NAGESH KUKUNOOR'S DHANAK RECEIVES WARM RECEPTION AT BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Mumbai, October 9, 2015: After bagging two awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak (Rainbow) made its Asian premiere at the Busan International Film Festival 2015. 

Busan International Film Festival is held annually at Busan, South Korea, since 1996 and is one of Asia's most prestigious film festivals.  

The premiere of the film received a warm reception and the audience cheered right through the end credits. 

The film has received several distribution queries since the screening at Busan. Drishyam Films feels it is a positive sign as preparations are on in full swing for the film's upcoming India release, slated for January 20, 2016.  

Nagesh Kukunoor, director, Dhanak says,  "Dhanak's dream run continues! To be given a chance to screen at Busan is a wonderful honor. March on Chotu and Pari!"

Shiladitya Bora, CEO Drishyam Films: "We are delighted to have the film's Asian premiere at Busan. Busan has a fantastic film market with a diverse and engaging audience presence. We are excited about having received quite a few distribution queries from various territories."

The award-winning film produced by Drishyam Films had its world premiere earlier this year at the prestigious film festival, Berlinale, where it bagged The Grand Prix for the best feature-length film and the Special Mention for the best feature film by The Children's Jury for Generation Kplus. 

About the film:

The film which stars, Hetal Gada and Krrish Chhabria in the lead roles is about an eight-year-old blind boy whose 10-year-old sister promises him that he will get his vision back before he turns 9. The film follows the duo on a magical journey through the sand dunes of Rajasthan. The film also stars theatre actors, Vipin Sharma and Vibha Chhiber in the prominent roles.

Like Iqbal, Dhanak also explores the beautiful relationship of a brother and sister and the central character suffers from a disability, but in a dramatically diverse setting. This is also Nagesh’s second film with children after the much acclaimed Rockford.

Fandry’s renowned Producer Vivek Kajaria now turns to direction

Vivek Kajaria, a man who entered in the film and media industry as Ad film producer. With his dedication and passion towards film, today he is a successful film maker of the movies like Fandry, Siddhant, Anumati to mention few.

Vivek has caught the right nerve of the audience understanding their desire for quality cinemas. This National Award winning film maker continues to amuse us with his upcoming cinemas like Chaurya, Ek Number, Raakshas and many more to come.

Taking a step forward with his pool of knowledge, Vivek Kajaria is all set to try his fortune as director. Vivek has recently completed a short film named ‘Durga’. The story revolves around a poor Village Artist (Bhola), who makes Idols of Goddess Durga, his love for his grand daughter and ultimately the faith of a worshipper of Goddess Durga with the final task to do justice to his very existence and purpose in life.

Adding to the zest, Durga is selected for this year’s Busan International Film Festival to be held in Korea. The film is also expected to be seen at various National and International film festival in this year. In Durga, audience will witness power packed performances by Veena Jamkar, Saachi and Kalyan Chatterjee, produced by Vivek Kajaria’s Holy Basil Productions and also his first attempt as director.

On this occasion director and producer Vivek Kajaria said, “I have personally witnessed the Durga Puja environment in Kolkata, and lived with it for years. Having lived with these people, I personally have lived with this story for years now. This film has given an opportunity to learn more about film making along with gaining technical expertise. I know many directors capable than myself but while making this movie, I was very clear in my head about what I wanted to show therefore I took up the challenge of directing on my own.”

Adding further he said, “I had come to this industry with a passion to make good content oriented and meaningful cinema. Finally after a lot of production work, I got this opportunity to direct something I wanted to share with the world.”