baboo band baaja is a marathi film directed by debutante rajesh pinjani and produced by nita jadhav .

the film tells the riveting tale of a father reluctant to educate his son , a mother who fiercely believes in its liberatory value , and the son who is caught in the crossfire .

it stars milind shinde , mitalee jagtap varadkar and vivek chabukswar in the lead roles .

the film received three national film awards , including for best actress ( mitalee jagtap varadkar ) and best debut film of a director , and six maharashtra state film awards .

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baboo band baaja <EOT> baboo band baaja ( marathi ) – producer : nita jadhav . director : rajesh pinjani

baboo band baaja movie review : a sneak peek into the life of a vidarbha bandwallah .

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baboo band baaja is a simple , heartfelt story of what appears to be parents’ struggle to make things better , and turns into something so painful , it takes a piece of your heart .

unpredictable incidents set in all roil up a spate of questions – is baboo going continue studying or join his father’s band ? is life finally going to change , despite the fact that his mother is striving hard ? baboo band baaja is a hard - hitting film showing the irrepressible surge to soar in life , pitted against the vicious grip of circumstances .

with respect to remakes , i don’t think some movies can be remade into any other language . baboo band baaja is essentially a film from vidarbha and remaking it into hindi would be equivalent to killing the authenticity of the subject .

all in all , baboo band baaja is a worthy addition to the marathi new wave , which , like a lot of good iranian cinema of the ’80s and ’90s , uses children’s stories as a medium of socio - political critique .

baboo band baaja manages to take a slice out of village life and place it before audiences who are ordinarily subjected to , well , tripe . like deool , it is one of those films that makes the marathi film industry proud . i only hope that there are enough screens that are showing this film with subtitles , so that the audience is not limited to only people who understand marathi . baboo band baaja is a film worth investing in , not just financially , but emotionally as well .

produced by nita jadhav and directed by debutante rajesh pinjani baboo band baaja is a film about the significance of education within the rural areas of the country . the story shows the irrepressible urge to soar in life despite getting caught up in unfavourable circumstances .

the traditional ‘bandwalas’ of rural india are an integral part of every ceremony like a child birth or a marriage or a funeral procession . but the tragic thing is that they are thought as untouchable and never get the respect for their art and skills . “baboo band baaja” is a story of a poor ‘bandwalaa’ , jaggu , who has lent his instrument to get some money due to unavoidable circumstances . now he has to hire his own instruments back and restart his own band party named after his son – baboo . jaggu advices baboo’s mother , shirmi , wants him to learn and become a shcoolteacher . she decides to help her son again’s all odds . ————————————————————————————————————baboo band baaja is a tug - of - war between fate and hope… babbo is the son of a band player living in dreadful poverty . his father has resigned to the idea that his son would have to carry on their family tradition of playing the band at the functions in the village . by contrast , his mother is doing everything possible to get him educated . though all his music instruments are mortgaged , the father helplessly dreams to restart his band one day – baboo band party .

marathi film baboo band baaja by rajesh pinjan and dooman river / la riviere tumen by zhang lu bagged the government of maharashtra ' s best marathi and international films awards respectively at the 9th pune international film festival ( piff ) , which concluded here on thursday .

among the marathi film awards , the jury recommended special mention for acting of sachin khedekar in taryache bait . abmcm award of rs 25 , 000 for best cinematographer went to raja fadtare and sandeep varadkar for baboo band baaja , best screenplay award of rs 25 , 000 went to saurabh bhave and kiran yadnyopavit for taryanche bait .

adopted a much more bright and positive outlook . amazingly , the makers of baboo band baajaa were observant enough to find a story in vidarbha which was equally if not more captivating than that of the cotton farmers .

we first heard about baboo band baaja when it bagged three national awards – for best first film of a director , best actress and best child artist . the film has been ready for quite sometime and it finally released last friday . some of the theatres are screening the film with subtitles . here’s mohit patil ‘s recco post for the film .

the 58th national film awards were announced recently . here is the list of winners : • best feature film : adaminte makan abu ( malayalam ) • indira gandhi award for best debut film of a director : baboo band baaja ( marathi ) • award for best popular film providing wholesome entertainment : dabangg ( hindi ) • nargis dutt award for best feature film on national integration : [ … ]

jaggu is a man who runs a band that plays at every occasion in the village , be it a funeral or a marriage . a band that he has named after his only son , baboo . baboo’s mother does odd jobs for a living and has big dreams for her son – she wants to educate him in the best possible manner , against all odds . but their circumstances are such that they can’t even afford to buy him a school uniform . jaggu , on the other hand , believes that his son should take after him in the band , since that is what the men in their family have been doing for generations . stuck in the middle is baboo , a bright little kid who is always thrown out of class for some reason or the other .

if a little tugging at your heartstrings is what you need , then baboo band baaja is the film for you this weekend . this multiple national award - winning film is a simple story of the tough circumstances a family in a village face , and the manner in which they deal with it . embellished with some earnest performances that are hard to forget , this little gem is the kind of film that we should feel responsible to support .

bandwallahs are common in all places in india . the peculiarity of the vidarbha bandwallah is that he doesn’t play only at weddings but also at funerals and other occasions like the birth of a child . baboo band baaja is a heartening story of such kind of a band member and his family’s struggle to lift themselves up from abject poverty . the film is also a fine portrayal of a tug - of - war between fate and poverty . a done to death subject ? the struggles of a ‘bandwallah’ to meet his ends were hereunto undiscovered in cinema . and therein lays the film’s strength .

in a surprise move , the awards jury urged the government to shell out an additional rs . 2 . 5 lakh to ensure that both actors , as well as the two women selected for the best actress award — tamil actor saranya ponvannan for thenmerkku paruvakkatru and marathi actor mitalee jagtap paradhar for her performance in baboo band baaja — and the four children chosen for the best child artist award , did not have to split the prize money as was usually the case .

now , whether the film will be applauded by the masses remains to be seen . the director - producer rajesh pinjani though doesn’t plan to release it any soon . he hopes to get it to various international festivals first and gain some reputation . with the difficulty involved in releasing an offbeat marathi film in india one hopes that baboo band baaja is bought by some foreign distributors like gabhricha paus did . the similarity of the title of the film to the popular yashraj film band baaja baarat will be helpful to the cause of the film or would go against it also remains to be seen . but there is no doubt that the film is very likely to strike a chord with filmgoers . let’s hope that the film does get a good release and reaches a very wide audience which it certainly deserves .

thank once again for recommending and making us aware of another good film from marathi cinema . hope the film gets a wide release and ends up going the gabhricha paus way . hope that the similarity of the tile wrt yrf ‘ band baaja baarat doesn’t harm its prospects . keep up the good work n thanks for the recco .

rajesh pinjani’s debut film , baboo band baja , was made nearly two years ago and even won 4 national awards including best actress , best child artist and best debut feature last year . but it’s taken this long for his poignant tale of rural exploitation and poverty to finally get a well deserved , even if belated , theatrical release .

baboo , played convincingly by vivek chabukswar , is a sincere student who shows interest in studies but due to his economic conditions there are quite a few obstacles in his way . having a father who doesn’t encourage his schooling also doesn’t help . but baboo doesn’t lose his resolve to learn . his mother makes him a makeshift notebook out of a few loose pages . baboo’s school teacher though doesn’t approve of the notebook and punishes him by repeatedly hitting it on his head . while facing the punishment baboo is more worried about his book and pleads with his teacher to stop hitting him not because it is hurting him but the notebook , made with so much love by his mother , will tear .

after watching the marathi film , the border director got so emotional that he decided to remake itbollywood’s veteran producer and director jp dutta , who is known for his memorable films like border , refugee , loc , kargil and umrao jaan is all set to remake an award - winning marathi film . the 63 - year - old recently watched baboo band baja and [ … ]

last month , miranda house travelled back to the ' 70s as meghna gulzar and alia bhatt shot for raazi in the college . it was the first time that most of the students were witnessing a film shoot and they tried their best to get a glimpse of the actress . ' raazi ' is the latest addition to the list of films that have been shot in du , which goes back to ' do dooni chaar ' ( 2010 ) and ' band baaja baaraat ' ( 2010 ) .

there are a few poignant moments between jaggu’s wife shirmi and their son baboo . a scene where the school pant for her son that shirmi trades with vessels ends up being too loose , brings a smile on your face .

