Monsoon Shootout
Monsoon Shootout is an upcoming Hindi noir thriller directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari and Vivek Rangachari. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee in the lead roles. The film was shown during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings section. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release in 2016.
Kumar had previously assisted film director Asif Kapadia on his BAFTAwinning feature The Warrior where he met Trevor Ingman. Ingman decided to help seek finances for Kumars film starting in 2008, but was unable to do so because of the closure of the UK Film Council which was initially supposed to cover half the production costs. Kumar set sights to find an Indian production partner and in 2010, he ran into Guneet Monga who had produced Michael Winterbottoms Trishna. When Kumar stated his lack of an Indian producer, Monga immediately jumped at the opportunity to fund the film. However, the producers decided that although they loved Kumars script and idea, they felt he needed to cast a star in the lead role. Kumar stated that I just wanted to work with good actors. Kumar had the pleasure of working with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in his student short film The Bypass and decided to cast him in the lead role.Early Cannes reception for the film has been positive with many international critics taking a liking to the films noir, artistic detailing. ........
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