FTII graduate’s film Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal to go international

Set in Delhi, which has gained notoriety as rape capital of India, four women from various parts of the NCR region, meet by chance in a ‘ladies only’ taxi ride. Getting into an altercation with a man who’s teasing them, they end up choosing to kidnap him, breaking him physically mentally to send out a message. This film, Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal is set to go international with a screening at the 17th Garden State Film Festival 2019 in the US to be held in March.

The film is directed by Aditya Kripalani a FTII graduate who shot to fame with three international bestselling books Backseat, Frontseat and Tikli and Laxmi Bomb. He recently directed and co-produced his third book Tikli And Laxmi Bomb into a film with the same title.

The film’s star cast includes Shalini Vatsa, Chitrangada Chakraborty, Sonal Joshi and Kritika Pande. Chitrangada, who plays a martial artist had gone bald for this role. “For a martial artist, long hair is disadvantageous, mainly because it offers opponent a grip to hurt you. As a practitioner I was asked to cut my hair extremely short. Thus, to lend her role more authenticity, this decision was taken,” says Aditya Kriplani.


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