Bombay Rose to have it's World Premiere
as the opening film of Critics Week at
Venice International Film Festival 2019
Cinestaan Film Company is delighted to announce that its highly anticipated feature film Bombay Rose, will be opening the prestigious 34th Venice International Critics Week on 29th August 2019.
Said Rohit Khattar Chairman of Cinestaan Film Company - “Gitanjali’s beautiful film has made us and India proud by being invited to open Critics Week at Venice. We are thrilled to share that the prestigious Venice Film Festival shall be the first of many international festival premieres for this stunning love letter to Mumbai and its people.’’
Says Writer/Director Gitanjali Rao, “I have always wanted to paint stories about people who live and love in the streets of Bombay, never become success stories, yet their struggle for survival makes heroes out of them. I am thrilled that Bombay Rose will be the first Indian animation film to open Venice Critics Week.”
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BOMBAY ROSE
Directed by: Gitanjali Rao
Produced by: Cinestaan Film Company
In co-production with Les Films D’ici (Waltz With Bashir)
Animation Studio: Paperboat
Genre: Animation | Language: Hindi
Amidst the struggle of survival in a big city, a red rose brings together three tales of impossible loves. Love between two flower sellers. Love between two women. Love of an entire city for its Bollywood stars.
Bombay Rose is a chronicle of intimate yet collective struggles of people who migrate from small towns, seeking minimal life in the maximum city. Based on true events, the film explores the ruthlessness of a society where the love and life that reigns on the big screen can crush you in its mean streets.
Painted frame by frame, the depiction of urban reality has a documentary style, whereas the intricate dream worlds are inspired from the rich and varied folk art styles of India.
GITANJALI RAO
Animator | Filmmaker | StorytellerA self-taught animator and film maker, Gitanjali Rao emerged into the international stage with her animated short, ‘Printed Rainbow’ which premiered in Cannes Critic’s week 2006 ( Kodak Discovery Award, Petite Rail D’Or, Prix Du Jeune) The film went on to win 25 awards and was short listed for the Oscar in 2008. Her four independently produced animated shorts have been to over 150 International film festivals and received more than 30 awards. They have been showcased in international art biennales in India, Poland and USA.
Painted frame by frame, Gitanjali’s films travel seamlessly between harsh urban reality and the dream world created by the psyche, to escape that reality. While her depiction of urban reality has a documentary style, the intricate dream worlds are inspired from the rich and varied folk art styles of India.
Her body of work includes animated commercials, pre-production for animated features, logo-motions, as well as graphic novels and illustrated stories. She is also an award winning actor on stage and in films.
Bombay Rose, a labour of love made over six years, is her debut feature.
