Blood Brothers (2007 Indian film)
| Blood Brothers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vishal Bharadwaj |
| Written by | Matthew Robbins |
| Produced by | Bill Gates Foundation Mira Nair |
| Starring | Siddharth Ayesha Takia Pankaj Kapur Pawan Malhotra |
| Cinematography | Guillermo Navarro |
| Edited by | Dattaraya Godhodke Meghana Manchanda |
Release date |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
| Language | Hindi |
Blood Brothers is a 2007 short film on HIV-AIDS directed by Vishal Bharadwaj.[1] The film, written by Matthew Robbins, is one of the short films made on HIV AIDS on behalf of the Bill Gates foundation.[2]
Blood Brothers features Siddharth, Pawan Malhotra and Ayesha Takia in lead roles.[3] 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.[4]
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 the currently happy man the truth, or remaining silent.
Cast
- Siddharth - Arjun Dutt
- Ayesha Takia - Keya
- Pankaj Kapoor - Dr. Bhootnath
- Pawan Malhotra - Arjun Dutt (Coach)
References
- ^ "Vishal's 'free' wheeling film". Greynium Information Technologies. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Democratisation of cinema brings best films to India". Gunday Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Blood Brothers". Celebrity Networth. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ The Hollywood reporter, Volume 401. Hollywood Reporter Inc. 2007.