Electric Moon

Electric Moon is a 1992 Indian film directed by Pradip Krishen and written by Arundhati Roy.[2] The film was produced by Grapevine Media for Channel 4 Television and Bobby Bedi's Kaleidoscope Entertainment and was reviewed at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) and the 36th London Film Festival (1992).[3]

Electric Moon
Directed byPradip Krishen
Produced byBobby Bedi (Kaleidoscope Entertainment)
Screenplay byArundhati Roy
StarringRoshan Seth
Alice Spivak
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Music bySimeon Venkov
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byPradip Krishen
Release date
4 December 1992 (1992-12-04) (UK)
Running time
102.5 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom/India[1]
LanguageEnglish

At the 40th National Film Awards, the film won the award for Best Feature Film in English.[4][5]

Set in an expensive tourist lodge in the forests of central India run by former royalty, Raja Ran Bikram Singh, 'Bubbles', the film is a satirical parody on Westerners visiting India, in search for their stereotypical notions of the country, replete with images of former Indian royalty, and relics of the British Raj. In turn the film was a commentary on social pretense and ecology. The issue was previously taken up by the Merchant-Ivory film The Guru (1969), and in time the film acquired a cult following.[6][7]

In a 2005 interview Roy said, "The movie I had in my head and different from the one we shot. I wanted it to have a more anarchic quality, but I didn't know enough about cinema to make that come through on screen." [8]

Cast
  • Roshan Seth - Ranveer
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Rambuhj Goswami
  • Leela Naidu - Sukanya 'Socks'
  • Gerson Da Cunha - Raja Ran Bikram Singh, 'Bubbles'
  • Raghuvir Yadav - Boltu
  • Alice Spivak - Louise Robinson
  • Frances Helm - Emma Lane
  • James Fleet - Simon Lidell
  • Gareth Forwood - Ian
  • Malcolm Jamieson - Thierry[9]
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References
  1. McFarlane, Brian; Anthony Slide (2003). The encyclopedia of British film. Methuen. pp. 226. ISBN 0-413-77301-9.
  2. "Arundhati Roy: A 'small hero'". BBC News Online. 6 March 2002.
  3. "Electric Moon (1992)". British Film Institute Database. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  4. "40th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  5. "40th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. McGirk, Jan (9 April 1997). "Goddess of Small Things". The Independent. London.
  7. Norton, James H. K. (2001). India and South Asia. Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. p. 172. ISBN 0-07-243298-5.
  8. Vir Singhvi (April 2005). "'I think from a very early age, I was determined to negotiate with the world on my own'". Rediff.com.
  9. "Cast". BFI Film database. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009.


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