TUMBBAD to open Venice Film Festival`s Critics Week |
“Tumbbad,” a fantasy drama starring Sohum Shah, has become the first Indian film to open the Venice Film Festival`s Critics` Week. “`Tumbbad,` the first Indian film ever to open the Venice International Film Critics` Week, is a thrilling rollercoaster ride that questions the roots of human greed while providing entertainment of the purest kind,” said Giona A. Nazzaro, general delegate of Venice International Critics` Week. “Fantasy, action, frights, and scares: `Tumbbad` has it all. Don`t miss it, or Hastar will come and get you! ”The film, directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad, is being screened out of competition. It stars Deepak Damle, Jyoti Malshe, Anita Date, Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar and Mohd. Samad. On the outskirts of a decrepit village called Tumbbad lives Vinayak, the stubborn, conniving illegitimate son of the village lord, obsessed with a mythical ancestral treasure. He suspects the secret lies with his great-grandmother, a cursed witch. Confronting her finally puts him face to face with the guardian of the treasure, an evil fallen god. What starts with a few gold coins, quickly spirals into a reckless, perpetual yearning spanning decade. As Vinayak`s greed escalates, it all comes crashing together in an epic reckoning.
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