Bulgarian-American filmmaker Konstantin Bojanov’s Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard selection “The Shameless” has taken 14 years to come to fruition.
Bojanov previously directed the documentary “Invisible” (2005), followed by his Cannes-debuting fiction feature debut “Avé” (2011). Post “Avé” and prior to his 2017 Rotterdam selection “Light Thereafter,” which starred Barry Keoghan and Kim Bodnia, Bojanov acquired the rights to William Dalrymple’s 2009 book, “Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India.” The idea at the time was to make a documentary cross referencing four different stories from the book, including one of a sex worker in Karnataka, southern India.
Bojanov scoured India to find real stories similar to the ones in the book and in 2014 he started filming in Karnataka, with a view to using the footage to attract finance for a feature-length documentary. During his research, the filmmaker also came across a young girl growing up in a family...
Bojanov previously directed the documentary “Invisible” (2005), followed by his Cannes-debuting fiction feature debut “Avé” (2011). Post “Avé” and prior to his 2017 Rotterdam selection “Light Thereafter,” which starred Barry Keoghan and Kim Bodnia, Bojanov acquired the rights to William Dalrymple’s 2009 book, “Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India.” The idea at the time was to make a documentary cross referencing four different stories from the book, including one of a sex worker in Karnataka, southern India.
Bojanov scoured India to find real stories similar to the ones in the book and in 2014 he started filming in Karnataka, with a view to using the footage to attract finance for a feature-length documentary. During his research, the filmmaker also came across a young girl growing up in a family...
- 5/18/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The UK Asian Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and today, Deadline can share the official lineup for the jubilee edition, running at venues across the UK from May 4 — 14.
The running theme for this year’s edition is ‘Celebrating Our Stories,’ which will see the festival screen a series of films that center on the British Asian experience. The festival will open with the UK Premiere of the Hindi-language pic Sanaa at BFI Southbank. The film follows the eponymous Sanaa, a 28-year-old financial advisor working in Mumbai, who discovers she is pregnant. Clear on her decision to terminate her pregnancy, the process of getting the abortion forces Sanaa to re-evaluate her life and if the choices she has been making have really been her own. Lead actor Radhika Madan (Pataakha) and director Sudhanshu Saria (Loev) will attend the screening.
The festival’s closing gala takes place on...
The running theme for this year’s edition is ‘Celebrating Our Stories,’ which will see the festival screen a series of films that center on the British Asian experience. The festival will open with the UK Premiere of the Hindi-language pic Sanaa at BFI Southbank. The film follows the eponymous Sanaa, a 28-year-old financial advisor working in Mumbai, who discovers she is pregnant. Clear on her decision to terminate her pregnancy, the process of getting the abortion forces Sanaa to re-evaluate her life and if the choices she has been making have really been her own. Lead actor Radhika Madan (Pataakha) and director Sudhanshu Saria (Loev) will attend the screening.
The festival’s closing gala takes place on...
- 3/22/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
London-based The Production Headquarters, founded in 2010 by Mohaan Nadaar, has unveiled an extensive slate of features that are complete or in production. The company focuses on U.K. and India centric projects.
Its most recent ventures include British filmmaker Nathalia Syam’s Birmingham-set immigration drama “Footprints on Water,” starring Adil Hussain (“Star Trek: Discovery”), Nimisha Sajayan (Venice title “Shadow of Water”) and Antonio Aakeel (“Slow Horses”), and Vivek Singh Chauhan’s thriller “Rat on a Highway,” starring Randeep Hooda (“Extraction”).
The slate was presented at the ongoing Cannes Market. Upcoming films include sci-fi film “G,” written by Swati Singha, with R. Madhavan, whose directorial debut “Rocketry” premiered at the market, attached to star; and Rajeev Jhaveri’s drama “Closure” starring Griff Furst, Hannah Arterton and Roxanne McKee.
Also in the works are Syam’s self-discovery drama “Salted Caramel”; Sangeeth Sivan’s psychological thriller “The Alter Ego”; Ayush Raina’s paranormal...
Its most recent ventures include British filmmaker Nathalia Syam’s Birmingham-set immigration drama “Footprints on Water,” starring Adil Hussain (“Star Trek: Discovery”), Nimisha Sajayan (Venice title “Shadow of Water”) and Antonio Aakeel (“Slow Horses”), and Vivek Singh Chauhan’s thriller “Rat on a Highway,” starring Randeep Hooda (“Extraction”).
The slate was presented at the ongoing Cannes Market. Upcoming films include sci-fi film “G,” written by Swati Singha, with R. Madhavan, whose directorial debut “Rocketry” premiered at the market, attached to star; and Rajeev Jhaveri’s drama “Closure” starring Griff Furst, Hannah Arterton and Roxanne McKee.
Also in the works are Syam’s self-discovery drama “Salted Caramel”; Sangeeth Sivan’s psychological thriller “The Alter Ego”; Ayush Raina’s paranormal...
- 5/23/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Adil Hussain has opened up on his recent shoot in Birmingham amid Covid protocol post lockdown, for the British-Indian film Footprints On Water. The film tells the story of an illegal immigrant in the UK who is frantically searching for his missing daughter while evading the police.
"Keeping the backdrop of the story aside, the emotion of a father and his responsibility towards his daughter are universal. Here, in the film, the predicament is such that this father cannot go to the police to seek help because he is an illegal migrant. He is helpless and cannot take legal support. It is interesting how his emotion plays out and how desperate he feels," Adil told Ians.
