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Venice Winner Aditya Vikram Sengupta Produces Hong Kong’s HAF-Selected Indian Satirical Comedy-Drama ‘Republic of Mahalaxmi Apartment’
Venice winner Aditya Vikram Sengupta produces debut director Niladri Mukherjee's comedy-drama about corruption in an Indian housing society.
The Hindi-language project, produced by Aditya Vikram Sengupta and Priyankar Patra of For Films, is seeking funds and co-producers to complete its $216,000 budget. “However, when I was writing the initial drafts of the film, I couldn’t help but notice the increasing phenomenon of global administrators and leaders blatantly denying serious issues like climate crisis, pollution of natural resources, and lapses in public safety. “A creative reason behind this decision is also because the subject matter — challenges faced by tenants in a megacity, and the lack of proper tenancy laws — isn’t confined to just India.
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