FROZEN at the Dubai Film Festival
by Andre Soares
One of the films screening at the 4th Dubai International Film Festival’s Celebration of Indian Cinema sidebar is Shivajee Chandrabhushan’s feature-film debut, Frozen, set in the Kashmiri Himalayas.
Written by Shanker Raman (from a story by Chandrabhushan), Frozen is the tale of a teenage girl who lives with her father and younger brother in a remote mountain village. Their harsh but peaceful existence is drastically disrupted after the army settles at a nearby camp.
Spoken in Hindi and Ladakhi, and shot in black and white (by screenwriter Raman) in order to better convey the region’s starkness, Frozen was filmed at freezing temperatures at 12,000-foot (approx. 3,600 meters) altitudes. Earlier this year, the film won the Special Jury Award at the Osians Cinefan Film Festival in Delhi.
In the cast are veteran action hero Danny Denzongpa, Gauri, and Skalzang Angchuk.
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Dubai Film Festival seems to be getting better and better each year. I really enjoyed Bee Movie with my kids, though it released a day later throughout the cinemas in the Dubai.