CMS FILM CLUB SCREENS 'WELL DONE ABBA'

CUO, KORAPUT : The CMS Film Club at the Central University of Orissa screened Shyam Benegal’s award film Well Done Abba on 18^th March, 2011. Packed house during the screening was a proof that when it comes to Shyaam Benegal’s film, no one wants to miss it.

CMS Classroom packed for Well Done Abba 

(Photo - Saurabha Kumar Turuk)

The CMS Film Club (Centre for Media Studies Film Club) had its humble origin on 6^th August, 2010 in the presence of Mr. Sudhakar Patnaik, Officer in Charge of CUO (K) and all the other faculty members from the Centre for Media Studies. An initiative by the first batch of students from the Centre for Media Studies, the film club’s motto is to showcase world cinema to the bright young minds of this University.

Till date movies based on national integration and having some sort of social relevance have been given preference. Films like A Wednesday and Rang De Basanti have already been screened followed by a thorough discussion on the aesthetic aspects of cinema and the contemporary debates attached to that film.

Friday’s screening evoked mixed responses from the audience. Jagannath Patro, a second semester student from the Anthropology department said, “no doubt the content of the movie was good, but the organizers should have taken steps to ensure that certain unfavorable scenes in the film should have been edited”. Talking about the technicalities of the film, Shreesthi S. Mishra, a second semester student from the Journalism & Mass Communication department said, “It was good that there were no unnecessary songs in the film which would have deviated from the main theme of the film. Though the commercial quotient of the movie was a bit sleepy, Boman Iraani’s comic timing overshadowed all other loopholes in that film. There were some good performances by other supporting actors but none was at par with the former’s deliverance”.

Students enjoying Well Done Abba
(Photo - Saurabha Kumar Turuk)

The organizers were quite happy at the end of this screening. Telaram Meher, a second year student in the Journalism and Mass Communication department and one of the founding members of the club said that their motto has always been to screen good and worthy cinemas.  He also supplemented that a movie cannot be screened by editing some portions as those scenes were important for the movie.

The film club is being run under the guidance of Sujit Kumar Mohanty, faculty in the Centre for Journalism and Mass Communication.

(Team Pointblank)