Siddharth Chauhan’s debut feature film Amar Colony to have it’s India Premiere at 27th International Film Festival of Kerala

 

Mumbai: Award-winning filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan’s debut feature film set in his home town Shimla, Amar Colony to have it’s India Premiere at the distinguished 27th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), which will be held from 9-16 December 2022 in Thiruvananthapuram.

    The film is part of the 'Indian Cinema Now’ section in which 7 Films have been selected by a committee headed by cinematographer Azhagappan.

     The first project from a local filmmaker of Himachal Pradesh to make it to NFDC Film Bazaar’s Co Production Market in 2018, Amar Colony features Nimisha Nair, Ayush Shrivastava, Sangeeta Agrawal, Deepak Sharma, Sreejith Vijay & Usha Chauhan in the lead roles.

   Amar Colony is also selected in the ‘First Features Competition’ section of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival to be held from 11-27 November 2022 in Estonia. Also known as POFF, Tallinn, it is a BAFTA and Academy qualifying festival and Amar Colony is the only Indian film playing at this section of the festival.

    Produced by ‘Indie Film Collective’, a film initiative launched by Nisheeth Kumar, Umakant Lal and his friends in India in 2018. The film is produced in association with ‘Goopy Bagha Productions’. 

    Writer-director Siddharth Chauhan says, “This news has made my day! I have been to the festival before and it is truly an honor to have my film selected here. I couldn’t have imagined anything better for my film’s Indian Premiere". 

    Elated, producer Nisheeth Kumar says, “Amar Colony is a deeply layered film. It is quite a surrealistic and feminist take on existential anxiety, ennui and agency in the midst of a lurking underworld of human desires, fears and delusions.”

    Arifur Rahman, Co-producer says, “In my film producing slate ‘Amar Colony’ is an extraordinary film. I believe the writer / director Siddharth Chauhan is a name which will be in the global film history forever for his works. I’m so proud and happy Kerala found ‘Amar Colony’. This is the best festival for our Indian Premiere.”

    Cinematographer Modhura Palit (recipient of the Angenieux Special Encouragement award at Cannes, making her the first Indian — and first Indian woman — to be recognized in this category) says, “I am super happy and elated to know that Amar Colony will be a part of IFFK 2022. It's a moment of pride and honor for us to be here with all the other amazing films. IFFK is special.”

    Editor of critically acclaimed films like Miss Lovely, Taking the horse to eat Jalebis and The Good Road) Paresh Kamdar said, “At IFFK films are selected purely on the cinematic merit of the film. A selection of our film here is a huge compliment in itself!"

 


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