Liar's Dice (film)
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| Directed by | Geetu Mohandas |
| Produced by | Alan McAlex Ajay Rai |
| Written by | Geetu Mohandas |
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Geetanjali Thapa Nawazuddin Siddiqui Manya Gupta Vikram Bhagra Murari Kumar |
| Music by | John Bosters |
| Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi |
| Edited by | Ajith Kumar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Liar's Dice is a 2013 Hindi road drama film, written and directed by Geetu Mohandas. The film stars Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles. The film deals with the issue of the human cost of migration to cities and the issue of migrant labourers and their exploitation, through the story of young mother, living in remote village, whose husband goes missing after having left to work many months ago.
Geetu made her debut as feature film director with the film, she had previously made short film Kelkkunndo in 2008, which received wide acclaim. The film had its world premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2013, where it took part in the Indian competition section. In January 2014, the film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam. It won a special jury award at Sofia International Film Festival.
The film went on to receive two National Film Awards including, Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa and Best Cinematography for Rajeev Ravi at the 61st National Film Awards. The film is India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
The canvas of the film stretches from a small village on the mountains called Chitkul, which borders China to the industrial land of big dreams, Delhi city.
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