Photograph
Berlinale Special 2019
IND/DEU/USA 2019
by: Ritesh Batra
Sanya Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Photograph
Berlinale Special 2019
IND/DEU/USA 2019
by: Ritesh Batra
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra
Photograph
Berlinale Special 2019
IND/DEU/USA 2019
by: Ritesh Batra
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Farrukh Jaffar
Photograph
Berlinale Special 2019
IND/DEU/USA 2019
by: Ritesh Batra
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Photograph
Berlinale Special 2019
IND/DEU/USA 2019
by: Ritesh Batra
Brinda Trivedi, Sanya Malhotra, Lubna Salim
Photograph
Berlinale Special 2019
IND/DEU/USA 2019
by: Ritesh Batra
Ritesh Batra
Feb 13, 2019Dieter Kosslick, Sanya Malhotra
The Festival Director and the actress in the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
Berlinale Special – Photograph
Feb 13, 2019Sanya Malhotra
The actress with fans in the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
Berlinale Special – Photograph
Feb 13, 2019Michael Weber
The producer at the premiere in the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
Berlinale Special – Photograph
Feb 13, 2019Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Ritesh Batra
The actors and the director at the Photo Call.
Berlinale Special – Photograph
Feb 13, 2019Sanya Malhotra, Ritesh Batra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
The film team at the Press Conference.
Berlinale Special – Photograph
Interpreter Hindi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Actor), Sanya Malhotra (Actress), Ritesh Batra (Director, Screenwriter, Producer)
Moderation: Anatol Weber
Rafi works hard to stay afloat as a photographer in Mumbai. Sharing his modest accommodation with other unmarried men, he sends his money home to pay off his father’s debts and dreams of a better life. One day he takes a picture of a young woman in front of the Gateway of India – and from this moment on he can think of nothing else. Miloni is a model student attending a school for auditors and is headed for university. Theirs are two irreconcilable worlds. When Rafi’s grandmother arrives, determined to marry off her grandson, Miloni agrees to masquerade as Rafi’s girlfriend. As the two begin to meet more and more often, Rafi shows Miloni, who has led a sheltered existence, unknown facets of their city.
Ritesh Batra, who caused a sensation with his debut film The Lunchbox, returns to his hometown Mumbai for this bittersweet romance. In atmospheric images that exude a quiet charm, he almost casually depicts how social stratification divides Indian society and creates a sensitive portrait of everyday life in this megacity caught between tradition and progress.
by
Ritesh Batra
India / Germany / USA 2019
Hindi, Gujarati, English
110’ · Colour
Rating R0
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Rafi)Sanya Malhotra (Miloni)Farrukh Jaffar (Dadi)Geetanjali Kulkarni (Rampyaari)Vijay Raaz (Tiwari’s Ghost)Jim Sarbh (Anmol Sir)Akash Sinha (Banke)Saharsh Kumar Shukla (Zakir bhai)
Born in India in 1979, he grew up in Mumbai. After graduating with a degree in economics and working for three years in the USA, he decided to change direction and pursue his interest in film. He dropped out early from his studies at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and began writing and directing short films. His feature debut Dabba (The Lunchbox) brought him international renown. He followed it with two films in 2017: Our Souls at Night, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, and The Sense of an Ending with Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling.
Filmography2013 Dabba (The Lunchbox) 2017 The Sense of an Ending · Our Souls at Night 2019 Photograph
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
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