'Shoonya' to be screened at Rotterdam Film Festival

Mumbai, Feb 3 (UNI) Arindam Mitra's 'Shoonya', based on the life of a cricket star and his tryst with fame and adulation, will have its world premiere in Holland at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.

The festival, which began on January 24, will conclude tomorrow.

The Rotterdam festival is considered a unique and treasured space because it gives talented filmmakers a gamut of films making process, from advising on scripts, marketing of films, gaining contracts and finance provided by Hubert Bals fund to deserving Films, Mitra told reporters before leaving for Rotterdam to attend the festival.

Directed by Arindam Mitra, who is also the producer of Black Friday, explores the subject of guilt, paranoia of life and honour in the public domain. Arindam has also written the story and screenplay.

The director uses the money generating spectrum of sports , in which the conscience ends up being a pawn in the hands of outside forces and vested interest.

The cast has power house performers like Nasseruddin Shah, Kay Kay Menon, Tulip Joshi, Seema Biswas , Satish Kaushik and Ninad Kamat. Shoonya is produced by Shahnaab Alam.

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