Goopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya

Director: Shilpa Ranade
India | Hindi
2013 | 4min | Colour

Goopi & Bagha are two wise fools, one lives to sing and the other to play the drum. Despite their acute ineptness, their passion for music knows no bounds. When the villagers cannot bear to listen to them anymore, both are banished to the same forest. Here, Goopi & Bagha encounter each other and their fates become entwined for life. A strong and immediate bond is forged by the two hapless souls, both in search of connoisseurs of their musical craft.

*This is a  feature film and DIFF will be screening  excerpts from the film only.

Shilpa Ranade

Shilpa Ranade teaches Animation at IDC, IIT Bombay, a discipline she has helped establish in 2006. An alumnus of IDC, she later completed her MPhil in Animation from the Royal College of Art, London. Shilpa Ranade has directed short animation films for Channel 4, UK; her films have traveled all over the world winning accolades in some of the most prestigious film festivals. She is a founding member of Damroo, a project involved in creating content for children where she has produced books and films while working closely with children to produce the content.

Credits

Director: Shilpa Ranade
Producer: Children’s Film Society, India
Screenplay: Soumitra Ranade
Editor: Avinash Walzde
Music: Narayan Parshuram
Production Company: Paperboat Animation Studios

Festival Appearances & Awards

Toronto International Film Festival, 2013
Dubai International Film Festival, 2013
Chicago International Movies & Music Festival 2014, USA
ASIFA Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Jury Award for Best Art Work at ICFF, Hyderabad,
Nominated for Best Film APSA