( for a riveting tale of a father reluctant to educate his son , a mother who fiercely believes in its liberatory value , and the son who is caught in the crossfire , ‘baboo’ is an outstanding debut project by director . )

jaggya wants baboo to become a band member like him . the reason for this call isn’t a father wanting to see his son to be like him , but his presumption that there is no other way out . “we villagers are in no way helped by the technological advancements , ” he argues , “all that has changed is the number of airplanes flying above our heads” . throughout the film , we see his mother as a heterodox in a comparatively orthodoxical society . she wants to educate her son and goes to great lengths to earn money to buy books for baboo , whose school master won’t allow him in without books and uniform . she’s elated when she gets a pair of khaki shorts in exchange for a larger vessel , which can be used as her son’s school uniform . and she is enraged when she discovers that the reason for her husband’s anger is the fact that baboo has lost his rattle and not that he has lost his school bag .

another very impressive thing about baboo band baaja is that it has a very keen eye for detail . not a single thing here seems unauthentic or out - of - place . especially , the language used here , is pure gold . if you couldn’t buy the hindi speaking characters in some of our recent urban rom - coms , or the characters not referring to mumbai as bombay or bambai in dhobi ghat , you are bound to be more than satisfied with the language and the actors’ inch perfect dialect here . the instruments that the bandwallahs play in the film , the songs that they play , selecting the dress code for the grand wedding they are appointed for , the astute observations about the local life in vidarbha… discovering these rural life vignettes first hand is pure joy , so i’d rather not spoil it for you .

shantanu rode , the scriptwriter , excels in capturing the nitty - gritties of the life of a typical band member in vidarbha . the songs they play , the instruments used , certain events which are of importance to their livelihood have all a sense of authenticity to them . as the story unfolds we get a sneak peek into the life of the protagonist , jaggu , who once had a band of his own but had to pawn his instruments for some money . he now makes do with playing at funerals and other not so lucrative occasions . his wife shirmi being a ‘bhandiwali’ sells vessels for a living and also accepts old clothes in return for some money . she , unlike jaggu , wants their only son baboo to get educated and break the shackles of poverty . jaggu’s mother who also lives with them tries to be of some help to the family by selling handicraft items . these are the main characters around which the story revolves .

throughout the film it is visible that the makers are trying to tell a story in an honest manner . in a premise tailor made for over the top melodrama , the restraint and the effort to show humor in the routine and also difficult times of life is definitely applause worthy . no wonder then that baaboo band baajaa ended up getting 4 national awards .

one of the film’s biggest triumphs is that it sticks to its business and tells the story of the family’s endeavor with great simplicity and without diverting its focus towards “shocking the viewer with the appalling reality…” etc . i did find the emotions exaggerated at places with the lurid low angle shots of the school master punishing baboo or the histrionics of the wily politician , and wished it weren’t as overstated , but it all works nevertheless .

the film bears a remarkable similarity to jhing chik jhing , which lamented the plight of poor cotton farmers through the spirited story of a sprightly boy . like shyam in that film , baboo is intelligent and precocious . his mother and grandmother dote on him and the former puts herself through extreme hardships to send him to school . his father , on the other hand is world - weary and given to drowning his sorrows in liquor .

the characters are very well written , and the actors who play them are terrific for the most part , save for the school teacher who is baselessly portrayed as an evil baddie , as opposed to someone who is just doing his job . watch mitali jagtap and vivek chabukswar speak through their eyes in one of the best moments in the film ; the scene which has hardly any dialogue , in which shirmi readies baboo for school .

pinjani keeps the action rooted in absolute authenticity – the dialect , songs , locations and actors all contribute in equal measure . in fact , unlike recent off - beat marathi cinema , none of the actors are well - known , thus further blurring the lines between reality and make - believe . the three principal players – milind shinde as the father , mitalee jagtap varadkar as the mother and vivek chabukswar as baboo – are quite exceptional .

by keeping the focus firmly on the child’s world – how he is forced to help his father , once the owner of a band but now works as a freelancer and plays at weddings , funerals and sundry occasions , at work , his peculiar relation with a madwoman with whom he flies paper planes , his burning desire to study even when the teacher is determined to throw him out and his camaraderie with friends and neighbours – the director makes it harder for us to look away from this bleak landscape .

the film begins and ends with a funeral . in the first , baboo plays chimes as a stand - in for the regular musician who hasn’t turned up and like the other kids , picks up the coins that the funeral party keeps dropping on their way to the crematorium . in the second , life has served him his first big blow and ensured that this guileless kid who could smile through just about any situation , has grown up before his time and will never be the same again .

by rajesh pinjan and dooman river / la riviere tumen by zhang lu bagged the government of maharashtra ' s best marathi and international films awards respectively at the 9 { + t } { + h } pune international film festival ( piff ) , which concluded here on thursday .

the piff special award of rs 25 , 000 for a final year direction student from the film and television institute of india was awarded to tathagata singha .

dooman river , a south korea / france production , won a cash prize of rs 10 lakh , which was shared by director lu and producers cuillaume de seille , jeong jin lee and hye kyung woo .

the sant tukaram best marathi film award , comprising rs 5 lakh , shared by director rajesh pinjan and producers neeta jadhav and rajesh pinjan .

the government of maharashtra prabhat best international film director award of rs 5 lakh went to borys lankosz for the film the reverse ( poland ) .

the akhil bharatiya marathi chitrapat mahamandal ( abmcm ) award carrying rs 25 , 000 cash for best direction was bagged by noted actor vikram gokhale for his directoral debut film aaghaat . the abmcm best actor award comprising rs 25 , 000 went to mukta barve for her role in aaghaat .

in the world cinema competition , the jury recommended two special mentions for cinematographer christine a maier for on the path ( na putu ) ( bosnia and herzegovina , austria , germany , croatia ) and actor javier bardem for blutiful ( spain , mexico ) . special jury award was given to director of the film puzzle ( argentina ) natalia smirnoff .

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for , all around him is the indignity and humiliation of poverty . the father is ridiculed for dreaming of retrieving his musical instruments from the moneylender , there is stiff competition for the few jobs there are even in this small village and not enough food at dinnertime – buying a new school bag and books is a luxury well beyond their reach . the mother talks her way into a job at the cotton mill , but here too , she has to beg and plead with the manager to get her wages . the local politician treats the hamlet like his fiefdom and exploits it for personal gains .

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( holy basil ) in the courtyard , the fragrance that rises when you spill water on the soil of dry , hot land .

isn’t the first film to be set in rural maharashtra , but it is one of those films that will not leave me in a hurry , no matter how many housefulls and golmaals i watch along the way . a poignant , touching tale of a simple family ,

has been made with the kind of honesty and sincerity that is rare to find in indian cinema today .

the film is essentially the story of the cards that life deals this troubled family and how they cope with them . the most striking aspect of this film is the lead cast .

as his mother play their parts so well that , for the first time in many years , i forgot i was watching a film . the connect with the characters , their joys , their sorrows , with their very lives felt so real that when the lights came on , first in the interval and then at the end , it felt like a jolt back to reality . no wonder then that

deserves full marks for treating the film the way he has . when making a film like this , it is easy to get over - indulgent . but

keeps any form of indulgence to a minimum , letting the village setting and the spontaneity of his cast do the talking instead . also , a special mention must go to the editor of the film ,

. there is only one thing i can say about him – he has edited the film with love .

is really about the little nuances of life that the director chooses to show – the love that a mother has for her child , the frustrated existence of a man who has resigned himself to the fact that neither he nor his son can ever rise above their financial problems , the spirited grandmother who warms your heart every time she protects the little child from a thrashing , the pride that a mother feels when her son recites the tables of 2 . every little scene evokes a little bit of warmth , a little bit of sorrow , and a whole lot of wonder at the choices that the debutante director makes in the journey of the film .

this review is by guest reviewer pradeep menon . pradeep is a filmmaker and a dreamer . he loves books , rain , winters , tea and his parents . cinema , however , is the only truth he believes in . he breathes and bleeds film , mostly in hues of saffron , white , green and blue . you can watch his short films at urltoken .

