In which Annie Gives it Those Ones

📖 The Scoop

In 1988, Arundhati Roy Wrote The Story And Screenplay For In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, A Low-Budget Production Produced And Directed By Pradip Krishen. The Film Had Almost No Big Names, And Was Shown Just Once On National Television In A Late-Night Slot, When Few People Saw It. Despite This It Acquired Near Cult Status, Especially Among Young English-Speaking Urban Indians.

Set In A Not-So-Fictional School Of Architecture In The Year 1974, It Is The Story Of Dope-Smoking, Bellbottom-Wearing, Vaguely Idealistic Final-Year Students In The Run Up To The Submission Of Their Architectural Theses. The Main Character, Annie Anand Grover Doing His Ninth Year In College, Is A Misguided Visionary Who Breeds Chickens In His Hostel Room And Is In Love With A Small-Time Cabaret Dancer. There Are Also Radha, A Bright, Brash And Not-So-Sweet Young Thing, And Her Boyfriend Arjun; Mankind, And His Ugandan Roommate Kasozi, Who Grinds His Teeth When He Dreams Of Idi Amin; Lekha, Who Doesn'T Hesitate To Trade Coyness For Marks; And Professor Y.D. Bilimoria, Whom The Students Call Yamdoot The Messenger Of The God Of Death. Also A Character In The Film, Perhaps The Most Important, Is English As She Is Spoken By Students In Delhi University An Alloy, Melted Down And Then Re-Fashioned, Soldered Together With Hindi (Occasionally Even A Little Punjabi).

The Screenplay Of This Moving, Funny And Unusual Film Is Published Here For The First Time.
Over Thirty Stills.
A Witty, Nostalgic Preface In Which Arundhati Roy Writes About The Making Of The Film, Its Relevance Today And Its Significance In The Development Of Her Art And Her Politics.

Genre: Performing Arts / General (fancy, right?)