Morung Express News
Dimapur | March 19
Lack of patrons for locally made movies in Nagaland is a common affliction. However this has not deterred those with passion to ‘tread where angels fear to tread’ and come out triumphant, at times, through sheer grit and perseverance.
Munna Yadav is one of them. Despite the acute constraints in forms of talent and finances, the proprietor of Murti Films Private Ltd has been instrumental in bringing out films and other fares at regular interval since he made his debut with a Nagamese film ‘Mafia Gang’ in 2004. The movie was honed by Ajay Kumar Mehara, another veteran filmmaker from Nagaland.
In the intervening years, apart acting in numerous Nagamese movies, he has released Bhojpuri films and album, a Hindi album, a Bollywood movie as well as a Nepali movie.
He is also started the ‘North East Dancing Best Moms’ which will begin its Season III shortly.
On March 12, Yadav achieved another millstone when a Hindi movie made by his production house hit the marquee.
The movie, ‘Run (Daud) premiered at Town Hall, Dimapur with a warm reception from his growing fan base.
Fans from Agartala, Assam and Kolkata came for the premiere, the producer claimed.
“As producer, director and actor, I want to promote local talents. I want to make Dimapur into Mumbai,” Yadav earlier told The Morung Express.
In a short function before the show, NPF General Secretary (Finance) Basu Damini, who was the Guest of Honour at the premiere said that it was due to Yadav’s passion that he strived all those years despite several shortcomings.
Damini also assured support in the filmmaker’s future endeavor and also read out a note encouragement from Advisor to Chief Minister Urban Development, SI Jamir.
Introducing the movie, Yadav informed that 99% of the cast, including the lead actor Kartik Kumar and Director, are making their debut in the movie.
The film has assorted cast of both Nagas and non-Nagas adding to its diversity. Incidentally, a traffic police officer from Nagaland was cast after showing his interest in the project at the movie pre-production.
It was also learnt that the producer is presently in preliminary talks with T-Series to give it a wider release. The DVDs for home viewing will be released only thereafter.
He also reiterated his appeal for not condemning Nagamese films but support and promote local talents.
Run (Daud): Review
Run (Daud), written & directed Shiva Kumar BK, is a typical action movie shot mostly in outdoor locations with Kartik Kumar and Yana in the lead roles. The plot is simple but a leap forward from the regular fare we see in Nagamese movie.
The storyline is topical, dealing with the issue of invasion of information technology in modern life.
A group of youth is camping in jungle for a ‘digital de-addiction’ camp, when one of them unintentionally captured a murder, being committed by a group of Gangster in her handy cam. While she is killed upon discovery, she managed to transfer the same to the hero.
The rest of the story is about the event that unfolded afterwards with the gangsters desperate to retrieve the video. They are literally on a run since then, and thus the title.
The movie is technically comparable to any regular bollywood fare, with visually pleasing cinematography as well as competent sound editing.
However, a sharper editing would have made the movie crisper and added more adrenaline to the plotline publicised as a suspense thriller.
The dialogue delivery and the screenplay needs room for improvement, though given fact that most of the performers were first timers, it is far better than other movies produced in Nagaland.
While, the casts assayed their role competently, the side characters were far more superior in their performances.
Overall, a commendable job given constraints in Nagaland and the filmmakers as well as the cast deserves credits for the final product.
