Shriya Eats Daal
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| Directed by | Kanan Nakndika |
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| Story by | Ela Lajwanti |
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| Cinematography | Yogini Urvi |
| Edited by | Madhavilata Deepti |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | Tennai |
| Language | Chatalayam |
| Budget | ₹344.3 million (NS $260 million) |
| Box office | ₹1.9 billion (NS $1.4 billion) |
Shriya Eats Daal is a 2010 Tennaiite comedy space opera directed by Kanan Nakndika and written by Ela Lajwanti. The film was co-produced by Sensual Nova Productions and Deep Entertainment. It stars Taapsee Bhatia, Simone Kalpita, Yashmita Swati, Oojam Varsha, Yogesh Manisha, Kavita Ambuja, Yamya Nirupama, and Chetan Ulka. Bhatia portrays gunslinging smuggler Shriya Blaze, who must track down her ex-girlfriend and notorious space pirate Lucy Nova (Kalpita) who has destroyed her favorite deep space diner and kidnapped her current girlfriend Sunny Parvati (Swati). With her favorite eatery destroyed and her girlfriend kidnapped, Shriya must brave warring galactic factions and uncharted planets to rescue Sunny and avenge the destruction of her favorite diner.
Inspired by Aswina Rishimavaarshini's short lived 1985 science fiction comic series ''Guns at Light Speed'', the film's script, written by by Lajwanti, was aquired by Deep and Kanan Nakndika signed on to direct the film. Principal photography began in January 2009, before the script was completed, and wrapped up in May of that year, with the various planetary scenes being shot over a period of nineteen weeks in Tennai, Gylias, and Ruvelka and other scenes being shot at Sensual Nova's Hampi studio. The film's computer generated effects were created by Tennaiite visual effects company Deva Forge.
Shriya Eats Daal premiered in Hampi on May 1, 2010, and was released theatrically in Tennai on May 5 and in Gylias on May 11. The film recieved overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, with praise for the acting (particularly Bhatia's and Kalpita's performances), Nakndikal's direction, visuals, special effets, screenplay, action sequences, musical score, and production values. It was a box office success, grossing ₹1.9 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing film of 2010. The film won multiple awards, including nine Film Guild Honor Awards: Best Film, Best Actress for Bhatia, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Musical Score, Best Screenplay, Best Writing, and Best Supporting Lead Actress for Kalpita. It also recieved many international awards such as (Insert international awards here).
Plot
In the year 2237 smuggler and expert gunslinger
Cast
- --Taapsee Bhatia as Shriya Blaze: A smuggler and gunslinger operating in the space of the Ostarri Stellar Kingdom and the Pflanderstuck Grand Republic who seeks revenge on Lucy Nova after she destroys her favorite diner and kidnaps her current girlfriend Sunny Parvati. Originally from the planet Dumpfsstahr Shriya began her career as a smuggler at the age of 14 with the infamous smuggler Asin the Comet. She first meets Lucy Nova at the age of 15 when the two girls both find themselves apprenticed to Asin. Sheetal Urvasi was originally offered the role, but she felt she was too old for the role.
- --Simone Kalpita as Lucy Nova: A young and notorious space pirate operating in the both the Ostarri Stellar Kingdom and the Pflanderstuck Grand Republic. A year after a bad breakup with Shriya Blaze, she attacks and destroys the Daal Platter Diner and kidnaps Sunny Parvati who is waiting at the diner for Shriya. Hailing from the planet of Siobhons Boozaam, Lucy was rescued from slavers at the age of 7 by the bloodiest space pirate in the seven sectors, Jen “Bloody Tits” O’Hara. At the age of 16 she is abandoned on the uncharted planet Enkum Illai 799 where she is found by Asin the comet and meets Shriya.
- --Yashmita Swati as Sunny Parvati: A beautiful young artist from the small, but wealthy Neha Corporate Alliance. She is the girlfriend of Shriya Blaze. While many think of her as a spoiled and unintelligent rich girl, Sunny is actually is actually highly empathic and intelligent. She frequently cracks jokes at the expense of those she considers “evil bastards”, especially if she also considers them less intelligent than herself. This causes much annoyance to her captor, Lucy Nova.
- --Oojam Varsha as Unit 1199110198-B: A human replica android aboard Shriya’s smuggling vessel the All out Blaze. He frequently refers to himself as a defective “Handdroid”. During Shriya’s quest, he becomes to identify more as Femdroid than a Mandroid and pledges to be the “sexiest damn Femdroid in the Galaxy” once Shriya rescues Sunny and they collect Lucy Nova’s hidden pirate plunder. He is in secret contact with Lucy Nova’s android Gotti 1071-C who he calls his soulmate.
- --Yogesh Manisha as Gotti 1071-C: Gotti is Lucy Nova’s navigation android aboard the space pirate’s ship the Absolute Death. He has a deadpan sense of humor which is on constant display throughout Lucy’s raids in Pflanderstuck and Ostarri space. He befriends Sunny Parvati and the two frequently joke at Lucy’s expense. He has a secret relationship with Shriya’s android Unit 1199110198-B who he calls a “luscious poof” and he promises to buy Unit 1199110198-B his first pair of breasts when goes from Mandroid to Femdroid.
- --Kavita Ambujaas Admiral Lochana Dillad-Isaf of the Seventh Ostarri War Fleet: Admiral Lochana is a high ranking and influential Ostarri commander. She makes a truce with and concocts a plan to capture Shriya and Lucy with Pflanderstuck’s High General Cauvery B̒üstenhalter. Her reasons for wanting to capture Shriya and Lucy are mysterious, but she constantly calls them an embarrassment and a threat to the galaxy. She is frequently in contact with Prince Rhys, 73rd in line to the Ostarri throne.
- --Yamya Nirupama as High General Cauvery Büstenhalter of the 33rd Pflanderstuck Republican Combined Fleet: Among the most high-ranking and powerful military commanders in the Pflanderstuck Grand Republic and has the ear of Prime Minister Nina Zylinder. She, along with Admiral Lochana, creates a plan to capture both Shriya Blaze and Lucy Nova. Unlike Admiral Lochana, her reasons for wanting to capture Shriya and Lucy are very obvious. Cauvery had a fling with both Shriya and Lucy who each proceeded to share their intimate encounters with Cauvery across the entire galactic broadcasting network. This proved highly embarrassing to her and greatly tarnished her galactic reputation, which also prevented her from receiving a promotion to Lady High General of the entire Pflanderstuck Republican Fleet.
- --Chetan Ulka as Rajur Vilkoe: Rajur is a lowly and bumbling janitor aboard the space station Hyperpoint 12345 who aspires to be a starship captain. He enrolls in the Sarian Space Academy and through a malfunction in the academy’s mainframe, passes his captain’s exam. Rajur is then assigned command of a garbage scow and unwittingly aids both Shriya Blaze and Lucy Nova on several occasions while fumbling his way through garbage pickups.