''Kshay'' (

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: क्षय, Corrode) is a 2012

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independent Indian psychological drama film written and directed by Karan Gour. The film premiered on 8 October 2011 at the

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. It went on to win several international awards like the Jury Award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. It was released in theatres in

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on 15 June 2012.

Plot

A middle-class Indian housewife, Chhaya (

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) becomes obsessed with an expensive sculpture of the goddess

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and is determined to possess it despite the fact that she and her husband Arvind (Alekh Sangal) have little money.

Cast

as Chhaya *Alekh Sangal as Arvind *Sudhir Pednekar as Bapu *Adityavardhan Gupta as Sculptor *Nitika Anand as Shruti *Ashwin Baluja as Jamil *Siddharth Bhatia as Amay *Shalini Gupta as Woman in Market *Abhinay Khoparzi as Man on the Bus *Madhav as Construction Worker *Asit Redij as Asif *Shazeb Shaikh as Electrician

Production

The film was shot in Bhayandar,

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on a low budget of over a period of four years, with a director and one member crew. The director Karan Gour used HDV and shot the film in color, later changing it to black and white in post-production.

Release and reception

After its premiere on 8 October 2011 at the

, the film travelled to festivals like Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and South Asian International Film Festival. The film later saw a limited release at

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multiplexes starting 15 June 2012, followed by a DVD release. In its year end review, ''

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'' called the film an "assured debut" while adding the film to the "top films of 2012".

Awards

*2012 Jury Award for Best Feature at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles *2012 Asian New Talent Award for Best Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival

References

External links

Kshay (Corrode), website
* {{IMDb title, 1669648 2010s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films Indian independent films 2010s psychological drama films Films shot in Maharashtra 2012 directorial debut films Indian psychological drama films Indian avant-garde and experimental films 2010s avant-garde and experimental films 2012 independent films 2012 films