SOUND OF SILENCE (OPENING FILM)

India, 2017, 89 min.
Production: Maya Movies
Language: Pahari, Tibetan, Hindi
Format: DCP

Script: Bijukumar Damodaran
Director: Bijukumar Damodaran
DoP: M. J. Radhakrishnan
Editor: Davis Manuel
Composer: Issac Thomas Kottukappalli
Producer: A. K. Pillaiw
Cast: Master Govardhan, Uday Chandra

A neglected mute boy in the Himalayas has lost his mother at birth. When his father goes behind bars, the boy faces a lonely life. With nowhere to go, he joins a Buddhist monastery.

Dr Biju (Bijukumar Damodaran)
Indian filmmaker, three times winner of India’s National Film Award. His debut film “Saira” screened at Cannes. He has served as jury member for India’s film awards and international festivals.

2017 Sound of Silence
2016 When the Woods Bloom
2015 Birds with Large Wings
2013 Names Unknown
2012 Color of Sky
2010 The Way Home
2008 Raman
2005 Saira