Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring Alia Bhatt, is ready to have its world premiere on the Berlin International Film Festival subsequent yr.
Regarded as one of many world’s largest public movie festivals and an indispensable discussion board for the worldwide movie group, the movie gala can be held from February 10 to February 20, 2022.
The competition organisers on Wednesday introduced that Gangubai Kathiawadi is the only Indian choice and one of many 4 movies confirmed for the Berlinale Special Gala section.
“The films selected in Berlinale Special pay tribute to exceptional human beings and to the harsh, yet always surprising world we are living in,” they mentioned in an announcement on Berlinale’s official web site.
Gangubai Kathiawadi is a crime-drama, tailored from one of many chapters of famous writer Hussain Zaidi’s e-book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai. After the 2019 musical drama Gully Boy, the upcoming movie marks Bhatt’s second outing on the Berlinale.
The interval movie options Bhatt within the title function of Gangubai, one of the crucial highly effective, cherished and revered madams from Mumbai’s red-light space Kamathipura in the course of the Sixties.
Backed by Bhansali Productions and co-produced by Jayantilal Gada’s Pen India Limited, Gangubai Kathiawadi is ready to be launched in theatres on February 18, 2022.
Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Berlinale, mentioned cinema continues to be a “tool that connects people”.
“The pandemic has created distances – not only between people but also the way we see the world. Amongst the 2022 selection are films shot during the pandemic, reflecting on how it feels to be disconnected from others. It is with this first batch of films that we want to highlight the power of cinema as a tool that connects people, places and times ahead,” Chatrian mentioned in an announcement.
Other movies within the Berlinale Special line-up are: Against the Ice, propos de Joan (About Joan), and Der Passf’lscher (The Forger).
Against the Ice, a joint manufacturing of Iceland, the USA and Denmark, is directed by Peter Flinth. It options “Game of Thrones” stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Charles Dance, Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole, and Poldark actor Heida Reed.
” propos de Joan (About Joan)” is directed by Laurent Larivi’re and stars French cinema icon Isabelle Huppert, “Matilda” actor Lars Eidinger, and “By the Grace of God” star Swann Arlaud. The movie is a joint manufacturing of France, Germany and Ireland.
Directed by Maggie Peren, Der Passf’lscher (The Forger) comes from Germany and Luxembourg. Dark star Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin of The Third King fame, and Biohackers breakout star Luna Wedler.
Le ch’ne (Heart of Oak) from France directed by Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux; 1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am (1341 Frames of Love and War) from Israel, the UK and the USA, and directed by Ran Tal, and Jason Kohn’s Nothing Lasts Forever from the USA are among the many documentary movies which can be a part of the Berlinale Special record.
