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Loev
An image of Shiv Pandit and Dhruv Ganesh embracing in a bed
Netflix release poster
Directed bySudhanshu Saria
Screenplay bySudhanshu Saria
Produced by
  • Sudhanshu Saria
  • Arfi Lamba
  • Katharina Suckale
  • Jasleen Marwah
Starring
CinematographySherri Kauk
Edited byNitesh Bhatia
Music byTony Kakkar
Production
companies
  • Bombay Berlin Film Productions
  • Four Line Films
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
Running time
92 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Hindi
  • English
BudgetUS$1 million (approximate)

Loev(pronouncedlove) is a 2015 Indianromantic drama filmwritten and directed bySudhanshu Saria.It stars Dhruv Ganesh andShiv Pandittas two friends who set off to theWestern Ghatsfor a weekend trip and focuses on their complex emotional and sexual relationship. It was Ganesh's final film, as he died fromtuberculosisbefore its release.Loevalso features Siddharth Menon and Rishabh Chaddha in supporting roles. The film's title is adeliberate misspellingof the word "love".

Saria wroteLoev'sscript while he was working on the draft of the unreleased filmI Am Hereand drew heavily from his personal experiences. It was eventually picked up for production byArfi Lambaand Katherine Suckale despite Saria's own doubts on its viability. Principal photography took place atMahabaleshwar,in the Western Ghats in peninsular India, and atMumbai.The film was shot in the summer of 2014 over the course of sixteen days by the cinematographer Sherri Kauk in2K resolution.It relied oncrowdfundingand cost-cutting measures; its budget was relatively low at US$1million.

Loevhad its world premiere at the 2015Tallinn Black Nights Film Festivalin Estonia. It had its North American premiere at the 2016South By SouthwestFilm Festival and premiered in India at the 2016Mumbai International Film Festival.It was released onNetflixon 1 May 2017. The film was well received by critics and audiences during its international premieres at film festivals. Particular praise was given for the script, as well as the performances of Ganesh and Panditt. Commentators were also appreciative of the unconventional and fresh treatment ofsame-sex relationships in India.The film won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 2016Tel Aviv International Film Festival.

Plot

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Sahil (Dhruv Ganesh), a young Mumbai-based musician, plans a weekend getaway to theWestern Ghatswith his childhood friend, Jai (Shiv Panditt), a successful businessman who lives in New York, but visits Mumbai for a business meeting. The duo drive toMahabaleshwarovernight and upon arrival decide to visit the local market. While at a music store, Jai is impressed by Sahil's skill as a guitarist and suggests that he pursue a career as a full-time musician.

Throughout their trip, they argue about their past failure to maintain a relationship. Sahil is irked by Jai's increasingly indifferent behaviour and his workaholic nature. Jai, on the other hand, is disgruntled with Sahil's continuous complaints. One night, Jai makes a pass at Sahil, who is initially hesitant but eventually responds to his advances. The next morning, the two visit the Ghats as Sahil had intended. Sahil takes Jai to an overhanging cliff with a scenic view of Mahabaleshwar, where the two kiss. They later return to a hotel in Mumbai for Jai's scheduled business meeting. At the hotel room, the two admit to their mutual attraction, just before Jai has to leave for his meeting. Sahil interrupts the meeting and embarrasses Jai with a romantic gesture witnessed by everyone present. This leads to a confrontation between the two back in the hotel room, during which Sahil accuses Jai of being scared of coming out. Jai counters by blaming Sahil for not reciprocating his affection from the beginning. The two kiss, but when Sahil tries to pull away, Jai rapes him, only to immediately regret it. Jai apologises and tells Sahil that he need not stay any longer if he doesn't want to. Sahil stays, but refrains from conversing with Jai.

As planned, the two meet Alex (Menon), Sahil's boyfriend, who is accompanied by a friend, Junior (Chaddha). The group discuss their lives over supper, which is cut short by an argument between Alex and Sahil over the former's irresponsible behaviour. The four head back to the hotel room to collect Sahil's belongings, as Jai plans to return to New York later that night. Alex notices the guitar and insists that Sahil play for him; Sahil obliges with an original song. Alex dances with Jai, who is completely smitten by Sahil by this point. Alex offers to take back Sahil's belongings and give the two some more time together. When he leaves, Sahil and Jai embrace, but do not talk about the rape.