A directorial venture of Nathalia Syam, the story is by Neetha Syam.
"Nathalia is a delight to work with. She has a clear vision and close connection with the story of the film.
"Keeping the backdrop of the story aside, the emotion of a father and his responsibility towards his daughter are universal. Here, in the film, the predicament is such that this father cannot go to the police to seek help because he is an illegal migrant. He is helpless and cannot take legal support. It is interesting how his emotion plays out and how desperate he feels," Adil told Ians.
A directorial venture of Nathalia Syam, the story is by Neetha Syam.
"Nathalia is a delight to work with. She has a clear vision and close connection with the story of the film.
- 2/1/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Indian thespian Adil Hussain and British actor Antonio Aakeel will headline British Indian feature film “Footprints on Water.”
Written by Neetha Syam (“Thaara”) and to be directed by Nathalia Syam, “Footprints on Water” will tell the story of an illegal immigrant father in the U.K. who is frantically searching for his missing daughter while trying to avoid the police radar. Through this search, the film will portray the lives of immigrants of various nationalities who arrive in the U.K. hoping to turn their lives around.
Hussain will play the father, and Indian actor Lena Kumar (“Anveshanam”) will portray his wife, who is the missing girl’s stepmother. Another Indian actor, Nimisha Sajayan, who was the lead in 2019 Venice Film Festival title “Shadow of Water,” will play the daughter. Aakeel plays the role of an Afghani refugee.
The film is produced by Mohaan Nadaar’s London-based outfit The Production Headquarters,...
Written by Neetha Syam (“Thaara”) and to be directed by Nathalia Syam, “Footprints on Water” will tell the story of an illegal immigrant father in the U.K. who is frantically searching for his missing daughter while trying to avoid the police radar. Through this search, the film will portray the lives of immigrants of various nationalities who arrive in the U.K. hoping to turn their lives around.
Hussain will play the father, and Indian actor Lena Kumar (“Anveshanam”) will portray his wife, who is the missing girl’s stepmother. Another Indian actor, Nimisha Sajayan, who was the lead in 2019 Venice Film Festival title “Shadow of Water,” will play the daughter. Aakeel plays the role of an Afghani refugee.
The film is produced by Mohaan Nadaar’s London-based outfit The Production Headquarters,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Randeep Hooda began shooting for ?'Rat on a Highway', an edge of the thriller, in Scotland on Sunday. He will play an advertising professional who cannot remember the last 48 hours of his life.
Rat on a Highway is directed by Vivek Chouhan and produced by Mohaan Nadaar of The Production Headquarters Ltd ? UK.
Randeep Hooda has recently wrapped up Imtiaz Ali?s 'AajKal', featuring Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan, and is gearing up for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-produced yet untitled thriller in October with 'Mukkabaaz' actress Zoya Hussain after shooting for 'Rat on The Highway'.
Besides Randeep, the entire cast and crew is from the United Kingdom. They will be shooting with three cameras, with Randeep mouthing lines in both Hindi and English.
Most of the filming will happen at night with the makers hoping to wrap up the actor?s portions in 24 days.
Randeep Hooda, Rat on a Highway,...
Rat on a Highway is directed by Vivek Chouhan and produced by Mohaan Nadaar of The Production Headquarters Ltd ? UK.
Randeep Hooda has recently wrapped up Imtiaz Ali?s 'AajKal', featuring Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan, and is gearing up for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-produced yet untitled thriller in October with 'Mukkabaaz' actress Zoya Hussain after shooting for 'Rat on The Highway'.
Besides Randeep, the entire cast and crew is from the United Kingdom. They will be shooting with three cameras, with Randeep mouthing lines in both Hindi and English.
Most of the filming will happen at night with the makers hoping to wrap up the actor?s portions in 24 days.
Randeep Hooda, Rat on a Highway,...
- 8/19/2019
- GlamSham
Randeep Hooda who has always charmed us with his impeccable acting skills and dashing looks is all onboard with his next movie. The actor has always donned such roles which have always kept us entertained.?
Randeep Hooda will start shooting for Mohaan Nadaar's Rat On The Highway (working title) ?from Aug 16th in Scotland.?
The film is directed by Vivek Chouhan who is and produced by The Production Headquarters Ltd - the UK ?is an edge of the seat thriller in a format that has never been attempted in India before.
Meanwhile, Randeep Hooda is also in works with 'Dhaka' opposite Thor star Chris Hemsworth, Manoj Bajpai, and Pankaj Tripathi. The film is directed by Sam Hargrave from a screenplay by Joe Russo.
The movie revolves around a mercenary is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Bangladeshi businessman.
Randeep Hooda will start shooting for Mohaan Nadaar's Rat On The Highway (working title) ?from Aug 16th in Scotland.?
The film is directed by Vivek Chouhan who is and produced by The Production Headquarters Ltd - the UK ?is an edge of the seat thriller in a format that has never been attempted in India before.
Meanwhile, Randeep Hooda is also in works with 'Dhaka' opposite Thor star Chris Hemsworth, Manoj Bajpai, and Pankaj Tripathi. The film is directed by Sam Hargrave from a screenplay by Joe Russo.
The movie revolves around a mercenary is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Bangladeshi businessman.
- 8/13/2019
- GlamSham
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