简介：这是第一部获得国际奖项的Telugu语种的电影。 Tiladaanam’isthefirstTelugufilmtogetanInternationalawardandthefirstIndianfilmatPusantogettheaward. Story: SubbaiahSastry,ahighlyrespectedscholarinhisprimeendureshisneighbors’contemptduetohisacceptanceofTiladanam,alowlyriteinvolvingacceptanceofthesinsofthedeadinexchangeformoney.Atoddswithhisson,Raghuram,aterroristhuntedbythepolice,Subbaiahhastoperformanarcane,yetexpensive,ritualtosavehissonandgrandsonfromanevilinfluence.Portrayingafather’sbeliefinhisreligionandtraditionsversushisson’srevolutionaryideology,thefilmfocusesonthechangingeconomicpositionoftheBrahminsintoday’schangingtimes. TheDirector: KNTSastryisarenownedIndianfilmcriticturnedfilmmaker.Hestrayedintodocumentaryfilmmakingandhasmadesevendocumentaries.Hisdocumentary“Surabhi”receivedtheNationalAwardfortheBestAnthropologicaldocumentary.“Tiladanam”ishisfirstfeaturefilm. HehasservedasaFIPRESCIjurymemberintheInternationalFilmFestivalsofSochi(Russia),andPusan(SouthKorea)andVladivostockFilmFestival,Russia.HehasservedasjurymemberfortheIndianPanoramaandNationalAwardsHewastheChairmanoftheJuryonBestWritingonCinema(NationalAward)in2004. NoteontheFilm: TiladaanamisaoneoftheritualsinHindutradition,whereabrahmincanaccepttheevilastrologicaleffectsofShani(Saturn)byacceptingadaanam(donation)fromtheaffectedparty.Thepersonwhogivesdaanamsupposedlygivesawayhisshanieffecttotheacceptor. ThereleaseofthefilmportrayingtheplightofapoorBrahminwasdelayedwiththeCensorBoarddifferingwiththeviewsofthefilmmaker.ThefilmfeaturesthechangingeconomicpositionandattitudesoftheBrahminsinsocietytodayandisasubtleinterfaceoftwodifferentideologies,oftraditionandterrorism–bothwiththesingularpassiontoservethehumanity. “TherearethreetypesofBrahmins-poor,middleclass,andtherich.Thefilmaimsatfocusingtherealpositionofthecommunityinthechangingtimes.However,therearepeoplewhorefusetoacceptthereality,andthinkthatthefilmonlyaimsatdamagingthecommunity,”saidthedirectorinaninterview.Thoughthereweresomeproblemsinitially,thefilmhasbeenreceivingwideacceptance.…