Blood Brothers (short film)
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Blood Brothers is a short film on HIV-AIDS directed by Vishal Bharadwaj. The film, written by Matthew Robbins
, is one of the short films made on HIV AIDS on behalf of the Bill Gates foundation.
Blood Brothers features Siddharth
, Pawan Malhotra and Ayesha Takia
in lead roles. Vishal managed to rope in one of Hollywood’s top cinematographers Guillermo Navarro
to shoot his film. The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
The film revolves around a successful advertising campaign manager named Arjun Dutt(Siddharth). During a routine medical check-up, he discovers that he is HIV positive. He is totally devastated. Instead of facing the truth and telling his pregnant wife and son, he runs away from his home and job.
While wandering like a beggar through the trains, he is robbed by a group of thugs who beat him up and leave him for dead. Then a doctor (Pankaj Kapoor) takes him to his hospital. After coming to his senses, Siddharth tries to go but is stopped by the doctor. The doctor conducts another test to find that Siddharth is, in fact, HIV negative.
Siddharth returns to his family and while searching through his doctor's records discovers that another patient, also named Arjun Dutt(Pawan Malhotra), is HIV positive while he has always been HIV negative. Now, he is faced with the dilemma of telling that happy man this bad news or just remaining a coward.
Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)
Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is good friends with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro and Walter Murch and has had cameo appearances in THX 1138 and Close Encounters of the Third Kind...
, is one of the short films made on HIV AIDS on behalf of the Bill Gates foundation.
Blood Brothers features Siddharth
Siddharth Narayan
Siddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
, Pawan Malhotra and Ayesha Takia
Ayesha Takia
-Early life:Ayesha was born in Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Gujarati father, Nishit and a mother of mixed British-Maharashtrian descent, Faridah. She attended St. Anthony's High School in Chembur...
in lead roles. Vishal managed to rope in one of Hollywood’s top cinematographers Guillermo Navarro
Guillermo Navarro
Guillermo Navarro, ASC, A.M.C. is a Mexican cinematographer. He has worked in Hollywood since 1993 and is a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez. In 2006 he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film, Pan's Labyrinth...
to shoot his film. The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Plot
It is based on HIV/AIDS.The film revolves around a successful advertising campaign manager named Arjun Dutt(Siddharth). During a routine medical check-up, he discovers that he is HIV positive. He is totally devastated. Instead of facing the truth and telling his pregnant wife and son, he runs away from his home and job.
While wandering like a beggar through the trains, he is robbed by a group of thugs who beat him up and leave him for dead. Then a doctor (Pankaj Kapoor) takes him to his hospital. After coming to his senses, Siddharth tries to go but is stopped by the doctor. The doctor conducts another test to find that Siddharth is, in fact, HIV negative.
Siddharth returns to his family and while searching through his doctor's records discovers that another patient, also named Arjun Dutt(Pawan Malhotra), is HIV positive while he has always been HIV negative. Now, he is faced with the dilemma of telling that happy man this bad news or just remaining a coward.
Cast
- SiddharthSiddharth NarayanSiddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
- Arjun Dutt - Ayesha TakiaAyesha Takia-Early life:Ayesha was born in Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Gujarati father, Nishit and a mother of mixed British-Maharashtrian descent, Faridah. She attended St. Anthony's High School in Chembur...
- Keya - Pankaj KapoorPankaj KapoorPankaj Kapur is an Indian theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles to date have been that of Dr...
- Dr. Bhootnath - Pawan Malhotra - Arjun Dutt (Coach)
Crew
- Director : Vishal Bharadwaj
- Producer : Bill Gates Foundation
- Executive Producer : Mira NairMira NairMira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
- Screenplay : Matthew RobbinsMatthew Robbins (screenwriter)Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is good friends with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro and Walter Murch and has had cameo appearances in THX 1138 and Close Encounters of the Third Kind...
- Cinematography : Guillermo NavarroGuillermo NavarroGuillermo Navarro, ASC, A.M.C. is a Mexican cinematographer. He has worked in Hollywood since 1993 and is a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez. In 2006 he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film, Pan's Labyrinth...
- Writers : Abhishek Choubey, Supratik Sen, Ajit Ahuja and Chetana
- Costume Designer : Dolly AhluwaliaDolly AhluwaliaDolly Ahluwalia is an Indian costume designer and film/television actress, who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001.She has also been nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design three times, and won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design in 1996,...
- Set Designer : Samir ChandaSamir ChandaSamir Chanda was an Indian art director and production designer across Indian cinema, including Hindi, Bengali and Tamil, most known for his work in films like Dil Se , Guru , Omkara , Rang De Basanti , and Raavan .He also directed a Bengali film, Ek Nadir Galpo starring Mithun...
- Chief Assistant Director : Ajit Ahuja