Hindi movie ‘The Manliest Man’ won the Best Film Award at los Angeles Feedback Film Festival. The movie was screened in the March edition of the film fest.
The movie is directed by Anuj Gulati that throws light on female infanticide. The 23 minute flick features actors including Yogesh Tiwari, Mukesh Pachode, Ram Chandra Singh, Indira Tiwari, Yogeeta Yadav in lead roles of the movie.
It is to be noted that the movie was shot in Bhopal and nearby areas. Besides, two kids from Parvarish- The Museum School, Khushi Goyal and Rashmi Ahirwar also played pivotal roles in the movie. The movie was released on July 10, 2017 on Youtube.
The film follows the story of people who live in schedule village of India. The Manliest Man is a story of a potter who lives in a village with his family. The potter has two daughters. He so desires for a son.
After failing to produce a son, the village potter is publicly shunned by his community, and an urgent search is on for a ‘manlier’ man to help the family bear a male offspring. An evocative score boldly punctuates this riveting, absurdist tale about gender and class discrimination, and man’s eternal savage thirst for dominance.
The movie till now has been screened at various international and national film festivals. It was screened at Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival. It has bagged awards at 4th literally Short film festival held at Texas and at 9th Short Wave Festival held in Poland. After its release on Youtube the movie is grabbing much appreciation by the viewers.