Stories That Resonate Around The Globe

A nine-year-old boy in a village in Gujarat spends one entire summer watching films from the projection booth of a derelict cinema hall. Fascinated by this world, he decides that he wants to be part of this world. This is the story of The Last Film Show (Chhello Show in Gujarati), which is India's official entry for the best international feature film category at the 95th Academy Awards.

- KABIR SINGH BHANDARI

Founder and managing director of Roy Kapur Films, Siddharth Roy Kapur, (along with PVR), are the ones responsible for distributing the film, which has been directed by Pan Nalin. Kapur's production house is known for its ability to produce films which have stories grounded in India's ethos, but that resonate on a global level.

BUT HOW DID THE ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FILM COME ABOUT?

"Dheer Momaya, who is the producer of the film is someone who we've been talking to for a very long time to do something together. He is very enterprising and creative and told us that he had made this film called The Last Film Show which was on the edit table and if we would want to watch it as he was looking at partners to collaborate with to be able to take it to the next level in terms of marketing, distribution and the positioning of the film," Kapur tells us.