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Call me Dancer

Sunday April 26 2024 11 AM

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Manish Chauhan, a talented, self-taught acrobatic street dancer from Mumbai, hungers for a career as a professional dancer– but with a scarcity of paying opportunities, the odds are stacked against him. While his parents expect him to study for an MBA in pursuit of an office job, Manish seeks out lessons, in secret, at DanceWorx Performing Arts Academy, where he finds a lifelong mentor in ballet master Yehuda Maor.
Recognizing his students’ potential, Yehuda encourages a rivalry between Manish and 13-year-old ballet prodigy Amiruddin Shah, pushing both performers to new heights. But while Amir is fast-tracked to the Royal Ballet School in London, Manish– with the disadvantage of a later start to ballet– is advised to try his hand, instead, at mastering a whole new style of dance at the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel.
A tale of artistic passion and raw determination, Call Me Dancer traces Manish’s hopes and setbacks as he pursues his ambitions to dance on the world stage– attaining unexpected fame in Bollywood, along the way.
 
 

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DIRECTOR(S)

Pip Gilmour
Leslie Shampaine

WRITER(S)

Jennifer Beman | Pip Gilmour | Leslie Shampaine

PRODUCERS

Cynthia Kane | Priya Ramasubban | Leslie Shampaine

EDITORS

Jennifer Beman

STARRING

Yehuda Maor | Manish Chauhan

Music By

Nainita Desai | Nina Humphreys

INFORMATION

GENRE : Documentary

DURATION : 84 Minutes

RELEASE DATE : February 2023

COUNTRIES : U.S., India , Israel

LANGUAGES: In English, Hebrew & Hindi with English subtitles