Hello Mr. Mohan, Between Bilaspur and Calcutta on SE Railway is Kharagpur (also in the Guiness Book with the longest railway platform in the world) where Leslie is supposed to have played quite a bit of his hockey. Infact he still has family in Kharagpur (aka KGP). Among them was his maternal uncle Mr. Blacquer and his family. Is Kharagpur (home of the famed IIT and the SERA Stadium where Leslie Claudius played hockey) featured in the Documentary too ? If so legions of ex IIT Kharagpur students will buy the film too. Please review the film and advise.
Anyway I will purchase a copy of the film,Thanks for the information. This video may also be a big hit with the Anglo Indian diaspora in Australia, NZ, Canada and England. Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida >From: "P. K. Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Carmo D'Cruz" , "Godfrey D'Souza" >Subject: Documentary film on Leslie Claudius >Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:10:39 -0400 > >Hello Carmo and Godfrey, > >I got the following email from Jaydeep Mukherjee of Kolkata. He has made a >documentary on Olympic legend Leslie Claudius, called HIT,CLAUDIUS,HIT! > >Please see http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/2006/aug2006.html#Visitor > >The pricing of the documentary is as follows: > >35 mm Eastman Colour Print: US $1700 (per print) >16 mm Eastman Colour Print: US $1400 (per print) >DV CAM Format (PAL/SECAM): US $600 (per copy) >DV CAM Format (NTSC): US $700 (per copy) >DVD: US $140 (per DVD) >DVD (20 or more copies): Negotiable > >I have purchased one DVD copy for USD 140 my personal library; it will come >in a couple of weeks. Jaydeep even approached Doordarshan Sports to air the >documentary, though so far, it has not shown interest. > >Would you like to purchase the DVD? Do you know others in USA/Canada who >would? If you need further information, you can contact Jaydeep directly >(or even Vece Paes, one of the anchors of this documentary). > >The check has to be made out to PIYALY PRODUCTIONS, and sent to the >following address: > >Jaydeep Mukherjee >48, PRATAPADITYA PLACE >KOLKATA 700026 >India > >Jaydeep's contact information is as follow: > >Telephone: 0091-33-24649694/009133-25002702 >Mobile :009830203145/ 009831035404 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Background note provided by Jaydeep is given below. > >Regards, >Mohan > >--------------------------------------------- >The film has been made in 35mm Eastman colour and its duration is 30 >minutes. We also have 16 mm, Betacam SP, DVCAM and DVD format for sale. > >India, as you know, is a land of field hockey, a land that produced the >Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand. He was the inspiration for his next generation, >which produced geniuses like K. D. Singh Babu, Leslie Claudius, Balbir >Singh et al. > >Born in an Anglo-Indian community, Leslie became a permanent member of the >team from the1948 Olympics to the 1960 Olympics, where he captained the >Indian Olympic team. > >Our documentary is a nostalgic journey with Leslie through the beautiful >game of hockey. His reminiscences of the Olympics are something exceptional >to hear. Leslie opens out his personality, his philosophy of hockey and his >ideals of a sportsman's life, which he thinks is the best thing on earth. > >We started our shooting from Bilaspur in Central India, where he was born. >He then came to Calcutta and settled here. Initially, he was a football >player played for the Calcutta Port Trust. But then he shifted to the >beautiful game of hockey for his club team and from here itself he played >for the Indian team at the Olympics from 1948 to 1960. > >Leslie's name was in the Guinness Book of World Record as the four >consecutive Olympian in the World. He has achieved 3 Olympic Gold medals >(1948 to 1956) and Silver (1960) where he was the captain the team. It was >truly a sad moment for him, being the captain of the Indian team that loses >to Pakistan for the first time in an Olympics. > >There are few clippings of old Olympic Games, and the Indian team playing >at the Olympics. These were taken from the archives of Government of India. > >The film includes Leslie, at the age of 75, his personal moments, his >memoirs of the Olympics, his sharing views with Keshav Dutt, Leslie in >different moods (Singing songs/ playing veterans hockey), his relationship >with the Kolkata Maidan, interviews with Gurbux Singh, P. K. Banerjee, >Leander Paes and Sourav Ganguly, Leslie's childhood at Bilaspur, his >school, memoirs of Leslie's teacher (she is now 95 years old), Leslie's >nostalgic moments in Bilaspur. > >All the frames are neatly edited and presented in this film in such a style >that we can have the totality of Leslie both as a player and as a human >being. > >HIT, CLAUDIUS HIT! > >Script : Samik Bandopadhyay >Voice : Prabir Ghosh >Anchors : Vace Paes and Gopinath Ghosh >Camera : Subhasish Banerjee( FTII,Pune) and Deep Pal (Mumbai) >Editor : Sumit Ghosh (FTII,Pune) >Sound designing : Anup Mukherjee (FTII,Pune) >Music : Anindya Mazumdar >Processed at : Prasad Film Laboratories, Chennai >Produced by : PIYALY PRODUCTIONS >Direction : Aloke Banerjee & Jaydip Mukherjee > _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
