Laxmikant Shetgaonkar

Laxmikant Shetgaonkar is an Indian film director and screenwriter from the coastal state of Goa. He is best known for his critically acclaimed Konkani films, Paltadacho Munis and Baga Beach.[1]

Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar in 2011
Born
Cuncolim, Salcete
Occupation
  • Scriptwriter
  • director
Notable work

Early life

Shetgaonkar was born in Cuncolim, Salcete. While in Delhi, he developed a love for films after attending many film festivals.[2]

Career

Shetgaonkar's career began as an assistant director and screenplay writer in Mumbai. His first film was Eka Sagar Kinaree (A Seaside Story), which won him a Golden Conch in the Best Fiction category at the Mumbai International Film Festival.[2] His next film, Paltadacho Munis (The Man Beyond the Bridge), premiered at 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery. Set in Goa, the film is about a recently widowed forest ranger in a dwindling forest, who strikes up an unlikely relationship with a woman he finds lost and alone in the woods.[3][4]

In 2013, Shetgaonkar released Baga Beach, which won the Best Feature Film in Konkani award at the 61st National Film Awards.[5] After the awards, the Goa Legislative Assembly passed a resolution congratulating him for making the film about "a topic which needed much attention", and called it an "eye opener on the issues related to children on our beaches."[6]

Filmography
YearTitle
2004 Eka Sagar Kinaree (A Seaside Story)
2009 Paltadacho Munis (The Man Beyond the Bridge)
2013 Baga Beach

References
  1. "Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's next venture is 'Baga Beach'". The Hindu. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. Malkarnekar, Gauree (27 November 2016). "Espousing the cause of the Konkani film industry". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. Lowe, Justin (14 October 2010). "The Man Beyond the Bridge: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. Chatte, Sachin (16 November 2018). "That one from Goa". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. "61st National Film Awards For 2013" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. "Goa Assembly passes resolution hailing makers of 'Baga Beach'". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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