The film Erased will have a Delhi premier on 25 February at Persistence Resistance 2010: A festival of contemporary political films, organised by the Magic Lantern Foundation and the India International Centre.
Date: 25, 26, 27 February 2010
Time: 7: 00 p.m.
Venue: India International Centre, 40 Maxmueller Marg, new Delhi 110003
Erased, 9 min, 2009, India
Director: Neha Raheja Thakker
A street child obsessed with a heroine on a film poster, grapples with his burgeoning sexuality as he stands on the precipice of impending manhood. While selling flowers on the streets of Mumbai he orchestrates encounters with a number of women in order to collect valuables that have a special significance and relationship to his paper goddess. A girl’s perfume, a woman’s ring, a look or a feel enable him to transform the paper heroine of his fantasies into sensations more tangible. His child-like innocence is slowly erased.
About the Director:
Neha Raheja Thakker studied architecture at the Thode Island School of Design, Providence, U.S.A and Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture & Environmental Studies, Mumbai,
She made the switch from architecture to pursue a career in film with Genesis Film Production, a company headed by ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakar, where she worked as a set designer for 5 years on over 30 television commercials.
Her more recent work experience ranges from short films to video art to being an assistant editor on a Hindi feature film. Her video – art installation ‘Crossings’ was exhibited at Gallery Espace, New Delhi in 2006 and at the India Art Summit in 2009. Her short film ‘Erased’ has won awards and been screened at several international film festivals.
Neha lives in Mumbai with her husband and son and works independently on short films, documentaries and video art.