Nasir | |
Director: | Arun Karthick |
Producer: | Mathivanan Rajendran |
Starring: | Koumarane Valavane |
Cinematography: | Saumyananda Sahi |
Editing: | Arghya Basu |
Studio: | Stray Factory Rinkel Film, Uncombed Buddha, Magic Hour Films, Colored Pickle Films, Harman Ventures |
Runtime: | 75 min |
Country: | India |
Language: | Tamil |
Nasir is a 2020 Tamil-language Drama film directed by Arun Karthick and is an Indo-Dutch co-production between Stray Factory, Rinkel Film, Uncombed Buddha, Magic Hour Films, Colored Pickle film & Harman Ventures. The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "An observational chronicle of one seemingly ordinary day in the life of a seemingly ordinary sari salesman in the southern city of Coimbatore," with a focus on tolerance and human values. The movie's poster is inspired by the outline of Gandhipuram.[1]
Nasir was the recipient of the Hubert Bals Fund in 2018.[2] The film premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in Tiger Competition and won the NETPAC award for Best Asian Film premiering at the Festival[3] It also bagged the Grand Prix at the 14th Andrei Tarkovsky Zerkalo International Film Festival, Russia.[4] It won the Golden Wood in the Asian Arthouse Film Festival, 2021, Kolkata.