the following awards:
; Won
- National Film Awards
- Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Shivajee Chandrabhushan
- National Film Award for Best Cinematography - Shanker Raman
- Durban International Film Festival - Best Cinematography - Shanker Raman [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071798/awards Awards] IMDb.
- Osian-Cinefan Film Festival, Delhi - Special Jury Award
; Nominated
- International Thessaloniki Film Festival - Golden Alexander (Best Film) - Shivajee Chandrabhushan
- Asian Film Award for Best Cinematographer - Shanker Raman
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1071798}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090226201342/http://passionforcinema.com/frozen-a-beautifully-unique-looking-film-that-deserves-the-big-screen Film Review] Passion for Cinema.
- [http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/6935/movie-stills-frozen-2007.html Movie stills]
{{National Film Award Best First Film of a Director}}
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Category:Indian black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by John P. Varkey
Category:2000s Hindi-language films
Category:Ladakhi-language films
Category:Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography National Film Award
Category:Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners