Ship of Theseus (film)
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| Directed by | Anand Gandhi |
| Produced by | Sohum Shah Mukesh Shah Amita Shah |
| Screenplay by | Anand Gandhi |
| Story by | Anand Gandhi Khushboo Ranka |
| Starring |
Aida Al-Khashef Neeraj Kabi Sohum Shah |
| Music by |
Benedict Taylor Naren Chandavarkar Rohit Sharma |
| Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar |
| Edited by | Adesh Prasad Sanyukta Kaza Satchit Puranik |
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Production
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Recyclewala Films
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| Distributed by |
UTV Motion Pictures Fortissimo FIlms |
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Running time
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143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language |
English Hindi Arabic Swedish |
Ship of Theseus is a 2013 Indian drama film written and directed by Anand Gandhi, and produced by actor Sohum Shah. The film explores "questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through the stories of an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and an enterprising stockbroker", played by Aida El-Kashef, Neeraj Kabi and Sohum Shah.
After three years in development, the film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received great critical acclaim and was touted as "the hidden gem of the year". It has received highly positive reviews from both Indian and international press and has been hailed as "the most significant film to come out of India in a very long time". Film critic Derek Malcolm has called it a "life-changing film" and Variety commended its "unexpected grandeur".
The title of the film alludes to Theseus’ paradox, most notably recorded in Life of Theseus, wherein the Greek historian and philosopher Plutarch inquires whether a ship that has been restored by replacing all its parts remains the same ship.
The film released in India on 19 July 2013. It won the award for the Best Feature Film of the year at the 61st National Film Awards.
Aaliya Kamal (Aida El-Kashef) is a visually impaired and celebrated Egyptian photographer in the process of undergoing a cornea transplant that will restore her vision. Though the surgery is a success and Aaliya’s vision is restored, she has trouble adjusting to her new found sense of sight and is dissatisfied with her resulting photography.
Maitreya (Neeraj Kabi), an erudite Jain monk, is part of a petition to ban animal testing in India. When he is diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, his reluctance towards animal tested medication is questioned and he must now depend on the people he’s been fighting against – a path he refuses to take.
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