''Missed Call'' is a 2005 Indian English language film directed by Mridul Toolsidas and Vinay Subramaniam duo. The film was shot on 16mm in 15 days on shoe-string budget. Shot in cinema verite style with on location sync- sound, it went on to becoming Opening Film at ''Indian Panorama'' section of the
36th International Film Festival of India
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, and featured in ''World Cinema India'' section at the
60th Cannes Film Festival
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. Missed Call garnered ''Best International Film'' at the
Israel Film Festival
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,
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. Missed Call was adjudicated the ''Best International Film'' at the
Red Sea International Film Festival
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in 2008. The film was honored with Films Division of India's "Best of Indian Cinema."
Plot
The protagonist, a 20-something Gaurav Sengupta (Ankur Vikal) is obsessed with the idea of capturing every moment in life on celluloid and narrates the story as seen through his eyes. It is his journey from joy to despair, from hope to frustration and from love to lust.
Production
The movie was produced by Reelism Films and was their debut production. The movie was directed by the director duo, Mridul Toolsidas and Vinay Subramanian.
Cast
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Ankur Vikal
Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor.
Career
He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Grou ...
as Gaurav Sengpupta
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Salim Ghouse
Salim Ahmad Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films.
Early life
Salim Ghouse was born ...
as Arindam Kumar Sengputa
* Heeba Shah as Gayatri
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Ram Kapoor
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as Vinay Murthy
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Tinnu Anand
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Early life
He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Ana ...
as DK Bose
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Seema Rahmani
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Early life
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as Rose
Reviews
Strikingly original and darkly humorous, MISSED CALL is told in a captivating, vérité style that makes this directorial debut a must see for independent film aficionados worldwide.
It boasts delightfully realistic performances and witty writing that capture the passion, pain and promise of urban youth navigating the rocky road toward adulthood. - Indian Film Festival
"Missed Call" is a cutting example of niche cinema getting as close to the urban reality about the average bourgeois youngster as a camera can possibly take the audience. But at the end of the day the sense of aimlessness that overwhelms Gaurav Sengupta is much too familiar to connect with the audience as anything but an odd film about a square among circles. - WebIndia 123
"The film is about a filmmaker, his fight, his defeat, his eccentricities, his creativity and a burning passion for the medium. The directors sure deserve kudos because its a story that needs to be told."
References
External links
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# {{official website, http://www.missedcallfilm.com/missedcall.html
Reelism Films
2005 films
2000s Hindi-language films
Desi films
Indian documentary films
English-language Indian films
Indian independent films
Indian avant-garde and experimental films