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a bridegroom on thursday had to return home a bachelor after his bride and her family skipped the wedding at a marriage palace here and went incommunicado .

after wrapping up the shoot of zoya akhtar ' s ' gully boy ' , ranveer singh is now gearing up for rohit shetty ' s ' simmba ' . he will be starting the shooting in a month ' s time .

with the threat of glanders disease looming large over the city , “baraats” and “ghudchadis” could become less glamorous affairs . delhi government’s move to notify the entire capital as a “controlled area” has put a question mark on traditional mares being used for wedding ceremonies . while there is still no ban on their use for “ghudchadis” , bandwallahs and mare suppliers have been flooded with queries from prospective customers , who are worried about the disease impacting their “once - in - a - life - time function” .

deepak and sapna bahal threw a grand reception for their son naman and daughter - in - law nikita , who recently got married in delhi .

worried that drunken brawl between youths and blaring music is disturbing the ' culture ' of their village , residents of belawatti have imposed restrictions on baraat . the wedding procession should conclude by 7pm , else a fine of rs 10 , 000 will be imposed on the organizer .

the welcome of jitesh singh deo , the lucknow boy , who clinched the title of peter england mr india world , 2017 , at the chaudhary charan singh international airport on tuesday morning , was nothing short of a grand one .

one year after the modi government demonetised 86 % of india ' s currency , the yawning gap between the rs 500 and rs 2 , 000 notes is yet to be filled . the rs 200 note is barely in circulation .

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vidarbha . if one is playing word association he / she is most likely to associate this word with farmer suicides . over the years the large number of farmer suicides in vidarbha has , sadly , made the region being identified with it . it has also made for some cinematic fodder .

( the damned rain ) was brilliant in capturing the vidarbha cotton farmer’s situation in the drought prone region .

there’s also a parallel love story involving the daughter of a family friend of jaggu’s . this love angle though has not been used only for its own sake . rode , very smartly integrates it into the plot . the character of a crazy woman of the village , astoundingly , is also quite influential to the plot . the script which has no visible loose ends shines out . shantanu rode , who has also written the dialogues for the 2005 animated feature hanuman , is without doubt a man to watch out for .

the acting by the leads is up to the mark . milind shinde who plays the protagonist jaggu is brilliant in showing the despair that his character feels . you completely feel for jaggu as a broke bandwallah especially when he says that committing suicide is also not going to help as unlike the cotton farmers his family isn’t going to get any compensation . it strikes suddenly realize that the state of a bandwallah in vidarbha is no better than the farmers . mitali jagtap vartak as shirmi is spot on . a scene where she acts while also bathing a just born baby , leaves you particularly impressed .

the presence of a cotton mill in the village is given away by the typical siren of a mill which runs in the background when the characters are going about the daily duties . such subtlety deserves appreciation .

i am so happy rasik that you are writing about non commercial films and helping to spread the word of interesting cinema . your review does generate an interest in the viewer to see the film keep it up . oorvazi

yes . and whenever it does release cinema buffs should make an extra effort to actually go and watch it in the cinema halls .

national awards are not always fair . but yes , 4 national awards can’t be ignored .

you are really right on the first count . as low cost low risk ventures big producers should look to produce these small - medium budget regional films not only from maharashtra but from all over the country especially from tamil nadu , kerala , west bengal etc where there is obvious talent . i also think it is high time these regional movies are exposed to an all india audience by subtitling or dubbing through cinema halls or even television channels . i really wish we have a movie channel which shows quality cinema from every corner of india without limiting itself to any language .

thank you . i really didn’t know anything about this . where can one get to read the play ?

i have hard copy of this book , if you are seriously interested i will scan and upload a soft copy .

wonderful review . i am not sure when will i get a chance to see the movie . but i am certainly looking forward to it . . 🙂

if you live in maharashtra then this film is supposed to release in april / may . thanks for the kind words 🙂

i saw the film today at cinemax sion . loved the film . loved milind shinde’s & the kids mother acting as well . the movie is a social commentary on the hardships people have to face in village . have to confess , i almost broke down in the end .

the film shows how fucked up we are as a country , we cant provide basic education to kids and talk about becoming a super power . this film is like a small fish in the river and hope its not overshadowed by bollywood film ( read houseful 2 )

kushal i am so so glad watched the film and liked it . trust me only efforts like these encourage me to write on such films .

btw , aditya savnal was of the opinion that the sad ending could have been avoided . what do you think ?

the film is social commentary . at the end if you remember finally things seem to get rolling for the boy , his father able to make some money thanks to that urltoken just when we though all is set for the school buy tragedy strikes him ( he loses his mother ) . this is to show that for poor people , misery’s are never ending . imo sad end was needed to show that misery is a vicious cycle

my immediate reaction after watching the film was like aditya’s . but later as the film sunk in i didn’t feel the end was out of place . and your ‘vicious circle’ point lends the ending even more merit .

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the film uses all its subplots , which rather smartly towards the culmination . there is metrical dichotomy in the way things fall back into place towards the end . the beautiful symmetry between the first and the last scene of the film more than made up for my feeling of redundancy after the final blow .

58th national awards have been announced . and as expected , most of the winners are from down south . the feature films jury was headed by j . p . dutta , non - feature films jury was headed by a . k . bir and best writing on cinema jury was headed by ashok vajpeyi .

adaminte makan abu ( malayalam ) – producer : salim ahamed . director : salim ahamed

( for a simple yet evocative articulation of humanist values that frees matters of faith from the constrictions of narrow parochialism . the concerns of abu , son of adam , are timeless and universal in their scope . )

dabangg ( hindi ) – producer : arbaaz khan , malaika arora khan & dhilin mehta . director : abhinav singh kashyap

moner manush ( bengali ) – producer : gautam kundu . director : goutam ghose

( for celebrating the union of the human spirit through the life and song of sufi poets in the baul tradition . )

bettada jeeva ( kannada ) – producer : basantkumar patil . director : p . sheshadri

hejjegalu ( kannada ) – producer : basantkumar patil . director : p . r . ramadas naidu

( two riveting performances that fuse character and actor into one : to dhanush for the raw , nuanced portrayal of a cocky young man who learns lessons about life the hard way . to salim for a deep , restrained performance of a simple man with an unshakeable belief in his quest for salvation )

( the picture of two mothers whose concern for bettering the lives of their children in the face of untold hardship : as a mother who strives to realise through her son her dreams of a better future . as a fiercely combative single mother who shields her son to the point of sacrifice . )

( for a heart - warming performance as a policeman who discovers his humanity in the process of capturing an escaped fugitive . )

( four actors for expressing with charm and heartbreak the world of the child : for performing with bright , shining eyes and an urchin smile , the razor sharp spirit of a survivor who dreams of excelling . for two brothers bonded by blood and responsibility battling for survival in the underbelly of a heartless city . for capturing the indomitable spirit of a young village boy who is hungry to learn in an environment that closes all doors on him .

( for a sensual and evocative rendering of a heart longing for the beloved . )

( for the visual poetry that augments and reinforces the concern of the narrative and for unfolding the infinite vistas of nascent digital technology in the visual medium . )

( for its kaleidoscopic variety that uses realism , tradition and contemporaneity , soaked in local flavour on an infinite canvas .

for retaining the concerns and values of a biographical account while translating it into the cinematic medium and honouring the essence of the original .

for bringing to life the textures of various characters through articulating their emotion and thought process . )

( for capturing the soft nuances and variations of the artists’ voices and location ambience in a sensorial manner .

for the use of various sound effects along with existing ambience to impart a subliminal experience in this abstract work .

for merging voices , location ambience , background music and other sound effects to create a near - tactile experience that is both real and artistic . )

( for the style and finesse realised in the creation of a set design that is coherent with the futuristic visual style of the narrative . )

( for the admirable detailing and remarkable consistency achieved in the etching of the characters across an extensive time span . )

for minimalistic use of appropriate background score to nurture the essence of the narrative . )

mee sindhutai sapkal ( marathi ) – producer : bindiya & sachin khanolkar . director : anant narayan mahadevan

( for bringing of age a spectrum of visual special effects in indian cinema and creating a space for the practitioners of this art form on the global map . )

1 . best non - feature film – germ ( hindi ) . director : snehal r . nair

2 . best debut non - feature film of a director – pistulya ( marathi & telugu ) . producer : nagraj manjule . director : nagraj manjule

16 . best direction – shyam raat seher ( hindi & engish ) . director : arunima sharma

17 . best cinematography – shyam raat seher ( hindi & english ) . cameraman : murali g .

