The Shrihari Sathe-directed film has won over 30 awards at film festivals.
Award-winning Marathi feature film ‘1000 Rupee Note’, directed by Shrihari Sathe, will get a theatrical release in New York, on September 23.
The film has won over 30 awards from film festivals around the world, including both the Special Jury Award (Silver Peacock) and Centenary Award for Best Film at the International Film Festival of India. It also swept the Maharashtra State Film Awards winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Special Mention), and Best Supporting Actor.
The film’s plot revolves around Budhi, a widow, who lives in a small village in Maharashtra. Her only son, a young farmer, has committed suicide. Though poor and left alone in the world, she leads a cheerful life. She is particularly fond of her neighbor, young Sudama with whom she shares the small pleasures of life.
A local politician gives her a few 1000 rupee notes at an election rally. She and Sudama go shopping to the nearby market with her newfound wealth, but fate has other plans for them.
Sathe is a New York and Mumbai-based independent filmmaker and producer. He produced Eliza Hittman’s ‘It Felt Like Love’ which world premiered at 2013 Sundance Film Festival and 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam to great reviews. He is a 2015 Independent Spirit Award nominee and is a 2013 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow.
Sathe’s latest production Elisabeth Subrin’s ‘A Woman, A Part’ world premiered at 2016 IFF Rotterdam. He recently finished post-production on Ed Blythe’s ‘Man With Van’ (2011 Film Independent Producers Lab). Sathe teaches at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America, Indian Motion Picture Producers Association and Film Writers Association – India.
Here’s the trailer of ‘1000 Rupee Note’:
https://youtu.be/3VBedDCBkC8