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Title: ANANT

Reference number: 13900

Date: 2013

Director: d. Samir Mehanovic

Sponsor: Creative Scotland

Production company: Paradiso Films

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 28.28 mins

Description: Jharia, India, one of the most dangerous places on earth. This is the home of Anant, an 8 year old boy who scrapes a living picking coal and selling it at the local markets to try and feed himself and his sick mother. [Synopsis taken from Mubi website for it's showing of 'Mouth of Hell' which tells a shorter version of the story of Anant, https://mubi.com/films/mouth-of-hell, last accessed 27/10/21]

Catalogued from primary and secondary sources gathered about the 'Mouth of Hell' and the identical film credits.

Film appears to be the unreleased extended version of the director's BAFTA 2017 nominated film 'Mouth of Hell' see ref. 13877, released in 2014.

Credits: ©: Paradiso Films & Creative Scotland

Sons Not Dogs and Creative Scotland present

Written by Samir Mehanovic and Bart Gavigan

Produced by Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson and Mark Evans

[Cast
Anant Suraj Mondal
Sushila Ramanjit Kaur
Santosh Taranjit Kaur
Kumar Omar Farooque
Binati Riya Kumari
Roma Soumya Bala
doctor Devjit Sil
old man at market S.M. Menhdi Imam
nurse Balaka Chattopadhyay
Hara Amit Sinha
Hindu priest Sanjeev Kumar Ghosh
food seller Kundan Singh
Nirgun singer Rakesh Tripathi
Charu Madan Mohan Prasad

Directed by Samir Mehanovic
Chief Assistant Director Prem Modi
Assistant Director Rakesh Tripathi

Supported by National Lottery through Creative Scotland
Presents Sons Not Dogs
Presents Creative Scotland
Produced by Ailie Smith
Produced by Michael Wilson
Produced by Mark Evans
Line Producer Devjit Sil
Production Executive Ross McKenzie
Unit Production Manager Sandeep Rudra
Assistant to Unit Production Manager Pradip Saha
Indian Fixer Devjit Sil
Dhanbad Fixer 'The Boss of Dhanbad' Kundan Singh
Production Co-ordinator Hannah Milton
Production Accountant Jenny Allenby
Spot Boy Sanjib Dey]