18 . best audiography – a pestering journey ( malayalam , punjabi , hindi english & tulu ) . re - recordist ( final mixed track ) : harikumar madhavan nair

21 . special mention : a . ottayal ( one woman alone ) ( malayalam ) – director : shiny jacob benjamin b . the zeliangrongs ( manipuri & english ) – director : ronel haobam c . pistulya ( marathi & telugu ) – child artist : suraj pawar

joshy joseph ( english ) and n . manu chakravarthy ( kannada & english )

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konkan blues : in killa , we watch the young , pune - bred protagonist delight in the undeniable quiet beauty of his altered surroundings . courtesy : mr filmworks

this past week , i finally watched killa , one of those marathi films that won a loyal viewership last year . i wasn’t disappointed . avinash arun’s coming - of - age tale is full of understated charm . for one , it is beautifully shot , capturing the magic of a konkan seaside village , without ever making it seem too unbelievably lush . torrential monsoon rain punctuates the film , producing both momentousness and foreboding whilst steering clear of both the high drama and romance that rain now signals in popular indian cinema . alongside the ruined fort of the film’s title , the rough palm - fringed beach with its few fishing boats and a vast calm sea stretching into the distance , the rain is also integral to creating killa’s exceptionally vivid sense of place .

it helps that we’re seeing this world through a fresh pair of eyes : those of an 11 - year - old called chinmay ( chinu for short ) , who has just moved to the village . chinu is a city boy from pune , and even as he finds his new schoolwork unchallenging and his new classmates rough and unimpressive , we watch him delight in the undeniable quiet beauty of his altered surroundings : the forded stream , the mincing walk of crabs on the beach . arun zooms in on those small things that seemed so large when we were kids : a gift , a letter , a promise , a visit . here , too , place and time are made constantly relevant , positioning the film within a precise pre - liberalisation social geography — the cycle that impresses the boys is from mumbai , the new - fangled pencil box is from dubai , while the simple konkani fare seems rustic to the pune - bred boy .

what is it about seeing through the child’s eye that makes for such sensitive , observant cinema ? richard tapper , in a 2002 book on the ‘new iranian cinema’ , makes the interesting observation that “children liberate plots by introducing non - essential actions — generally loafing around on a street or in a rural area” .

indian cinema had satyajit ray , who famously stated his artistic debt to bicycle thieves , and placed children at the heart of his own first feature . though ray’s film most certainly had a plot , based on bibhutibhushan bandopadhyay’s novel , he did cast non - professional actors — and the brother - sister pair apu and durga , lithe of limb and fleet of foot , were what made pather panchali unforgettable . as they stole fruit from neighbours , ran after the sweet - seller , listened for the train and got memorably drenched in a downpour , they produced a startlingly lovely visual and aural record of life in the bengali village . and yet ray’s coming - of - age tale was hardly romantic : the rural idyll killed off one child ; the stricken family was forced to migrate to the city .

on the heels of vikramaditya motwane’s udaan ( 2010 ) also came a few small - budget hindi films reminiscing about ’80s childhoods : shashi sudigala’s cycle kick ( 2011 ) made a cycle the pivot of a tale about two not - well - off brothers — it even gets stolen , a la bicycle thief — while sanjivan lal’s refreshing bubble gum ( 2011 ) dealt with the dynamics of an ’80s housing colony .

but for some reason , marathi filmmakers appear to be the ones overwhelmingly interested in childhood . and these coming - of - age narratives seem , more often than not , to be adaptations of their own experience .

perhaps what is surprising is not that there are so many such films , but that there aren’t more of them . after all , even if the necessary 15 - minute bachpan sequence has practically disappeared from our popular films , memories of childhood are the most cinematic thing we all have in our heads .

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cold prey ( norwegian : fritt vilt , lit . " open season " ) is a 2006 norwegian slasher film , directed by roar uthaug .

it premiered in norway on october 13 , 2006 and received mostly positive reviews and was hailed as one of the best modern norwegian horror movies .

on 7 february 2017 , it was reported that wwe studios has acquired the exclusive english-language remake rights to the franchise and has sealed a deal for an option to purchase the screenplay casey la scala is writing .

the american remake will be named " cold prey " .

cold prey

cold prey <EOT> directed by roar uthaug ( cold prey ) and written by thomas moldestad ( cold prey , cold prey 2 ) , the pic stars ingrid bolsø berdal ( cold prey , cold prey 2 , chernobyl diaries ) , kristian espedel aka gaahl ( frontman of gorgoroth , trelldom and gaahlskagg ) .

wwe studios lands norweigan thriller ‘cold prey’ for u . s . remake | deadline

a prequel to the norwegian slasher cold prey , which also spawned a sequel in 2008 .

stock subtitle : in some countries , cold prey 2 got an additional " resurrection " subtitle .

check out the original cold prey trailer below . and watch the movie if you haven’t yet .

collins’ crypt : movies i love : cold prey ( fritt vilt ) | birth . movies . death .

looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing cold prey near you .

cold prey ( original title fritt vilt , which translates to " open season " ) is a 2006 norwegian horror / slasher film , directed by roar uthaug and starring ingrid bolsø berdal , rolf kristian larsen , tomas alf larsen , endre martin midtstigen and viktoria winge . a sequel cold prey ii ( fritt vilt ii , also known as cold prey : resurrection ) was released in 2008 and was directed by mats stenberg . this was then followed by a prequel cold prey iii in 2010 .

wwe studios president michael luisi will oversee cold prey for wwe and will produce along with la scala . marius haugan will executive produce .

a well - crafted slasher pic with distinct local flavor , the original 2006 " cold prey " was a sleeper smash at the norwegian box office .

" fritt vilt " , or " cold prey " as it was called in english , is a norwegian horror movie from 2006 , directed by roar uthaug .

the acting in cold prey is solid , especially that of ingrid bolsø berdal as jannicke , arguably the protagonist of the movie and the female most likely to survive .

a well - crafted slasher pic with distinct local flavor , the original 2006 “cold prey” was a sleeper smash at the norwegian box office . sequel has become an outright phenom , breaking domestic - product records since its oct . 10 release . if its predecessor was more or less “halloween” in the snow , “cold prey ii” quite blatantly apes 1981’s “halloween [ … ]

cold prey is probably my favourite slasher after the original halloween . i just thought it was so well - made and had the most ' plausible ' killer of any of them .

cold prey was one of the films at the head of a rash of genre flicks coming out from the nordic region , what we now called the nordic wave . while cold prey would be considered tame when compared to north american stalwarts , at the time , anything from the rest of the world that could hold a candle to its forebearers was worthy of consideration .

in a genre filled with unwatchable nonsense released all the time , it is refreshing to see a series that delivers so much . if you are looking for a new slasher franchise to enjoy and escape the struggles of the straight to video trash then give cold prey a try . as mentioned the original is a bit harder to find , but not impossible , but cold prey 2 will be hitting stores soon so make sure to grab your copy asap . in addition there is a cold prey 3 out there just waiting for a us release so let the countdown begin .

when simone replaced kelly , sipowitz gave him an extremely cold reception . it was basically :

exclusive : wwe studios has acquired the exclusive english - language remake rights to the norwegian thriller franchise cold prey and has sealed a deal for an option to purchase the screenplay casey la scala is writing .