At the airport, Jai asks Sahil to leave. He rejects Sahil's efforts at reconciliation, and tells him that they can never be together because they have vastly different lives. When they eventually part ways, Jai writes a text message to Sahil saying he loves him but does not send it. Alex arrives at the airport to pick Sahil up, much to his surprise. He tries to make up for his mistakes by offering Sahil a heartfelt apology as the two drive back to their apartment.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Shiv Panditt in a white T-shirt and camo jacket, looking away from the camera
Shiv Panditt(pictured, 2017) came across the film's script during a casual meeting with Sudhanshu Saria.

Loev's script was written bySudhanshu Sariain the United States when he was working on the screenplay of another film,I Am Here.[1]Describing the film as "small, fragile, honest", Saria said that through his endeavours he "tries to capture the silences and the things unsaid in male friendships".[2]He began working onLoevbecause he was unable to manage funds forI Am Here.[3]At the time of the script's inception, Saria had no plan of making it into afeature film,as he believed that no investors or actors would want to be associated with a film that he thought would be censored or banned in its home country.[2]The narrative of the production, which is set in Saria's hometown, Mumbai, follows many personal experiences that he himself went through, growing up in the Indian hill town ofDarjeeling,and later at theIthaca Arts College,New York.[4][2]The dialogue was written inHinglish,a macaronic hybrid use of English andSouth Asian languages.[5][6]

Pre-production work for the film began in February 2014, when Katharina Suckale, Jasleen Marwah, andArfi Lambaof the Bombay Berlin Film Production showed interest in adapting the script into a full-length feature film.[7][8]Saria said the screenplay was written out of "deep shame and fear" and on completion was not pitched to any investors, but instead put away into a drawer.[4]The script was picked up by Suckale and Lamba, who agreed to co-produce Saria's directorial debut.[4]The film's title is adeliberate misspellingof the wordlove,though the two arepronouncedidentically and are essentiallysynonyms.The misspelling was explained by Saria in an interview withGaylaxy:"no matter how different love may look like compared to convention, i.e. no matter how it is spelt, it is still love".[9]TheSupreme Court of India's December 2013 decision to reinstateSection 377 of the Indian Penal Code,which criminalised same-sex relationships in India, had a major bearing on Saria's work.[10]In the film's official release statement Saria talked about the environment that he worked in, saying "It was in this India [referring to the Supreme Court judgement] that our actors, technicians, investors and supporters came together to make this film, working in absolute secrecy."[10]

The film starsShiv Pandittand Dhruv Ganesh; the former came across the film's script during a casual meeting with Saria. In an interview withDaily News and Analysis,Panditt discussed the meeting between him and Saria, saying, "he had no desire to cast me, [...] because he thought I do only commercial films. I had to force it out of him. But when I heard it I found it interesting and we decided to do it".[11]Saria called Ganesh for the table read for the protagonist of the film, Sahil, and was greatly impressed by his approach to the character. Ganesh was apprehensive about playing the character, but after initial scepticism he agreed to play the role.[7]Siddharth Menon and Rishabh J. Chaddha play supporting roles in the film.[12]Loevmarked the last film role for Ganesh, as he died oftuberculosisin January 2015, while the film was in post-production.[4]The opening credits in the film's final cut honour his memory.[13]

Filming and post-production

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A scenic view of a river valley in the Western Ghats
Mahabaleshwarin theWestern Ghats,India, was used as the backdrop for the location of the film.

Principal photography began in the summer of 2014 and took place entirely inMumbaiandMahabaleshwar,a small hilltown in theUNESCO World Heritagesite of the Western Ghats, in peninsular India.[2][4][14]American Film Institutealumnus Sherri Kauk served as thedirector of photographyfor the film.Loevwas filmed in a single schedule in a short span of 16 days. Saria said, "We had to plan well, be extremely frugal, count every penny and make sure it all ended up on the screen."[6][15]

With a modest budget of $1million, the production ofLoevwas funded partly by the production partners, and byprivate equity.[7]Acrowdfundingcampaign was started on the funding portalIndiegogo,raising an amount of approximatelyUS$4,000.[16]In an interview with Manoj Sharma of Pandolin, a digital film magazine, Lamba talked about the struggle of funding the project saying that the investors had backed out at the last-minute at more than one occasion.[17]The film's crew members financed the project from their own salaries to meet the cost of production.[7]

