Despite not having found a release date in India yet, Miss Lovely is already within the means of paving its way for a global release.
Being extremely busy with the film’s post-production in Berlin, with a purpose to be followed by sending his film to the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia admits that he doesn’t have the time to appear into the procedures which might be required to search out a release date in India.
Although he's anticipating cuts from the national Censor Board, it isn’t discouraging him. At the contrary, he's quite keen to peer how the Indian audience receives this film about people who find themselves within the profession of creating low-budget C-grade flicks.
The filmmaker says, “For me, it’s crucial to release in India, almost greater than anywhere else. The film has some ‘adult’ content so it should have some issues with the censors but I’m hoping that we will be able to figure out a version that works without compromising it.”
Ashim, within the meanwhile, has already inked a handle a multi-national production firm for international sales. Talking about this North American company he adds, “They’ve backed renowned directors like Hou Hsiao Hsien, Wong Kar Wai and far of the contemporary cinema that I REALLY LIKE. I'M glad to look my work amongst the projects they support.”
The feature film is slated to screen within the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. The last Indian project to be selected for this actual category was Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan.
The film is primarily set within the 1980s Bombay and follows the lives of 2 brothers — played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui (of Kahaani fame) and Anil George. It explores the underbelly of the pre-globalisation era however the plot deliberately falls wanting poking fun at such filmmakers.
“I don’t laugh at such films in any respect but marvel at how they were made so cheaply with so few resources. In that sense, they were the unique independent films in their time,” explains Ashim.