cold prey is one of the best , most original slasher films of recent memory . along with adam green ' s hatchet , this film is a real breath of fresh from stale teen slasher films such as urban legend and i know what you did last summer . cold prey is an effective horror film that steadily builds up the tension on - screen and slowly terrifies . cold prey ' s dark atmosphere and sense of helplessness ( as the characters are in the middle of nowhere ) only add to its strong , original story and elevate this film beyond anything that we have seen in the horror genre since the 1980 ' s . i am very impressed with the norwegian output in the horror genre , and cold prey is a terrific slasher film that will definitely become popular over time . given time , this film will find its audience . to sum up cold prey , it ' s a slasher film that brings back key elements of the slasher film formula very well and it ' s reminiscent of classic vintage slasher greats . cold prey is one of the few genre films to really terrorize the viewer . this film has something that most slasher films do not possesses and that ' s a feeling of constant suspense . if you ' re a fan of the genre , then you ' ll surely enjoy this one . with a good cast and effective directing , cold prey delivers memorable thrills and shocks that successfully brings back key elements that made slasher films exciting a fun to watch . cold prey is one of the finer norwegian horror films and is among the best films in the horror genre in a very long time .

i’m a pretty big fan of anchor bay’s norwegian slasher film cold prey ( fritt vilt ) , a stylish , cold interpretation of our classic slasher franchises of the past 30 years . learning that the producers were quickly going into production on a sequel ( and planning a third film ) only heightened by excitement , being that i’m always happy to have a new icon roaming around murdering folks . like the first film , i was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy of cold prey ii .

a prequel to the first two cold prey movies taking place in the 80 ' s where a group of teenagers go to visit the abandoned hotel , only to find themselves hunted by the psychotic killer through the norwegian woods .

a quite superb sequel to cold prey , this is a film that certainly comes across as the determined effort not to be merely a cash - in on its prequel that its main star stated it would attempt to be .

yesterday the announcement came that wwe studios have secured the rights to remake roar uthaug ' s norwegian slasher flick cold prey from 2006 . wwe have also secured to option to purchase a re - write script written by casey la scala .

, certain types of which are capable of detecting and responding to hot and cold . for example , channels known as

has two whiplike antennae consisting of about 150–180 ring - shaped segments that grow thinner and longer with increasing distance from the insect’s head . there are about 20 cold receptors per antenna . each cold receptor consists of a delicate hairlike structure (

that are responsible for the burning feeling of cold pain . the simultaneous warm and cool temperatures summate in the brain to reduce normal thermoreceptive activity , and this reduction unmasks ( disinhibits ) the cold - evoked polymodal nociceptive activity that is normally

i ' m a pretty big fan of norwegian horror films ( e . g . rare exports : a christmas tale , dead snow 1 & 2 , trollhunter , ragnarok , etc . ) and the cold prey trilogy deserves a lot more recognition . considering the slew of mediocre , run - of - the - mill slasher flicks that were scattered throughout the 2000 ' s , cold prey is a solid entry that rises above the pack with its stellar production values and a decent cast . roar uthaug directs this slasher movie and displays a few tricks up his sleeve , often playing with the audience ' s expectations . cold prey is a slasher film through and through , but one that relies more on tension than gore , and it ' s worth the view for that alone .

” mimics the burning sensation associated with painful cold ( usually reported at temperatures below 15 °c [ 59 °f ] ) . the thermal grill demonstrates that there is a central neural mechanism for the cold inhibition of pain . the cold bars in the grill ( below 20 °c [ 68 °f ] ) activate polymodal ( responding to different types of sensory stimulation )

while more often than not the horror films that are coming out fall short , there seems to be some really good ones coming from other countries . when the 2006 norwegian slasher flick cold prey aka fritt vilt hit it was not only considered one of the best norwegian horror movies , but scored some major points in the us as well . now thanks to shout factory the highly anticipated 2008 sequel cold prey ii aka fritt vilt ii is now getting a release here in the states , but does it live up to the original ?

, that initiate sensations similar to hot and cold . some types of cells , including merkel cells , which are involved in

of blood flow and pain explains the intense burning experienced when lukewarm water is applied to feet that are numb from cold .

the director and star of the critically acclaimed cold prey team up once again for a thrilling , action - packed adventure that marries the best of the hunger games and mad max as a young girl fights for survival against brutal warriors in a disease - ridden medieval world .

a well - crafted slasher pic with distinct local flavor , the original 2006 “cold prey ” was a sleeper smash at the norwegian box office . sequel has become an outright phenom , breaking domestic - product records since its oct . 10 release . if its predecessor was more or less “halloween” in the snow , “cold prey ii” quite blatantly apes 1981’s “halloween ii” — from its hospital setting to its workmanlike but more generic scare - machine flavor . as the original traveled much farther on dvd , offshore theatrical prospects for part deux look solid but limited ; smallscreen sales should be robust .

caterpillars of the eastern tent caterpillar moth ( malacosoma americanum , family lasiocampidae ) have cold - receptor cells located on their antennae and mouthparts .

cold prey 2 is a movie starring ingrid bolsø berdal , marthe snorresdotter rovik , and kim arne hagen . jannicke wakes up in the hospital . all of her friends are dead . as she walks through the dark corridors , she thinks she is left alone . but the nightmare isn ' t over yet .

sure , it’s a bloodbath and there are a few fun kills , but the in - between is so incredibly boring , and the characters are so one - dimensional . even in carpenter’s halloween sequel the hospital attendants are fun and have some sort of characterization , in cold prey they’re just bodies to mutilate .

cold prey 2 to me is halloween 2 norwegian style . it takes place right after the events of the first film as our heroine from the first is taken to a nearby hospital . in essence cold prey 2 is a fusion of halloween 2 and friday the 13th part 4 : the final chapter but again it has its own stamp and it stands alone and proud in the slasher genre . cold prey 2 doesn ' t bring anything new to the table other than it is a full throttle attack on the senses . our killer is one mean son of a gun and his image is not far off kane hodder ' s jason in friday the 13th part 7 : the new blood . again we are treated to some great atmosphere and settings that are dark , brooding and foreboding at the best of times . throw in some great kills and you have one of the better horror sequels in some time . on to review part 3 .

, as well as in regions on the hands and feet ( paws in quadrupeds ) . while both cold and warm receptors are innervated by unmyelinated

power rangers time force had jen being a bit cold towards wes , partly because he was inexperienced and also his resemblance towards her deceased boyfriend .

roar uthaug is familiar with the work of alexandre aja . i don’t know this for a fact but after watching “cold prey” , i’d lay my next paycheck on it . to be pointed , uthaug’s 2006 norwegian slasher is so stylistically similar to aja’s “the hills have eyes” remake that were it not for the little matter of snow vs . sand you might well think you were watching aja’s mutant retread reset in jotunheimen . " the ice has eyes " , if you will . that both films were in production around the same time probably just means that " cold prey’ was more informed by “haute tension” than it was " the hills have eyes " .

by skin temperatures above 45 °c ( 113 °f ) , which corresponds to the brief sensation of cold that humans report when a hot object is touched or when the hand is put into hot water . in contrast , the sharp biting sensation elicited by touching an object at deep cold temperatures ( such as

isolated , snowbound locales make for great slasher movie locations , from satan ' s blade ( 1982 ) , to iced ( 1988 ) and most recently shredder ( 2003 ) . however , the main inspiration for roar uthaug ' s cold prey ( both in structure and pacing ) is clearly stanley kubrick ' s the shining ( 1980 ) . herein lies the film ' s greatest weakness : whilst i ' m all for a slow burn when it comes to establishing characters and background , cold prey meanders when it should be rushing and although well constructed never quite hits the levels of hysteria ( and sheer entertainment value ) you ' d expect from the best of the subgenre .

norway doesn ' t exactly have a history that i ' m aware of horror films – let alone slasher flicks ( although , like buses , there ' s another coming in 2008 called rovdyr seemingly inspired by its good show at the norwegian box office ) – so i was keen to see cold prey after it garnered a rash of very positive reviews on the web . i expected to like it a lot , but despite being well shot this snowbound effort ultimately left me a little cold .

the cold and warm thermoreceptors of mammals show dynamic as well as static excitatory or inhibitory discharge responses . these responses represent the magnitude and rate of change of cold and warm stimuli . the thermoreceptors have spotlike receptive fields in the skin , and cold receptors are more numerous than warm receptors in the skin . warm receptors are found primarily in deep tissues ( e . g . , muscle and viscera ) . skin thermoreceptors are concentrated in orofacial regions around the mouth ,

cold - blooded animals such as lizards maintain safe body temperatures by moving into locations of favourable temperature . this behaviour is largely influenced by thermoreceptors in the skin .

