RALANG ROAD

By Karma TAKAPA

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

First film - Completed 2017

The stories of four individuals intertwine in a maze of Himalayan countryside, village buildings, and the local social microcosm.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2017
Official Selection - Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • First film, Thriller, Drama
    • Countries
    • INDIA
    • Languages
    • NEPALI, HINDI
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 103 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Karma TAKAPA
    • Producer(s)
    • Heer GANJWALA (HUMANTRAIL PICTURES LLP), Anadi ATHALEY (HUMANTRAIL PICTURES LLP)
    • Synopsis
    • Set in a small hill town amid the Himalayan region of Sikkim, the story features four individuals who are interwoven in a labyrinth of local landscape, village buildings, and the social microcosm. Teacher, who comes to the region to solve pressing emotional problems, apparently has nothing much in common with the villagers, but, however improbable, fate gradually builds pathways that lead to an encounter with two local guys trying to kill time while wandering the streets; the fourth character is the ever-taciturn owner of a billiard club. Various coincidences place them at the center of an initially unimaginable series of events. With a captivating internal rhythm and the stylistic elements taken firmly in hand, this directorial debut builds on work with nonpro actors and the special spirit of India’s tiny northeast state.