After the critical success of his 2013 romance-drama 'The Lunchbox',
Ritesh Batra went on to make the Robert Redford-starrer 'Our Souls At Night' and UK film 'The Sense of an Ending'.
His next, ‘Photograph’ with Nawazuddin Siddique and
Sanya Malhotra in the lead roles, follows a struggling street photographer pressured by his grandmother to settle down. He convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée which later leads to the pair developing a connection that transforms them both in unexpected ways.
The pairing is indeed unconventional and talking about the same, director shares, “Nawaz has a real innocence about him that he brings to the character, and Sanya has a way of saying things without words, she’s a very meticulous and detailed performer. So they fit these parts, I was lucky to find them.”
Divulging further details about the movie, the director shared, “The movie is really about the corners of our heart that only others can help us find, and these two actors do a wonderful job of revealing and keeping things from us.”
The film is set in
Dharavi, Mumbai, where Nawaz is essaying the character of a photographer and Sanya will be seen playing the role of an introverted college girl who tops in her studies.
The film had a premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival
and also screened at the Berlin Film Festival recently. Written and directed by Ritesh Batra, 'Photograph' is slated to release in India on 8 March 2019.
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