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Indian Director Nishanth Kalidindi Explores Artists’ Double Lives in Rotterdam-Bound ‘Theatre’


After hit 'Kadaseela Biriyani,' Indian director Nishanth Kalidindi returns with 'Theatre,' a story of a cowherd leading a double life as stage actor.

“ Theatre,” the sophomore feature from Indian filmmaker Nishanth Kalidindi following his cult hit “Kadaseela Biriyani” (2021), will world premiere in International Film Festival Rotterdam ‘s Harbour section. “‘Theatre’ captures the authentic Tamil culture and daily life of Pondicherry city, as opposed to the more commonly portrayed international community of Auroville that tends to make its appearance in cinema every now and then.” Barycenter Films is also backing veteran filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli’s “The Sky and the Cat,” set in Thirthahalli, in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, southern India, based on a U.R.

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