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''Dream'' is a 2012 Telugu-language
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film produced by Satish Mynam, Vijaya Mynam under the banner of Kaipa Film Production House and directed by Bhavani Shanker K. The film features
Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...
, Pavani Reddy and Jayashree and music composed by Rajesh. ''Dream'' is scripted and directed by Bhavani Shanker K and is his first feature film as director. The film won Royal Reel Award at the
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2013 Official Selections
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New York City International Film Festival


Plot

The story runs around a retired Army officer who did not get to fight in the Kargil war. He now lives with his wife in an upscale, gated community spending most of his time playing war video games. The hero suffers from
Hypnagogia Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep: the ''hypnagogic'' state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep. Its opposite state is described as the transitional state from sleep into wakefulness. Mental ...
, a rare medical disorder. He starts dreaming and believes that his dreams are real. There is a story running in his dream and another in his real life. In a particular stage, he fails to see the demarcation, and these subconscious thoughts play havoc with his life and the people around him. ''Dream'' is this journey into the mind of the protagonist. This is a
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film.


Cast

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Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...
as Army officer * Pavani Reddy as neighbor * Jayashree as Army officer's wife * Deepti *
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Production

''Dream'' news first came out in July 2011 by Kaipas Film Production house, the producers, with
Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...
in the lead role and Bhavani Shanker K as the director. The director adds on the protagonist: "He is an interesting and a complex personality, youth will identify with his thoughts as dialogues are designed to appeal to them. The main lead actor
Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...
will be wearing shirts with his picture on him as he is slightly narcissistic. Jayasri, a Malayali actor plays his wife, Pavani Reddy a teenage girl and his neighbor."


Reception

Dream released to positive reviews and is known to be a completely different kind of movie introduced for the first time in 60 years of Telugu movie industry. The preview show to directors, producers and movie artists of Telugu movie industry has got critical acclaim from many of the top movie industry stalwarts for both the Debutante Director and the Producers of the movie. Recently, Dream movie and its crew are getting international recognizance after getting selected in early International Film festivals of 2013 like
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/ref> The movie continued its winning spree by winning at six well-known International film festivals. ''" Probably the most creative movie ever-made. Truly a new kind"'' - Venetia Evripiotou (Multiple Award-winning Greek Director) ''" The way they depicted the mindset of psychic disorder is so perfectly true. I would love to show this movie to my students."'' - S. Siyani ( Psychiatrist & Medical School Professor ) " ''This is the only movie i have come across which can never be written in as a Novel/Story. It can only be made as a movie. Absolutely Brilliant direction"'' - Richard Drake ( Screenplay writer & Director ) The movie is taken as reference for its unique screenplay in Ireland Film school.


Awards

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References

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External links

*http://www.kaipas.com *http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/rajendrarrasadsdream.html 2010s Telugu-language films 2012 films Indian psychological thriller films 2012 psychological thriller films