The filming was done discreetly as Saria feared opposition from the local community towards the film's underlying subject of homosexuality.[18]Among the crew members, only a core group were aware of the details of the plot, and to the rest of the crew it was aroad trip film,one identical toDil Chahta Hai(2001). Crew members were left surprised while filming the scene where Panditt kisses Ganesh in the outdoors as most of them were unaware of any romantic involvement between the two characters.[18]Panditt found the rape scene difficult to shoot, because of the emotional weight it carried: "What I did to overcome my revulsion was to not stand judgment over my character Jai's action. I just went with how Jai reacted to the given situation."[19]

Thefilm editingprocess began in June 2015; the team of editors was headed by Nitesh Bhatia, and Pritam Das was the sound mixer. Sweta Gupta was the film'sart director,and the costumes were by Rohit Chaturvedi.Tony Kakkarprovided the soundtrack for the film.[20]An original track recorded by Kakkar, entitled "Ek Chaand", was released as part of the official soundtrack for the film.[21]It was released on 4 May 2017, under the label of Desi Music Factory oniTunes.[21]A two-and-a-half-minute preview of the song was released onYouTubein the same month.[22]

Loev's entire editing and sound mi xing process was completed on 25 November, after four months of post-production work.[16]With a total runtime of 92 minutes, the film was pitched under the labels of Bombay Berlin Film Productions and Four Line Films.[1][23]Its foreign distribution rights were acquired by Loic Magneron's Wide Management, a Paris-based sales-production-distribution house.[24]The deal was finalised after a meeting between Magneron and Saria at the film's Tallinn premiere.[25]However, the distribution rights were withdrawn when the producers entered into negotiations withNetflix.The worldwide rights of the film were acquired by Netflix in April 2017.[26]

Themes and influences

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Loevisn't a tale of shantytowns likeSlumdog Millionaireand features none of the exotic imagery seen inGurinder Chadha'sBride and Prejudice.Instead it is a drama that explores the contours of love and friendship [...] Their topics of discussion aren't poverty or religion but romantic and professional fulfillment.

Steven Borowiec,The Los Angeles Times[15]

Commentators noted similarities betweenLoevandAng Lee's (pictured, 2009) 2005 filmBrokeback Mountain.

The themes of unrequited love and self-acceptance are central toLoevas noted by such commentators as Aseem Chhabra, Zack Ford, andSubhash K. Jha.They wrote in their reviews that the theme of sexuality takes a backseat to the aforementioned subjects.[27][28][29]Chhabra, a New York-based film writer and director noted that the film beautifully presented an emotional journey of gay characters, who seemed to be comfortable with their identity.[15]Also, as expressed by Saria himself, the film was intended as a "universal story about attraction".[15]He did not want to conform to a single definition for the film or the relationship between two lead characters.[30]

WhileVox's Siddharth Naidu thought of the film as politically radical and emotionally raw, Chhabra called it the least bit political in another editorial forRediff.[27][31]This view was shared by the freelance journalist Steven Borowiec, who wrote that the social context of same-sex relationships in India remained "mostly off-screen".[15]Writing forThinkProgress,Ford also noted that although the socio-political backdrop "is never explicitly mentioned, it's alluded to throughout".[28]Addressing the same issue, Saria said thatLoevis not a political film, but the act of making it was a political one. He said, "[W]hat started out as an intellectual act of protest quickly became something else. Love."[10]Jha believed that it marked "a new beginning for cinema on unconstitutional love in India".[29]

While working in the United States, Saria familiarised himself withindependentAmerican cinema,which greatly influenced his work.[1]He also listed such directors as theDardenne brothers,Éric RohmerandHrishikesh Mukherjeeas influential during his formative years as a filmmaker.[32]Critics and commentators drew parallels betweenLoevandAng Lee'sBrokeback Mountain(2005), with some observing the palpable similarity "in the way the rocky terrain is used to define the theme of forbidden love".[29]The film was also thought to be visually and structurally similar toAndrew Haigh'sWeekend(2011), andWong Kar-wai'sHappy Together(1997).[4]Ford thought that despite being a lot more subtle in its portrayal of same-sex affection in comparison toWeekend,Loevwas still "quite novel for Bollywood".[28]

Release

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Loevpremiered at theTallinn Black Nights Film Festival,Estonia on 19 November 2015.[1]The film was then screened at various other film festivals across Europe and Asia, including theJeonju International Film Festival,South Korea; theIstanbul International Film Festival,Turkey; theArt Film Festival,Slovakia; and theTransilvania International Film Festival,Romania.[33]It had its North American premiere on 12 March, for the "Visions" section at the 2016South By SouthWest Film Festival.[34]TheTel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival,theBFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival,and theFrameline Film Festivalwere among the LGBTQ film festivals that featured the production.[33]The film won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 2016Tel Aviv International Film Festival.[35]

