Maassab, a small film on primary education which won big awards on both the National and International film circuits is set to release on 29th Jan 2021. Aditya Om multiple award winning director who is also a well-known actor has directed the film.
Maassab is an emotional film winning awards like the best film(Drama) at Cosmic Film Festival, Orlando, Florida, USA, Best Film(Critic), best actor(Shiva Suryavanshi), Special appreciation director award(Aditya Om) at Rajasthan International Film Festival, Jaipur. The film won Best inspirational Film award at Jharkhand International film festival awards, Ranchi. Best film at Dada Saheb Phalke Nashik International film festival, Nashik. Best Director(Aditya Om) at Ahmedabad International children film festival, Ahmedabad. Best Film, Best Actor(Shiva Suryavanshi) and best make up at JNFF, Jamshedpur. Best Children film, Best Actor(Shiva Suryavanshi) and Most promising young director(Aditya Om ) at the International film festival of MP, Indore.Best Director (Aditya Om) and Best Story( Shiva Suryavanshi) at Kala Samruddhi International film festival, Mumbai. The film has been Officially selected at Kolkata international film festival, Kolkata, Jagran film festival, Mumbai, Kolkata international Children Film Festival, Third eye Asian film Festival, Mumbai, Sindhudurg International film festival, Habitat Film Festival, New Delhi and Guwahati International film festival, Guwahati. Finalist as Best Actor (Shiva Suryavanshi) at Cosmic Film Festival, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Under the banner of Purushottam Studios, Maassab is directed by Aditya Om. He has written the screenplay and dialogues also. Shiva Suryavanshi has given the Story, additional screenplay and additional dialogue. Alok Jain is the creative producer, Ashish Kumar Singh is the executive producer and Shrikant Asati is the cinematographer. Prakash Jha is the editor, Background score by Veeral-Lavan and music by Mahavir Prajapati (folk).
Shiva Suryavanshi is the protagonist and making his debut with the film. Other casts are Sheetal Singh, Kritika Singh and Chandrabhushan Singh.
Maassab’ is a unique film which deals with the untouched topic of education in rural primary schools in India. Our protagonist Ashish Kumar’s heart and soul lies in teaching and educating kids. He even left India’s most lucrative government job IAS to pursue this dream. His latest assignment in a far-flung backward area brings him face to face with people and forces entrenched in dogma, superstition, ignorance and corruption. Slowly by his conviction and consistency, he is able to transform a village Primary school so radically that the school starts competing with the best private schools around. But some people who were swept out by this change hatch a conspiracy against him. How Ashish Kumar faces these new challenges and more importantly is he able to continue his path of spreading education and awareness is what the climax of the film reveals.
Aditya Om quoted the film Maassab is a reality-based film. We have shot the film in a cinematic manner keeping its real essence alive. The film has been accoladed at various Indian and International film festival and now it is releasing on 29th January 2021.
The film explores rural primary education in an entertaining manner and is sure to wow the avid filmgoer and cinema lovers.
