The trailer of Christ Silva’s new film was recently out and the 2-minute and 30 seconds are enough to draw you to watch the film. With different characters coming into play with their stories and how they all share this one connection is what will be revealed in the film. The film is produced by Sylvester Fernandes and the story, screenplay, dialogues and direction are by Christ Sunjo Silva. Patson Barbosa was the DOP and has done the editing of the film while sound design is by Velroy Fernandes.
Committed to
maintaining the suspense, Christ has to be coaxed to reveal a bit about the
film. “The story has a mystery element to it so I can’t give out too many
details about the story. It’s a clever film and the audience will have to
participate while viewing. The film also has spiritual angle to it,” says the
24-year-old director.
After ‘Limits’ and
‘Action’, this 155-minute film will be Christ’s third feature film. A
mechanical engineer by profession, Christ completed his education at Padre
Conceicao College of Engineering, Verna, but his hobby of filmmaking turned
into his passion and his focus is now entirely on making good and thought
provoking films.
The cast of
‘Connection’ includes Prince Jacob, John D’Silva, Casiano Eddie D’Souza, Chitra
Afonso, Anirudh Kakule, Benhur Silva, Benzer Fernandes, Siddharth Nagoji,
Sobita Kudtarkar, Dencilla Dias with supporting cast of Mita Afonso, Damodar
Dicholkar, Anay Kamat, Donald Colaco, Chetana Naik, Peter de Pedda, Simon
Fernandes, Siddhesh Chavan and Akash Telgu. The music is by Joel Fernandes and
Tyron Noronha and lyrics have been penned down by Benhur Silva and Christ
Silva.
“The film has used
non linear storytelling with flashbacks within flashbacks, stories from
different key characters and all characters have a correlation with one
another. I am looking forward to seeing how the audience will appreciate such
storytelling. Prince Jacob plays the role of Fr Mark, one of the protagonists
of the film and the movie is seen through his point of view. During the whole
movie, the information that the audience receives is the same that Fr Mark
receives. It is an entertaining film that will keep the audience guessing at
every point,” adds Christ, the son of tiatr and film actor, John D’Silva.
Speaking about the
casting of the film, he says, “When I was writing the character of Fr Mark, I
could only picture Prince Jacob doing it; I am glad that he agreed to do the
role as I am a huge fan of his work.”
Father and son, John
and Christ also shared a fun connection while working together. As a young
director, he gets to explain his scenes to John, who has to act it out for the
film. “Just like other actors, he listens to everything I tell him and he
doesn’t behave like he knows it all. There is a healthy discussion that takes
places even on set. It also makes it easy for me as I don’t have to explain
much because our ideas match most of the time. Most importantly, it is a dream
for me to direct him,” concludes Christ.
Konkani
feature film ‘Connection’ will be released on November 4, 2017 at Ravindra
Bhavan, Margao at 7:30pm. The screenings of the film will successively be held
on November 13 and 17 at 3:30pm and on December 7 and 13 at 7:30pm at Ravindra
Bhavan, Margao