Upon release in India at the "India Gold" segment of the 2016Mumbai Film Festival,Loevgarnered positive response from critics.[18][6]It was also screened at the 2016International Film Festival of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram.[35]Loevwas released onNetflixon 1 May 2017.[36]A new poster was unveiled for the film's Netflix release. Designed by an Indian-based designing house, Pigeon & Co, it featured the two lead actors.[37]Shortly after the film's release,Rajeev Masandhosted Saria on a talk show on News18 and organised a roundtable discussion for the lead actors, Saria, and the film's producers.[38]In May 2017, the film had a special screening in Mumbai, which was attended by the entire cast and crew along with Bollywood personalities such asRicha Chaddha,Kalki Koechlin,Rannvijay Singh,Bejoy Nambiar,Shruti Seth,andMeiyang Changamong others.[39]

Critical reception

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Domestic

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Loevreceived positive response from critics at the Mumbai Film Festival; Manika Verma from theMAMI Young Critics Labgave a largely positive review calling the film a "breather", and stating that it "doesn't pander and conform to the stereotypes, a trap very easy to fall into."[40]The view was shared byNamrata JoshiofThe Hindu,who wrote that the film added a new dimension to gay cinema; she thought the endeavour was "a deceptively simple yet nuanced and heartfelt take on the eternal relationship conundrum."[8]Subhash K. Jha gave the film four stars out of five, defining it not as a gay film but an "unforgettable love story". Applauding the cinematography, direction, and the performances from Ganesh and Panditt, he described the film as one that not only "re-defines love and passion in the context of the Indian reality, it is a new beginning for cinema on unconstitutional love in India."[29]Deepali Singh also praised the film in her review forDaily News and Analysis,with particular emphasis on the cinematography and Ganesh's performance. She thought there were several memorable scenes in the film.[41]Praising the chemistry of the leading cast, Joshi said Panditt was "all solidity and strength", and Ganesh "tenderness and vulnerability".[8]

International

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A wistful, meandering gay love story,Loevis very unsensational by the standards of LGBT cinema produced elsewhere in the world. But in India, where homosexuality is punishable by law, this gentle film is quietly revolutionary.

Wendy Ide,Screen International[12]

Loevgarnered praise from critics at many film festivals; commentators were largely laudatory of both the film's sensitive treatment of a homosexuality theme and the performances of the cast.[18][42]Reviewing the film atTallinn Black Nights Film Festival,Shelagh Rowan-Legg ofScreen Anarchypraised the refreshing concept of the film, different from the usual cinema associated with India: "Loevexamines the personal and the political, [...] in a sensitive yet open portrait of love and sexuality. "Rowan-Legg further called the cast" tailor-made ", lauding Panditt in particular and saying," Pandit perfectly times the slow release of his frustration, [...] is both appalling and believable. "[43]Although finding Ganesh to be "a charismatic presence on screen",Screen International's Wendy Ide – otherwise impressed with the cast's performances – stated, "naturalistic acting style notwithstanding, there is something not entirely persuasive about the relationship between Jai and Sahil."[12]

Loevwas well received in North America. Its screening was the first time an Indian film was shown at theSouth by Southwest Film Festival;Brooke Corso ofThe Macguffinremarked that the beautiful and heartbreaking film shines when "it focuses on what is said when the characters aren't speaking, and what is avoided when they do."[44]Matt Shiverdecker ofAustin American-Statesmanwas largely laudatory of the production at the same event as well, dubbing it as a "small miracle".[45]He praised the film's realism, and attributed its success to the actors and to the beautiful scenery.[45]Siddhant Adlakha of Birth Movies Death calledLoeva "minuscule film of miraculous construction" and "a melancholy tale where questions have no easy answers, [...] but one where bliss, even momentary, feels infinite."[46]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient and nominee Result Ref.
2015 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tridents Award (First Feature) Loev Nominated [8]
2016 Guadalajara International Film Festival Best Feature Film Loev Nominated [47]
Frameline Film Festival Best Feature (Jury) Loev Nominated [48]
AT&T Audience Award Loev Won
SXSW Film Festival Visions (Audience Award) Loev Nominated [49]
Tel Aviv Film Festival Audience Award – Best Feature Loev Won [35]

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