This year, the Sundance Film Festival will see World Premieres of the two Indian films ; ‘Photograph’ directed by Ritesh Batra and ‘Delhi Crime Story’ directed by Richie Mehta.
Attending the film festival will be talents such as Sanya Malhotra, Ritesh Batra, Rasika Dugal and Jim Sarbh, to name a few.
Team of ‘Photograph’ at the screening
Festival Dates – 24th January to 3rd February 2019.
PHOTOGRAPH
Sanya and Nawaz in ‘Photograph’ ; Directed by Ritesh Batra
Directed by Ritesh Batra (THE LUNCHBOX)
Rafi works as a street photographer in frenzied Mumbai, snapping improvised portraits for tourists at the city’s landmarks. When his ailing grandmother-who has always hoped that Rafi would start a family-comes to visit, he scrambles to appease her. A chance encounter with kind-hearted and lonely Miloni offers the perfect opportunity, since she is happy to play along when Rafi asks her to be his pretend companion. Yet even as the scheme throws into sharp relief the class differences and obstacles that would stand in the way of such a union, the line between hypothetical and real affections grows ever hazier.
Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) returns to the
Sundance Film Festival with a delicate tale of quiet romance, finding the beauty in fleeting moments of connection amidst the chaos of an increasingly isolating and stratified city.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra bring warmth and vulnerability to Rafi and Miloni’s bittersweet coupling, as Batra masterfully reminds us of the joy of sharing life’s small pleasures. The result is a tender ode to the rarity of true communion.
Photograph premiered at the prestigious Sundance film festival and has opened up to great reviews. Director Ritesh Batra and Sanya Malhotra were spotted interacting with the audiences at the screening. The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Photograph is a satisfying, unswoony romance.”
Ritesh Batra and Sanya Malhotra at the screening of ‘Photograph’
The film will also have its European premiere at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival that will be held from February 7 through 17. According to the festival’s official website, the film will be presented under the Berlinale Special films category.
Delhi Crime Story
The film follows the story of the Delhi Police during their investigation of a horrific gang rape of a young woman on a bus in 2012. Based on actual events and case files.
Shefali Shah in ‘Delhi Crime Story’
Directed by Richie Mehta, starring Shefali Shah, produced by Florence Sloan (EP), and Kilian Kerwin (EP, Ivanhoe Pictures.