third film in the cold prey trilogy is a prequel to the first two films and it takes place in the 1980 ' s . for a third entry in a slasher franchise , this still has plenty of effective ideas to make it an interesting watch for genre fans . cold prey still has all the necessary things that you ' d expect from this series , and it not only relies on gory kills , but suspense and atmosphere to build the tension on - screen . the norwegians are truly wonderful in creating intense horror films that bring back traditional elements that has made the genre worth seeing . this prequel should appeal to fans , but like every other third part in any series , the film does start to show a certain lack of inspiration . luckily the film does still have lots to offer for fans looking for effective thrills . cold prey 3 could have been done better , but like i said , there is enough good material presented here to make for a worthwhile viewing experience . i enjoyed the prequel and it has everything that i enjoyed from the first , albeit a tad watered down . however that is to be expected from a third film . this entry still has lots of gore and effectively great kill sequences that make up for a good slasher film . the cold prey films were a breath of fresh air in a horror genre that was stagnant , cliché and lacked anything that was truly entertaining . for a prequel , cold prey 3 will surely appeal to fans and it is a horror picture that delivers the good yet again . although this better be the final entry in the series as we see that the film ' s ideas are struggling in some areas . nonetheless , this is still a worthwhile movie and one that delivers from start to finish .

i don ' t know if i know enough about this subject to be able to make this judgement but i don ' t care because i ' m going to make it anyway . if cold prey 2 isn ' t one of the finest slasher sequels ever made then i ' d like to see the shed - load that are better than it .

cold reception ( 氷の村の少女 kōri no mura no shōjo maiden of the ice village in the japanese version ) is chapter 8 of fire emblem fates in the conquest version .

cold receptors such as those found in the skin of cats may be innervated by fast - conducting myelinated a - fibres or slow - conducting unmyelinated c - fibres .

cold prey follows a group of friends who decide to ski out of bounds and are forced to take shelter when a storm hits , finding themselves imprisoned in an abandoned ski lodge along with a maniacal killer . the story has been described as a cross between the grey and the revenant and really centers on a strong female character who reaches the limits of physical and mental endurance .

deadline just broke the news that wwe studios has acquired the remake rights to cold prey , and they’ve also sealed a deal for an option to purchase a screenplay currently being penned by casey la scala ( the remaining ) . the film , being described as the grey meets the revenant , will center on a strong female character who reaches the limits of physical and mental endurance .

if i am blindly hopeful , i will seek out " cold prey 2 " with the belief that roar uthaug addressed the overuse of horror standards , languid pacing , and feckless characterizations that plague this film . if on the other hand i was betting on it , i would wager that a return trip to the mountains with roar would make for a nice 90 minute nap .

) emerging from a ring - shaped wall . the cold sensilla are mechanically protected by large bristles covering the segments of the antenna . at constant temperatures the cold receptor is continuously active . when the receptor is rapidly cooled , its discharge frequency rises steeply and then declines gradually to a lower constant level ; on rapid warming , the opposite response occurs .

warm - blooded animals such as the arctic fox ( alopex lagopus ) can use nonshivering thermogenesis , the production of heat through metabolic processes , to maintain body temperature in cold climates .

" cold prey " . was a pretty good movie and was beautifully shot and lit but it was not well defined because no real back story was given about the killer . we as an audience were given a scenario that wasn ' t defined clearly enough to decipher what was or wasn ' t . at the end of the day it is pretty light on gore . i recently purchased cold prey 2 and in that film they made sense of what was not explained in this film . there was a bit of an old school feel to it and some creepy moments and a couple of good kills but not enough that will satisfy the die hard slasher fan . the battle for survival at the end is the highlight of the film this and the atmosphere are why i give it 4 stars . .

the real strength of cold prey is its stylish presentation of its atmospheric , and often gorgeous , setting . the film was shot on location , which gives much greater freedom for a bunch of film - makers filming on a shoestring . admittedly while the film’s visual identity is strong , none of the kills leave much to be desired , for a slasher it is amazing how little gore there actually is in…

cold prey was hailed as one of the best modern norwegian horror movies and the most successful franchise of its kind . la scala recently wrote , produced and directed the remaining for sony and produced amityville : the awakening , which will be released june 30 . that film stars jennifer jason leigh and bella thorne through dimension . la scala also was an executive producer on the adam fields’ produced cult favorite donnie darko .

on the plus side , anders flatland’s widescreen lensing is as crisp as daniel voldheim’s prior job , peaked by spectacular mountain scenery both films should have exploited more . perfs ( with marthe snorresdotter rovik as an intern who emerges as jannicke’s fellow resilient heroine ) are strong enough . returning composer magnus beite , editor jon endre mork and production designer astrid saetren all maintain “cold prey’s” taut aethetics , even as the script falls short .

that a cold metal object ( e . g . , a silver dollar ) placed on the skin seems heavier than the same object at a warm temperature . this phenomenon , known as the

the rspb’s investigations department publishes an annual report on all wildlife crime . the most recent edition , for 2013 , documents 164 cases of shooting or destruction of birds of prey in which the evidence points strongly towards the actions of gamekeepers .

cortex . a variety of behavioral responses are elicited through stimulation of thermoreceptors , including changes in body posture that help regulate heat loss and the huddling together of a group of animals in cold weather .

cold prey : following a gruesome accident , five friends ' idyllic snowboarding expedition to the jotunheimen mountains takes a turn for the eerie when they are forced to take shelter from a ravaging storm in an abandoned ski lodge . empty and silent , the cavernous lodge seems deserted - - but there are secrets here . these secrets are long buried , thought forgotten and very , very dangerous . before the night is out , those who survive will have discovered the true meaning of terror and looked into the very face of evil . cold prey 2 : in the winter of 2006 and five young friends meet a brutal death in the jotunheimen mountain range of norway . only a young woman survived . cold and weak jannicke struggles her way back to civilization . in the small local hospital the personnel are going through their daily routines . but then the bloody and beaten young woman is brought in . later jannicke wakes up in her hospital bed . but the hospital is darkened and not a living soul is in sight . alone she carefully steps out into the corridors . is her nightmare not over after all ?

stenberg delivers a beautifully shot sequel that could easily make a theatrical run here in the states ( were it in english ) . but the problem with the film is that is incredibly generic and spends more time trying to emulate classic horror films that becoming a classic of its own . with no limitations , no mpaa to worry about , and a much more lenient set of producers , it’s unfortunate that cold prey ii never quite pushes the envelope .

the first act of “cold prey” looks like a car commercial and plays the ship of fools ( vapid teens ) formula to a teetering doze . it’s all excruciatingly familiar but thanks to some nice aerials shots and brisk cutting the second act reaches us in short order . unfortunately , the second act moves with less fluidity than the first . though it does manage to generate some tension along the way , it is not sufficient to offset the long minutes spent with pouty pillocks as they deal with trite dilemmas that remain largely unexplored until their death . what makes the characters issues even more annoying is that they are transparently manufactured to isolate one from another so that they can be killed off systematically . truthfully , familiar as it is , this formula is actually tried and true ; if the movie is…um , actually moving . in the case of “cold prey” however , we stay frozen in place until the 40 minute mark .

it also has probably the greatest slow - motion silent scene that brian de palma never directed when the killer is resuscitated to the horror of berdal . once the violence starts shortly after , it ' s arguable that cold prey 2 isn ' t quite as strong but the finale which sees berdal realise her fate and return to where it all began for her is a really strong way to put this chapter of the franchise to bed once and for all .

