Kastoori

(The Musk)

1hr 40min  |  Hindi  |  Drama

A 14-year-old boy, who has to engage in manual scavenging and post mortem, is prejudiced and teased for the smell of his body and clothes. To get rid of those, he comes across the scent of Kastoori (based on a true story)
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Synopsis

Synopsis of the film-Kastoori (The Musk) Film Kastoori is the story, based on real events in the life of a 14 year old boy, who has to engage in manual scavenging and post mortem and his struggle for education.

Because of his profession, smell of his body and clothes, he is prejudiced and teased by his classmates.

To get rid of the smell and prejudice, he is in search of something and comes across the scent of Kastoori (the musk). To purchase expensive Kastoori, he starts overtime work of manual scavenging and post mortem, though he dislikes that profession. He purchases kastoori but he realizes that it is fake one and gets frustrated which leads to his fight with seller of Kastoori.

Further, on republic day he is not able to reach his school to receive his much coveted district level award in Sanskrit, as he has to unwillingly carry out post mortem at the time of prize distribution ceremony.

Because of all these events and guidance by a social worker, he internalizes and realizes that he doesn't need Kastoori or any other scent to remove others’ prejudice towards him. He was chasing Kastoori, which he found within himself. Thus he starts his journey from material world to the "self" discovery.

Credits

director: Vinod Kamble

writer: Vinod Kamble

cast: Samarth Sonawane, Shravan Upalkar, Anil Kambale, Vaishali Kendale, Jannat Pathan, Kunal Pawar, Jaybhim Shinde, Vijay Shikhare, Ajay Chavan, Lalabhai Shekh

Screenplay: Vinod Kamble, Shivaji Karade

Dialogues: Vinod Kamble, Shivaji Karade

Dop: Manoj Sanjay Kakade

Editor: Shrikant Chaoudhari

Other Cast: Raju Pardeshi, Akash Bansode, Wahid Shekh, Shamkishor Shinde, Virendra Gore, Ritesh Bansode, Sajid Bagwan, Raghuraj Pawar, Sejal Bhalke, Prashant Vaghchoure, Sanjay Muneshwar, Shikare Kaka, Dagdu Kamble, Vinod Kulkarni, Chanda Tai, Mahadevi Bansode, Mahesh Kshirsagar, Ganeshhajare, Madhav Deshmukh, Yogesh Upalkar, Akhil Karhade

Art Director: Atul Lokhande

Sound Recording & Design: Shoaib Maneri

Background Score: Jaibhim Shinde

Costume Designer: Shivaji Datta Karde

Make-Up: Suresh Kumbhar

Executive Producer: Abhay Chavan

Production Manager: Mahesh Vishnu Kshirsagar

Line Producer: Vijay Shikhare

Production Design: Mahesh Kshirsagar, Vijay Shikhare, Atul Lokhande

Casting Director: Vinod Kamble, Akash Bansode, Ganesh Dukare

Continuity Still: Sumedh Marathe

Making: Ankush Keripale, Adesh Pakhare

Associate Director: Sanjay Munneshwar

Chief Assistant Director: Ganesh Dukare

1st Assistant Director: Akash Bansode

2nd Assistant Director: Karan Deshmukh

3rd Assistant Director: Sumedh Marathe

4th Assistant Director: Dnyaneshwar Kharat

Chief Assistant Camera: Pravin Sonawane

1St Assistant Camera: Anand Mansuk

2Nd Assistant Camera: Aaviraj Adsul

Focus Puller: Rahul Barge

Gaffer: Shrinivas Shinge

Light Equipment: Shrinivas Shinge

Jimmy Jip: Sunny Sawwashe, Vajid Shaikh, Nitin Kambale, Avinash Atole

Location Sound Recordist: Shoaib Maneri

Additional Sound Recording: Ashish Shinde, Shamim Shaikh

Boom Man: Vicky More, Vishal Tupsounder, Kiran Suryawanshi

Sound Attendant: Rahul Kamble (Bandish Studios)

Sync Sound Equipments: Bandish Studios-Pune, Attune Equips-Mumbai, Baljeet Singh-Mumbai.

Sound Post Production: A K Recording Studio

Additional Sound Design: Kapil Rege, Raj Jadhav

Sfx And 5.1 Premix: Kapil Rege

Dubbing Recordist: Mugdha Inamdar

Foley Artist: Dilip Waghmare

Foley Recordist: Abhay Koyadwar

Studio Boy: Akash Dhage, Sandip Gaalphade

Studio Manager: Chetan Sathe

Film Mixing Studio: Dawn Studios-Pune, Tushar Pandit

Dubbing Artist: Shruti Shembekar, Milind Shalgar, Akash Dhage

Vfx Producer: Pankaj Sonawane, Bhushan Humbe, Vivek Jamble

Vfx Compositor: Anuj Nagaokar

Roto Team: Vedpal Khandalikar, Shripad Kathwade

Roto Supervisor: Sachin Sodanwar

Production: Pravin Anarse

Art Assistant: Samadhan Sarvgod, Samadhan Nanavre, Kishor Gaikwad, Ganesh Hajare

Costume Assistant: Neha Bargaje, Rupesh Bansode

Production Team: Parmeshwar Bhondave, Rushikesh Chavhan, Ganesh Hajare, Prathamesh Yede, Rupesh Bansode, Akhil Karhade, Rohan Bansode, Akash Mohite

Editor Assistant: Vishal Sutar

Business Head: Nishit R Shetty

Head Production: Salil D Deshpande

Colorist: Mahesh B Deshpande

Conform Team Head: Nitin Minz

Conform Team: Ganesh Govind Navgane, Abhijit Subhash Ghadge, Shripad Shrikant Gore, Arvind Prakash Gholap, Vikesh Jashnani, Amey Krishna Kamble

Conform Trainee: Vinod Durgavle