Mahishasur Marddini to compete with international films at Bengaluru film fest

Ranjan Ghosh’s

Mahishasur Marddini

(Eng: A Night to Remember) will compete with 13 other films from Iran, Israel, Japan, China, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in the Asian Cinema Competition section of the 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival. The festival will begin on March 3 and will go on till March 10.

BIFFES

is among the five international film festivals in India accredited by the FIAPF (International federation of Film Producers' Association). The female-centric film features Rituparna Sengupta and Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Saswata Chatterjee in the lead. According to the writer and director Ranjan Ghosh, Mahishasur Marddini is a letter of apology to women who are wronged by society.


“Of course, we are excited! We would have been content with a berth in the Indian Competition section, but a selection in the 'Asian Cinema Competition' was something unexpected. All the actors are delighted. This selection validates their faith in my script and in the film. We have been doing this film over the last couple of years, struggling with the three waves of Covid. We are grateful to BIFFES 2022 for giving us this opportunity,” the director told us.