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India’s Oscar entry Gujarati film ‘The Good Road’

         Surprised to know that Gujarati film ‘The Good Road’ has been chosen to represent India at Oscars. ’The Good Road’, and not ‘The Lunchbox’, India’s entry for Oscar. Congrats to the cast & crew. It is said to be the first Gujarati film to have made it.
 
       THE GOOD ROAD, National Award Winner 2013- Best Feature Film – Gujarati, featuring Sonali Kulkarni, Ajay Gehi, Keval Katrodia, Shamji Dhana Kerasia, Priyank Upadhyay, Poonam Kesar Singh. Directed by Gyan Correa. Releasing on 19th July, 2013. Produced by NFDC LTD.
 
 

 
Synopsis:
Pappu is a truck driver. Supporting his parents and extended family is beyond his means. Now, he has been presented a plan. An accident will be staged. Pappu will “die”. Insurance payments are substantial. David and Kiran, a middle class urban couple, with their son Aditya, are on a holiday. Aditya will be accidentally separated from them during a brief halt at a Dhaba. And his loss will only be discovered several hours, and several hundred kilometers later. They must double back to find him. Poonam is an 11-year old-year-old child from the city. She is looking for her grandmother, living in a town at the end of this highway. Tired and hungry, Poonam unwisely stops at the Topaz, what seems to be a small garment dying unit. Aditya will be found by a local dhaba owner, and put onto Pappu’s truck. Has Aditya found a new and unlikely home on this truck? Later, when it is too late, Poonam will discover that the Topaz is not quite the place for her. She will be confronted, forcefully, with the very same choices she is running away from. Which way will this young girl turn? And Pappu, looking for answers to balance his need with those of this little boy, will find a new strength and conviction within.
 
Crew:
Director: Gyan Correa
Story/ Script/ Screenplay Writer: Gyan Correa
Director of Photography: Amitabha Singh
Music Director: Rajat Dholakia
Sound Design: Resul Pookutty
Editing: Paresh Kamdar
Art Director: Mrinal Das
The microsite of the film www.thegoodroadfilm.com, which serves as an official platform for all updates and information.