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Nachom-ia Kumpasar
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
5.00 pm, Saturday, August 15
HOYTS HIGHPOINT
Year: 2014
Language: Romi Konkani
Running Time: 156 Minutes
Rating: Festival Rating
Director: Bardroy Barretto
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Synopsis: The bitter sweet relationship between a young singer and her musician mentor set against the backdrop of the jazz clubs of Bombay and the musicians from Goa during the 60s. In the 1960s Lawry a young Goan musician playing in the nightclubs of Bombay, returns to Goa to find a singer for his band where he meets Dona. While Lawry moulds the impressionable young Dona into a talented singer, they fall deeply in love. The emotional rollercoaster of a love story is destined to tragedy. The film weaves its lilting narrative through 20 timeless songs Based on actual events this quasi-biographical film is a tribute to one of Goa's greatest, yet barely acknowledged legacy - its musicians, who once upon a time set the jazz clubs of Bombay on fire and actually shaped the music of Bollywood cinema. Nachom-ia Kumpasar is a nostalgic musical tale set in the times these musicians lived and died in - unrecognized, unappreciated…and unsung.