Kenny Basumatary's LOCAL KUNG FU Trailer Shows What $2,000 Can Do!
Local Kung Fu is a brand new micro-budget Indian action feature prepping for its world premiere at the Osian Cinefan Film Festival tomorrow. Director/writer/star, Kenny Basumatary, made this film with his own blood, sweat, and tears, and some good friends, but not much else. The film's budget of Rs 95,000 converts to around $1,700 USD, which is goddamned amazing. What did you do with the last $2,000 you had? Chances are that you didn't make a movie (unless you are Astron-6).
If that sounds unbelievable, Basumatary recently gave an interview to Indian film site DearCinema.com where he broke his budget down:
Local Kung Fu is described as a martial arts comedy, and the action, while not top notch, still shows some serious commitment. The trailer, thankfully subtitled in English, shows lots of people taking lots of punches and kicks for real, and that's always a bonus. This is probably the most inspiring film related story since Faiza Khan's Supermen of Malegaon, and I'm happy to have the opportunity to give it a little bit of exposure!
Here's the synopsis from the Osian Cinefan Film Festival (which has an INCREDIBLE line up) website:
If that sounds unbelievable, Basumatary recently gave an interview to Indian film site DearCinema.com where he broke his budget down:
We hear you made this entire movie with all of 95000 bucks. Surely you are joking?So, a guy got together a bunch of his friends and martial artists buddies and made a real, live movie! If this isn't inspiring, you must have a heart two sizes too small, because I want to fly to India just to give him a hug!
I'll break it down for you:
44,000 ($800) - Canon 550D (That's a Rebel T2i in the US)
11,000 ($200) - 55-250mm lens
5,000 ($90) - Rode VideoMic
7,000 ($125) - Memory card, battery, filters etc
2,000 ($25) - Fighting equipment
13,000 ($235) - Embarrassingly small token payments for the actors
The rest - About 200 plates of momos, noodles, fried rice, 150 tekeli pithas, coffee etc.
Local Kung Fu is described as a martial arts comedy, and the action, while not top notch, still shows some serious commitment. The trailer, thankfully subtitled in English, shows lots of people taking lots of punches and kicks for real, and that's always a bonus. This is probably the most inspiring film related story since Faiza Khan's Supermen of Malegaon, and I'm happy to have the opportunity to give it a little bit of exposure!
Here's the synopsis from the Osian Cinefan Film Festival (which has an INCREDIBLE line up) website:
A young man named Charlie moves to Guwahati to win over his girlfriend's family, but runs into unexpected obstacles, including Bonzo, a wannabe under-18 don of the city, and Dulu, an actual mid-level don who wants a license for a liquor store from Charlie's girlfriend's uncle. He runs into a whole lot of unexpected bad guys with hilarious and action-packed results. Representative of the current genre of independent digital film making in the north eastern states of India Local Kung Fu is a fun filled film about the youngsters in Guwahati.Enjoy the trailer for Kenny Basumatary's Local Kung Fu!
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