, and humans , certain receptors are excited both by mechanical stimuli and by cooling stimuli . however , these nerve endings are primarily slowly adapting mechanoreceptors that are sensitive to graded pressure on the skin , and their sensitivity to cooling is not linearly related to temperature . in fact , mechanoreceptor nerve fibres that are sensitive to cold have increased spontaneous discharge frequency in the presence of cold stimuli . this is probably responsible for the

a - fibres that conduct impulses more rapidly than c - fibres . ( thus , a blockade of peripheral nerve conduction by maintained pressure will first interrupt touch , then cold , then finally sensations of warmth and

was exposed to decreasing temperatures , dropping from 28 to −10 °c ( 82 to 14 °f ) , the animal’s core body and spinal cord temperatures increased , while its leg , neck , and back skin temperatures decreased . furthermore , different skin areas of birds appear to have varying thermosensitivity . for example , in pigeons skin on the back is more sensitive to the detection of warmth than skin on the wings and breast . in addition , nonfeathered skin areas , such as the legs and feet , have little sensitivity to cold or warm stimuli . many species of birds have a high degree of cold sensitivity , and thus , these species migrate to warm climates for the winter . in contrast , species that are cold - tolerant may migrate to avoid climates that become too warm . many cold - tolerant birds adjust their basal metabolic rates to avoid hypothermy .

incubation ) , and the beak . thermoreceptors also exist in the spinal cord and brainstem ( though apparently not in the hypothalamus ) . early studies employing microelectrodes provided evidence of cold - sensitive thermoreceptors in the tongues of

. temperature sensations in humans provide a measure of the activity of warm and cold receptors in the skin ; however , thermal comfort or discomfort reflects the general state of the thermoregulatory system , involving signals not only from thermoreceptors in the skin but also from the integrative centres in the brainstem and other regions . thus , the same temperature at the skin can be experienced as comfortable or uncomfortable , depending on the thermal condition of the person’s whole body . for example , if one is overheated , cold is perceived as pleasant , but if the core body temperature is low , and one feels generally chilled , then the same cold stimulus is distinctly unpleasant .

, changes in direct relation to fluctuations in the temperature of the environment . cold - blooded animals maintain safe body temperatures mainly by moving into locations of favourable temperature ( e . g . , shade or sunlight ) .

i can ' t really recommend cold prey to those looking for something a little more frenetic and energetic , though i wouldn ' t go so far as to bury it underneath a snow bank , either . the best i can say about the movie is that its chilling , snowy atmosphere is well - handled , though in a negative reversal of that , said atmosphere takes its toll on the film ' s already - long running time . there were moments during the film when i desperately wanted the film to speed up a hair or two ; some of the setting accentuation could ' ve been excised in favor of getting to the point , and as we all know , an effective slasher film has two very important points among a dozen : suspense and murders . cold prey ' s killer is showcased via an odd editing choice : we see a boot here , and an arm there , but never enough of him to generate any real sense of fear or suspense . and , since his identity turns out to be perfunctory , you begin wondering why they went to the trouble of keeping his visage hidden . to give the film its due after the criticisms , it is , like i said before , well - shot and atmospherical , and the victims - to - be are a sympathetic bunch , and there are a few moments of sublime , gothic dread , but after all is said and done , cold prey left this reviewer searching for a warm blanket , and a better movie !

it ' s getting late in the day and injured tobias needs to get out of the cold , so he and his friends take shelter in an abandoned ski lodge nearby , planning to head back into town in the morning .

, where specialized neurons receive convergent input selectively from cold or warm thermoreceptors . both warm - and cool - sensitive cells summate input from a large number of peripheral thermoreceptors over broad areas of skin . this summation is fundamental for overcoming

for its first theatrical release , you’d think that leomax entertainment would want at least an unknown sleeper hit to drive into theaters . on the contrary , leomax has picked up cold prey for a limited , 100 - theater release , followed by a dvd release from anchor bay , says the hollywood reporter . the norwegian chiller follows a group of college kids who find themselves in an abandoned ski lodge after a snowboard outing goes horribly wrong . despite being in norwegian , you’d think the movie was straight out of hollywood .

from the looks of the trailer , cold prey is right up there with the texas chainsaw massacre remake — offering over - saturated florescent lighting grimy sets . if you watch the trailer muted , you’d swear it’s the next b - movie horror release from the producers of stay alive . but nope , it’s a norwegian import that leomax entertainment just had to release in north america . frankly , we need more foreign horror in our theaters , fear needs no translation , but importing crappy movies isn’t the way to go .

this was purposeful on the producers ' part , because they felt that if sipowitz gave simone an extreme cold shoulder , and rejected him without giving him any chance , viewers would be more likely to see that and not do it themselves .

obviously , the slasher flick is both blessed and cursed by conventions – and is not exactly known for its innovations . hide and seek theatrics are always fun , and cold prey certainly does have its moments . however , the only thing that really jumps out as ingeniously gruesome is the scene where the final victim - to - be has to pretend to be just another cadaver to escape the unwanted attentions of the killer . the fact that it ' s topped off with a ho - hum , ambiguous ( read lazy ) ending doesn ' t really help matters .

directed by mats stenberg , the film takes immediate cues from john carpenter’s halloween sequel where laurie strode ( jamie lee curtis ) wakes up in a hospital following the horrid events on halloween . in cold prey ii , jannicke ( ingrid bolsø berdal ) wakes up in the hospital . all of her friends are dead… and so is the killer . the bodies are brought to the hospital , including our pickaxe - wielding madman . in an homage to friday the 13th part 6 , the murderer is resuscitated with a pair of defibrillators and is once again on a murderous rampage .

cold prey has just the right amount of suspense , frightening sequences , and i actually cared about the characters . character development was good and acting was on point . i appreciated the dubbing because sometimes i don ' t feel like reading my films , as much as i do enjoy foreign styles . even though some parts remain a mystery , i ' m ok with that . the film is part of a trilogy and explanations in other films satisfy viewer curiosity . cinematography was very good and i like the group dynamic . i ' ve seen the movie several times .

yet since then , raptors have shown remarkable powers of recuperation . despite allen lambert’s worst efforts on the stody estate , his two victim species – sparrowhawk and buzzard – have strongly recovered from historical lows . sparrowhawks have tripled in number , while the buzzard population has increased at least sixfold and is now britain’s most abundant bird of prey .

act as directional distance receptors and make it possible for the reptile to strike at warm prey . each pit is a cavity about 1–5 mm ( 0 . 04–0 . 2 inches ) deep , equally as wide at the bottom , and narrowing toward the opening at the surface of the head . inside and separated from the bottom by a narrow

the franchise would go through bouts of sequel - itis and prequel - itis in 2008 and 2010 . i believe we are far enough removed from the original film that an english - language remake is fine . north america has enough remote resort towns along the rockies or the northeast that locations will not be an issue . cold prey was committed to following the rules of the slasher genre so there should not be any protesting wwe studios for taking what was the norm and making it . . . the norm again . it will be done cheap , quick and with a lineup of pretty young faces just happy to have the opportunity .

top ten : joe pi initially gets a cold response from some of the other cops , mostly because he ' s taking the place of a colleague who was killed in the line of duty . he quickly proves himself both on the streets and with his new partner ' s family .

“cold prey” opens with a quick back - story that involves a child gone missing in the mountains of norway . from there the film tells a pretty straight tale about a group of 5 friends on a back country snowboarding trip . when one member of the group breaks his leg they are forced to take shelter in a derelict ski lodge . it’s soon revealed that the lodge is the same place where the boy went missing some 30 years prior . the lodge , non - coincidentally , also happens to be home to a marauding mountain man with a pickax . from there the film enters stalk and slash mode and works to a familiar endpoint .

in the pigeon columba livia different skin areas have varying thermosensitivity . for example , the skin on the back is more sensitive to warmth than the skin on the wings and breast , and nonfeathered skin areas , such as the legs and feet , have little sensitivity to warm or cold stimuli .

still , there’s less attention paid to developing character this time around . and despite the unusually restrained 35 - minute build - up before carnage occurs — a warmup riddled with effective false scares — “cold prey ii” feels more routine than roar uthaug ’s original . there’s scant surprise to who gets it and when , or to jannicke’s summoning strength to protect a little boy ( vetle qvenild werring ) who’s one of the hospital’s few remaining patients . once again , the silent “mountain man” baddie ( robert follin ) is a little too generic ( and oft - seen in plain sight ) to stir mysterious charisma , with his raggedy leatherface - goes - aspen winter attire .

