FESTIVAL FLOURISHES
BookMyShow‘s Pink Lorry Movie Pageant has landed two Academy Award-shortlisted movies to anchor its sophomore version, set for March 21-23, in Mumbai and Hyderabad. “Hollywoodgate,” from the producers of “Navalny,” shortlisted for documentary characteristic, affords an on-the-ground examination of Taliban-ruled Kabul. “Common Language,” contending within the worldwide characteristic class, presents an absurdist comedy-drama weaving a number of storylines between Tehran and Winnipeg.
The fest will showcase over 120 titles throughout each cities, marking its growth with “Pink Lorry Movie Pageant: Parallel Verse” in Hyderabad working alongside Mumbai’s “Take 2” version. Notable alternatives embrace “When The Mild Breaks,” which opened Un Sure Regard at Cannes 2024, and “999: The Forgotten Ladies,” winner of the Miami Jewish Movie Pageant’s viewers award.
New for 2025, the competition introduces a contest section open to filmmakers, with submissions closing Jan. 7. Programming spans a number of languages together with Spanish, French, German, Korean, Dutch, and Icelandic. BookMyShow COO Ashish Saksena cited the inaugural version’s success as motivation for the growth, noting rising demand for worldwide cinema amongst Indian audiences.
PRISON PREMIERE
“Black Warrant,” a jail drama collection, is about to premiere Jan. 10 on Netflix. The present takes place in Tihar, Asia’s largest jail, following rookie jailer Sunil Kumar Gupta as he navigates the establishment’s complicated energy dynamics.
The collection marks actor Zahan Kapoor‘s streaming debut within the lead position of Gupta, alongside forged members Rahul Bhat, Paramvir Singh Cheema, Anurag Thakur and Sidhant Gupta. The undertaking reunites Netflix with creator-showrunner Vikramaditya Motwane (“AK vs AK”), who co-directs with Satyanshu Singh, Ambiecka Pandit, Arkesh Ajay and Rohin Raveendran Nair.
Drama is predicated on the non-fiction e-book “Black Warrant: Confessions Of A Tihar Jailer” by former Tihar superintendent Sunil Gupta and journalist Sunetra Choudhury. Applause Leisure presents the collection, produced by Motwane’s Andolan Manufacturing with Confluence Media.
The present joins Netflix India’s latest slate together with “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar,” “Amar Singh Chamkila,” “The Nice Indian Kapil Present,” “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack” and “CTRL.”
