Ship of Theseus (2012)

The film explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and a young stockbroker.

Director:

Anand Gandhi

Writers:

Anand Gandhi, Anand Gandhi (story)

Stars:

Aydah El-Kashef, Yogesh Shah, Faraz Khan

Top Rated Indian Movies #129 | 12 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aydah El-Kashef	...	Aliya (as Aida El-Kashef)
Yogesh Shah	...	Doctor (as Dr. Yogesh Shah)
Faraz Khan	...	Vinay
Hannan Youssef	...	Aliya's mother
Narendra Shah	...	'Uncle'
Chitra Shah	...	Lady in the house
Manan Shah	...	Kid in the house
Aishwarya	...	Girl with the blindfold
Balaji Janardhan	...	Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Abbas K.	...	Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Bharat Pardesi	...	Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Pradeep Sinha	...	Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Akhtar Bhale	...	Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Sidharth Meer	...	Art enthusiast 1
Bonnie Chenevier	...	Art enthusiast 2

Storyline

If the parts of a ship are replaced, bit-by-bit, is it still the same ship? A celebrated experimental photographer struggles with the loss of her intuitive genius as an unexpected aftermath of a physical change; an intellectual monk confronting a complex ethical dilemma with a long held ideology, has to choose between principle and death; and a young stockbroker, following the trail of a stolen kidney, learns how intricate morality could be. These disparate characters manifest philosophical dilemmas in their personal lives, but their narratives converge to reveal an even larger fabric of connections, meaning, beauty, existence and death in a delicately poetic finale.

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Plot Keywords:

death | philosophy | independent film | photographer | organ theft | 

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Taglines:

How do you know where you end and where your environment begins?

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the film, 'Ship of Theseus' alludes to the highly debated Theseus' paradox (also referred to as the Ship of Theseus). The paradox engages in the idea of identity: "If parts of an object are replaced with similar parts, does it remain the same?" Thus this concept is applied to human beings psychologically, ideologically and physically throughout the film.

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Quotes

Navin: If a ship is replaced part by part up to a point where not a single original part remains in it, is it still the same ship?

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Soundtracks

Tre
From album "som Pansar" (2010)
Music by Zackarias (Kenny Lundström, Anton Prydz, Martin Mansson, Robin Lundström
Lyrics by Anton Prydz
Produced by Peter Samuelsson/Robin Lundström

User Reviews

Celebrating life in a brilliant way

Well,after waiting for a long time I went for the first show and the film shocked me.The film marks a new era in Indian independent movie making.Gandhi used three inter inter related stories to find some eternal questions of mankind like life and death,salvation,purpose of life,creation,beauty etc.All these questions came up through a blind photographer,a rigid monk and a stock broker.Brilliant cinematography and music set the right flow for the movie to reach its conclusion.I can tell you that after you will come out of the theater,the movie will make u think and will ask you for the answers of the questions it raised.Till then we can wait for some more good works from the director...my rating 8/10

Details

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Country:

India Netherlands

Language:

English Arabic Swedish Hindi

Release Date:

19 July 2013 (India)

Also Known As:

Ship of Theseus

Filming Locations:

Himachal Pradesh, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR12,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Recyclewala Films, Fortissimo Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1