birds of prey are controversial precisely because it is in their nature to kill other animals . they are climax predators , sometimes competing with us at the top of the food chain for prey such as grouse or pheasant . yet they also possess beauty , drama , majesty , charisma ; and more than almost any other wild creatures they symbolise our wider relationship with place . their free - flying presence among us , circling over moor or mountain or woodland copse , expresses a kind of hope that modern britain can be something more than a functional estate , managed to suit ourselves . the killing of raptors is a crime , but it is also a failure to imagine a landscape as being about anything other than property or money .

following a gruesome accident , five friends ' idyllic snowboarding expedition to the jotunheimen mountains takes a turn for the eerie when they are forced to take shelter from a ravaging storm in an abandoned ski lodge . empty and silent , the cavernous lodge seems deserted - - but there are secrets here . these secrets are long buried , thought forgotten and very , very dangerous . before the night is out , those who survive will have discovered the true meaning of terror and looked into the very face of evil . in the classic tradition of seminal horror films wolf creek , halloween and my bloody valentine , cold prey is a tense , stylish and viciously unnerving journey into a frozen nightmare .

the plot is simplicity itself . well , to actually say that cold prey has a plot would perhaps be a gross exaggeration ; not that it meant it would be a bad film ( after all , the original halloween ' s leanness in that department is one of its many strengths ) . five friends in their early 20s head off into the wilds for an afternoon of snow boarding : a couple who are hot for each other , ingunn ( viktoria winge ) and mikal ( endre martin midtstigen ) ; another couple , with commitment problems eirik ( tomas alf larsen ) and jannicke ( ingrid bolsø berdal ) ; as well as their goofy companion morten tobias ( rolf kristian larsen ) .

to underpin their claim of good behaviour , gamekeepers can point to the astonishing rise in the fortunes of some british raptors over the past half - century . birds of prey were among the last of britain’s avifauna to receive legal protection , not least because they were so detested by game interests . it wasn’t until 1962 that the law was amended to extend protection to the sparrowhawk .

) in the skin , act to reduce body temperature . cool - seeking behaviours are motivated by emotions of thermal discomfort . when signals from cold receptors predominate , heat conservation and production mechanisms are initiated . thus , muscles expend energy in shivering and through other metabolic reactions ( nonshivering thermogenesis ) , cutaneous blood vessels narrow (

were found to be selectively sensitive to hot and cold stimuli . in animals thermoreception can be studied in different ways—for example , through observations of behavioral responses to variations in temperature , through measurement of compensatory autonomic responses ( e . g . , sweating or panting ) to thermal disturbances , and through recording electrical impulses generated in the

cold prey ( fritt vilt ) is clever , funny , terrifying and contains a surprising twist that i did not see coming . six friends go snow - boarding and when one gets injured , they decide to hole up in a abandoned ski lodge for the night . think you might know what ' s coming ? it ' s possible , but don ' t allow your preconceived notions to get the better of you . the characters range from whip - smart and tough to frivolous and silly , providing some necessary comic relief amid the tension . yes , it is foreign ( norwegian ) but it is easily one of the best horror movies to have been released in the last 10 years . definitely worth a watch for any horror buff !

that are selectively sensitive to warm or cool stimuli . in general , the specificity of thermoreceptors is quite narrow , in that their nerve endings are excited only , or primarily , by thermal stimuli . however , some thermoreceptors are polymodal , meaning they are capable of responding to both hot and cold stimuli , as well as to certain chemicals , such as

in certain mechanoreceptors underlies the phenomenon of spontaneous cold sensitivity . such molecular evidence has been crucial in improving the understanding of thermoreception and has led to new approaches in the classification of sensory receptors . for example , today receptors sensitive to temperature and other sensory stimuli are more likely to be classified based on genetic similarities and molecular function rather than on the chemical

at root , the campaign to halt the killing of wild birds of prey touches on issues that are historically embedded in english society . resistance to what is viewed as wider social interference in their private liberties is a long and impassioned cause for the landed interest in britain . modern conservationists seeking a quick fix in matters of raptor politics would do well to reflect on the campaign for a general right to roam in our countryside .

this movie cannot be described as gratuitous ; it has no nudity , little gore and breaks no new ground . interestingly , that may be the reason it succeeds on some levels . one of my greatest complaints about alexandre aja is that his " a - ha " moments ( sorry ) are consistently weak . he shows us so much good stuff upfront that by the end we have to be bathed in blood or baited with an unsatisfying twist just to stay interested in the outcome . uthaug doesn’t commit the sin of over acceleration , his is the opposite problem . the ultimate conundrum for the viewer is that " cold prey " exists somewhere between its two best options . as an audience we either need characters that are less wooden or we need them to be killed off much faster .

an afternoon of winter fun turns out to be unexpectedly chilling in this thriller . five friends head out for a weekend of snowboarding in the norwegian alps - - eirik ( tomas alf larsen ) and his longtime girlfriend jannicke ( ingrid bolso berdal ) , mikael ( endre martin midtstigen ) and his new significant other ingunn ( viktoria winge ) , and tobias ( rolf kristian larsen ) . tobias already feels like the odd man out since he ' s currently without a girlfriend , and he becomes a lot more uncomfortable when he breaks his leg while taking advantage of a secluded ski spot . it ' s getting late in the day and injured tobias needs to get out of the cold , so he and his friends take shelter in an abandoned ski lodge nearby , planning to head back into town in the morning . however , as the evening wears on tobias and his pals realize that the lodge isn ' t as abandoned as they thought , and its sole inhabitant is a madman who is determined to see them dead . a major box office success in norway , fritt vilt ( aka cold prey ) was the first feature film from director roar uthaug .

and response maxima . the static activity of many cold receptors reaches a maximum at temperatures around 20–30 °c ( 68–86 °f ) . some thermoreceptors have lower thresholds ( i . e . , less than 30 °c [ 86 °f ] ) and maximal activity at colder temperatures ( i . e . , less than 20 °c [ 68 °f ] ) . for example , a thermoresponsive

without giving too much away , there is a psychotic killer on the loose ( this is a slasher flick after all – although , if you watch the making of that comes with the british dvd you ' ll not hear it referred to which makes me wonder if there was a little bit of embarrassment from cast and crew on that point ) . the film opens with what appears to the murder of a young boy , buried in snow . this is followed by a montage of news clips about missing skiers and tourists over the years , as well as establishing that the boy in the prologue went missing from the hotel . cold prey ' s protagonists discover the luggage of missing people hidden behind the kitchen , as well as newspapers with headlines screaming ' hotel of evil ! ' ( although it ' s never explained why ) .

[ updated with new teaser image . ] in the words of star ingrid bolso berdal , " there will be crossbows . and leather outfits . " when director roar uthaug and the team at norway ' s fante film last collaborated on a feature the result was cold prey ( fritt vilt ) , the picture largely responsible for kicking the current wave of nordic genre film into high gear . and now the gang is back together for flukt ( escape ) . an action picture set in the remote norwegian countryside during the 1300 ' s , with the nation in the grips of the black death , berdal will be playing the leader of a group of outlaws living in the mountains . and given the title of the picture i think it ' s safe to assume that someone ' s after her . in production now with an october . . .

cold receptors respond to sudden cooling with a transient increase in discharge frequency ( called the dynamic response ) that is directly related to the prior temperature and the magnitude and rate of the temperature decrease . if the cooler temperature is maintained , the discharge frequency adapts to a frequency of static discharge that is directly related to the cooler temperature . when the cold receptor is warmed again , a transient decrease , or inhibition , in discharge frequency occurs , after which the frequency rises again and finally adapts to a new static value . warm receptors respond in a similar fashion to that of cold receptors , except that they show a dynamic response of increased discharge frequency to warming and a transient inhibition of discharge to cooling . thus , thermoreceptors are selectively sensitive to specific ranges of temperature , to the rate and direction of temperature change , and to the final temperature . in addition , thermoreceptors are directly sensitive to the absolute temperature at the receptor rather than to the gradient of temperature change within the tissue . there is also evidence that one population of innocuous cool - sensitive thermoreceptors innervates the epidermis , while another population has receptive endings that are situated more deeply in the dermal skin layer .