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Union Leader
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanjay Patel
Written by
  • Sanjay Patel
  • John Winston Rainey
Produced bySanjay Patel
Starring
CinematographyNilip Deb
Edited by
  • Aurelien Brentraus
  • Brock Roberts
Production
company
Dimlight Pictures
Distributed byPVR Vcaao
Release dates
  • 24 September 2017 (Canada)
  • 19 January 2018 (India)
Running time
105 Mins
Countries
LanguageHindi

Union Leader is a 2017 Indian drama film directed by Sanjay Patel and starring Rahul Bhat and Tillotama Shome. The film's original title was Kamdar Union that was later changed to Union Leader during the post production.[1]

Plot

Resigned to his fate as a worker in a notoriously shoddy chemical plant, Jay wants little more than for his wife and son to escape their life of poverty but soon he realizes that he must not only find a way to support his family, but also overcome grave social and legal injustice in the system.[2]

Cast

Filming

The filming took place at Vatva, Ahmedabad, Gujarat and it was wrapped up towards the end of December 2016. The film was shot in India in late 2016, and features an all-Indian cast. However, the post-production work was done in Calgary.[2][3]

Release

Union Leader has already been accepted by several film festivals, including the Hof International Film Festival in Germany and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in Florida.[2] The film was released on 19 January 2018. A special screening of the film was conducted at the Suncor Energy Centre, Fort McMurray in November 2017.[4]

Reception

Though critical of the film, Anna MM Vetticad in her review for Firstpost praised Bhat's performance and gave the film a 1.5/5 rating.[5] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in noted that the supporting actors "actually look like blue-collared representatives rather than Bollywood extras".[6]

Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India gave the film a 2.5/5 rating.[7] Ravi Bule of Amar Ujala wrote that Shome did justice to her role.[8]

Accolades

Award Category Year Result Ref.
AMPIA (Rosie Awards) Best Film, Best Director, Best Editor 2018 Nominated [9]
St. Louis International Film Festival Best Movie 2017 Nominated [10]
10th Colombia George International (Angaelica) Film Festival, USA Best Film in The Best Of Fest Category 2017 Won [11]
17th Kansas International Film Festival, USA Best Film 2017 Nominated [12]
13th Utopia Film Festival, USA Best Film 2017 Nominated [13]
18th Ojai Film Festival, USA Best Film 2017 Nominated [14]
32nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA Best Film 2017 Nominated [15]
51st hof international film festival, Germany Emerging Director 2017 Nominated [16]
24th CineSol Film Festival, Texas, US Best Film 2017 Nominated [17]
11th Red Rock Film Festival, Utah, US Best Film 2017 Nominated [18]
7th Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival Best Feature Film 2017 Nominated [19]
48th International Film Festival of India Cinema of the World 2017 Nominated [20]

References

  1. ^ Chhatwani, Deepali Prakash (12 December 2016). "'Kamdar Union' to showcase worker's plight". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Bird, Cullen (8 September 2017). "Local filmmaker releasing Hindi-language feature film". Fort McMurray Today. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ Nathan, Archana (6 January 2018). "Economic growth is at the cost of workers, says 'Union Leader' director Sanjay Patel". Scroll.in. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ^ Thurton, David (19 November 2017). "Bollywood comes to Fort McMurray with homecoming for Indo-Canadian filmmaker". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ Vetticad, Anna MM (19 January 2018). "Union Leader movie review: Rahul Bhat, Tillotama Shome's film is simplistic but heartfelt". Firstpost. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (19 January 2018). "'Union Leader' film review: The chains slip off too easily in this labour drama". Scroll.in. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ Purkayastha, Pallabi Dey (20 January 2018). "Union Leader Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. ^ Bule, Ravi (20 January 2018). "Film Review: बुलंदी के नारों के बीच देखिए 'यूनियन लीडर' की लाचारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Union Leader at AMPIA". AMPIA.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Union Leader at St. Louis Film Festival". Cinema St. Louis. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Legacy Awards". 2017 FESTIVAL ANGAELICA @ BIG BEAR LAKE. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Union Leader Screening on Nov 7th". Kansas Film. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Utopia Film Festival Schedule" (PDF). Utopia Film Festival. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Union Leader at Ojai Film Festival". Ojaifilmfestival.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Union Leader at FLIFF 2017". fliff.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Film Festival, Germany" (PDF). hofer-filmtage.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Film Festival, Texas, US". cinesol.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Film Festival, Utah, US". redrockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  19. ^ "South Asian Film Festival". visaff.ca. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Film Festival of India". iffigoa.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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