Marathi film ