Srinivas Krishna

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Srinivas Krishna is an Indo-Canadian film and television director, most noted as the director, writer and lead actor of the 1991 film Masala . [1]

Born in India, Krishna moved to Canada with his family in childhood. [2]

Masala premiered at the 1991 Toronto International Film Festival. [3] The film, which drew on some the cinematic traditions of Bollywood rather than relying solely on the social realist conventions of Canadian film, [4] has come to be recognized, alongside Deepa Mehta's contemporaneous Sam & Me , as being the first major landmark films about the Indo-Canadian experience. [5]

Krishna followed up in 1996 with the film Lulu , [6] which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. [7]

After Lulu, Krishna principally directed television, with his credits including episodes of Lexx and The Smart Woman Survival Guide , as well as having an acting role in Phillip Barker's short film Soul Cages . [8] He returned to film in 2009 with the documentary Ganesh, Boy Wonder, about a young boy in India undergoing facial reconstruction surgery after being born with a severe facial disfigurement. [9]

In 2011, he curated an exhibition for Toronto's Luminato Festival, celebrating the work of Indian film director Raj Kapoor. [10]

In 2023, Telefilm Canada announced that Masala was one of 23 titles that would be digitally restored under its new Canadian Cinema Reignited program to preserve classic Canadian films. [11] The restored version screened in the Classics program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Suanne Kelman, "Lord Krishna tries on a hockey sweater". Toronto Star , July 7, 1990.
  2. ↑ Nandini Ramnath, "‘Masala’ revisited: Why the cult cosmic comedy has retained its kick three decades later". Scroll, September 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ Jay Scott, "Finding solace in tragedy with life-enhancing comedy: First-time directors Srinivas Krishna and Jan Oxenberg have each created a bizarre, very funny film based on bizarre, very unfunny realities". The Globe and Mail , September 14, 1991.
  4. ↑ Tom McSorley, "Masala". The Canadian Encyclopedia , September 21, 2009.
  5. ↑ Shlomo Schwartzberg, "'Film-makers of color' resist being pigeon-holed". Financial Post , August 13, 1994.
  6. ↑ Peter Goddard, "Arid still-life sells Lulu short". Toronto Star , October 11, 1996.
  7. ↑ Judy Gerstel, "Torontonian director exposes his philosophy at Cannes". Toronto Star , May 11, 1996.
  8. ↑ Werner Bergen, "Former city man nominated for Genie Award". Peterborough Examiner , January 27, 2001.
  9. ↑ Cathy Dobson, "Ganesh film premieres in Sarnia; to travel world". Sarnia Observer , October 13, 2009.
  10. ↑ Liz Braun, "Festival features films from around the world". Toronto Star , June 10, 2011.
  11. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Oscar Winning Doc Leads List of Restored Canadian Classics". Point of View , May 9, 2023.
  12. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto Film Fest Adds Wang Bing, Roberto Minervini, Miguel Gomes Films to Wavelengths". The Hollywood Reporter , August 8, 2024.
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