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Mumbai, 31st January 2025: Award-winning filmmaker Anuj Gulati’s film ‘WingMan’ starring Shashank Arora is set to have an exclusive screening in Mumbai.

The quirky comedy film follows Omi (Shashank Arora), a call center agent at a dating service whose life spirals out of control after his girlfriend leaves him, and he falls for another woman.

The film also stars Trimala Adhikari and Auritra Ghosh (State of Siege: Temple Attack). The music is composed by Tajdar Junaid, whose credits include the films Mukti Bhawan’ and ‘Axone’. The film’s technical crew includes cinematographer Kumar Saurabh, known for the series ‘Bose: Dead/Alive’ starring Rajkummar Rao and the 2024 film ‘Bhakshak’, starring Bhumi Pednekar and Sanjay Mishra. The production design is by Prashant Bidkar (12th Fail).

The film screening will be held on 7th February 2025 at 7 Pm at Harkat Studios, Versova.

‘WingMan’ marks Anuj Gulati’s feature directorial debut, following his acclaimed short...

Aise Hee (Just Like That), directed by Kislay is a brilliant film that is quiet, moving, deep, surprising, and in the end, inspiring. It is the tale of an older woman challenging expectations of who she is supposed to be in her later years. Mrs. Sharma is the quiet ‘ideal’ wife of a government official living in a modest two-story house in the small town of Allahabad. When her husband suddenly dies, she is expected to follow Indian customs and move in with her son and grandchildren, but she has other plans. Mrs. Sharma wants, at long last, to explore her life and try new experiences, including meeting Sugandhi, a hairdresser, and Ali, a tailor who teaches her how to embroider. This soon starts the neighbours gossiping, resulting in family tensions that soon threaten to curtail her newfound freedoms. No spoilers from me! You will have to watch this fabulous movie to find out.

Nishil Sheth hails from Bangalore, India. He completed his engineering and moved to pursue cinema by studying Editing at Flash Frames Visuals, Bangalore. Soon after he completed his engineering, he pursued Direction at Whistling Woods International, Mumbai. He has written, directed and edited short films and corporate videos. Bhasmasur is his first feature film.

On the occasions of Bhasmasur screening at Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival, we speak with him about the inspiration behind the movie, Rajasthan and India in general, the role of women in the country, his cooperation with the cast and crew, and other topics.

What was the inspiration behind Bhasmasur? In general where do you draw inspiration from for your movies?

Bhasmasur was primarily inspired by an article I had read in a daily. I did not think it would translate into a film. After a meek attempt at making a three-minute short on the same,...

"He's not here again today, Maharaj." This looks disgusting. The first teaser trailer has debuted online for a film from India titled Garbage, the latest from controversial filmmaker Qaushiq Mukherjee, known as "Q" (who last directed Brahman Naman). The film is about a taxi driver in the city of Goa named Phanishwar, played by Tanmay Dhanania, who is an angry internet troll and maniac that keeps a woman as a slave in his apartment. One day he meets a new woman, and becomes her driver, whilst secretly stalking her online. Also starring Trimala Adhikari, Satarupa Das, Gitanjali Dang, and Shruti Viswan. This is the kind of weird film that is going to be upsetting to some, but possibly intriguing to others. It just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this week, and is trying to find distribution. Watch out - this teaser is definitely Nsfw. Here's the first Nsfw teaser trailer (+ poster) for Q's Garbage,...

Socio-political drama is the only Indian film in Berlin official selection this year.

Paris-based sales company Wide has picked up worldwide rights to Panorama title Garbage, directed by Q, which is the only Indian feature in Berlinale official selection this year.

Produced by Oddjoint Films and Karma Media and Entertainment, the film stars Tanmay Dhanania (Brahman Naman), Trimala Adhikari and Satarupa Das. It revolve around a woman who takes a taxi driver hostage when he starts stalking her and discovers he has a shocking secret at home.

The film marks Q’s return to Panorama seven years after his rap musical Gandu in 2011. His last film, comedy Brahman Naman (2016), was acquired by Netflix and premiered at Sundance.

Q said: “We were looking at a sales agent who could understand the sensitive nature of Garbage and the need for non-conventional methods of getting the film out there. I have been following Wide for a while and am looking...

The festival returns this month for its sixth edition. Every year Liff aims to bring audiences some of the very best new Indian independent cinema, which includes features, documentaries and short films by both acclaimed and emerging filmmakers. This year’s line up promises to leave you entertained, informed, thought provoking and even in some cases leaving a screen shocked.

We now present the films that will be screened at this prestigious festival

Umrika | Opening Night | UK Premiere | cert 12A

Hindi with English subtitles | 98 min | India 2015 | Dir. Prashant Nair | with: Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Adil Hussain, Smita Tambe, Prateik Babbar.

This year’s Sundance Audience Award winner is an uplifting, rights of passage tale about two brothers from a small village who have dreams of making it big in Umrika (America). Udai (Pratiek Babbar) is the eldest and adored by his hard-working mum. He leaves their hamlet on a bullock...

Writer-Director: Manav Kaul, Cinematographer: Sachin Kabir, Editor: Radhey Lalsa, Cast: Kumud Mishra, Trimala Adhikari, Suraj Kabadwal, Abhay Joshi

Manav Kaul’s Hansa is a deceptively simple tale of an adolescent boy and his sister in a Himalayan village caught amidst the sudden boom of tourism industry. Kaul powerfully exposes the greed, lust and politics of the village without letting them dominate the plot. Hansa never lets its adorable leads Hansa and Chikoo out of sight and that’s where the strength of the film lies.

The picture postcard village of Hansa is falling apart. Sudden boost in tourism has stripped the village of its humanity; and greed and lust reign supreme here. The nexus between a middleman Lohni (Abhay Joshi) and Bijju da (Kumud Mishra) has been usurping villagers’ homes and plots to set up resorts. The spectre of dispossession and displacement looms large over Hansa’s family after his father’s sudden disappearance.