In the distant February of 2018 The legendary Kirpa Bazaar has closed its doors permanently, The building at number 84 on Málaga’s Carretería is nothing more, nothing less. 36 years. Bhagwan Karamchand or Paco, the name by which everyone in his adopted land knew him, He opened his store at a time when calculator watches were sweeping the early congregations. Atari’s slot machines and video game consoles were the ultimate in entertainment technology.
Behind every device, bulb, cable or adapter they sold, there was a story marked by migration, work and love abroad; He used the flight from India to Spain to learn how to count from 1 to 100 in Spanish.. And it had to be said: That’s what Manju’s son Rakesh Narwani did in the documentary ‘My Parents’ Market’, which was released last year (and available to watch on the film’s streaming platform). But it won’t stop there: Narwani signed an agreement with DAMA (Audio-Visual Media Copyright) and netflix, To bring the story of Kirpa Bazaar to the world within the Cambio de Plano project laboratory fiction feature film.
Bhagwan came to his senses Spain to earn a living first in Ceuta and then in Malaga. establishes his own place, Kirpa, which means God’s grace; He brought his wife Manju and her mother here and started his own family. The increase in rental prices in the Historical Center caused the closure. Almost four decades after its inauguration, neither Bhagwan nor Manju had come to terms with the idea of ”waking up without an alarm clock.” One of his sons Rakesh inherited his father’s passion for cinema and turned it into a profession: She studied Audiovisual Communications and runs Objective 50, a rental and audiovisual services company. But perhaps the most important project in the life of this young man from Malaga is to describe the lives of his parents, all their changes and joys, the importance of identity in a foreign country and the central character of the family.
Now, Narwani prepares the teaser of the movie film, for which one called for casting special. Search for men and women of Indian descent with intermediate/high level of Spanish with no prior experience in the world of interpretation required. The election process will be held in two sessions, one each. Benalmadena (House of Culture, 27 December) and the other Torremolinos (Casa de la Cultura, 28 December). You can find more information about these calls and new calls at the following email: [email protected].
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The project of the Malaga director Malaga screenwriter Marina Parés also participates. Pau Esteve Birba, Goya award winner and cinematographer for the movie ‘Ane’. Besides a handful of endorsements, Support for Malaga Festival It passed through the markets of Abycine Lanza and the Spanish Coproforum del Mafiz through the Coexistence Award Foundation Development Assistance of the Ceuta Ministry of Education and Culture. Moreover It is part of the second edition of the Cambio de Plano laboratory, an initiative of Checkers and Netflix This provides visibility to stories about diversity in Spanish audiovisuals.
Cambio de Plane jury is among them Bob Pop, television critic, screenwriter, author, columnist and screenwriter Valentina Viso, Rakesh B. Narwani, who was also a trainer throughout the entire mentoring process, emphasized the importance of the project presented by Rakesh B. Narwani: «To portray a community that has rarely or never been portrayed in this country, and to do it from the inside, with the necessary requirements. a distance that requires clear observation without losing a new look or love for their characters. Important words for Narwani, of course, but the judgment of the public and, above all, his family, who are the heart of this story, will remain incomplete.