''Amizade'' () is a 2018 Indian
Konkani-language action film written and directed by Aniket Arun Naik, and produced by Sachin Verlekar's Om Creative Film Works, in partnership with Bymistake Motion Pictures. It stars Konkani actors
John D'Silva
John D'Silva (born 20 February 1970) is an Indian Konkani actor, playwright and director.
D'Silva is the first tiatrist to enter the Limca Book of Records in 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet ...
and Rajiv Hede and is the debut film of Siddhant Kanekar, Gaurav Pokle, Chetan Upadhay, Dhruv Sincro and Vaishnavi Pilankar. The film is about love and the journey of four good friends and their friendship. The film's trailer was launched at the Goa Marathi Film Festival in 2018, and its poster was released at the
48th International Film Festival of India
The 48th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2017 in Goa. "Celebrating the Future of Cinema" was set as the festival's theme and registrations were opened in early October 2017.
Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who was appo ...
by the then
Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar. The film was released on 7 December 2018.
Cast
*
John D'Silva
John D'Silva (born 20 February 1970) is an Indian Konkani actor, playwright and director.
D'Silva is the first tiatrist to enter the Limca Book of Records in 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet ...
as Bebo
* Siddhant Kanekar as Abhi
* Gaurav Pokle as Siddhu
* Dhruv Sincro as Ghodo
* Vaishnavi Pilankar as Suzy
* Rajiv Hede as D'Souza, the ruthless politician
* Chetan Upadhay as Alwin D'Souza, the politician's brother
Production
Aniket Naik has been working in Mumbai's film industry since 2007, working on films like ''
Ferrari Ki Sawaari
''Ferrari Ki Sawaari'' () is a 2012 Indian sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar, and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Ritvik Sahore in the lead roles. The film was released on ...
'', ''
John Day'', ''
Hridayanath'', many
advertisements, and has even worked as the second assistant director for the
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
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* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
film ''Hidden''. Making a Konkani film with this prior experience in filmmaking was thus a long time dream of his. Working on the script for nearly two years, he collaborated with producer Sachin Verlekar to make the film. Naik chose many amateur debutantes for the film and got them trained further before beginning the filming.
The music for this movie is given by the music director duo
Rithesh-Shridhar.
See also
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Konkani cinema
* ''
Juze
''Juze'' or ''Juje'' is a 2017 Indian film in Konkani, written and directed by Miransha Naik. The film is about the social injustice and exploitation faced by migrant labourers in Goa, and is set in the 1990s.
It was co-produced by people fr ...
''
References
External links
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* {{YouTube, kBoYGpi8Pn4, Trailer of the film Amizade
2018 films
Films set in Goa
Films shot in Goa
2010s Konkani-language films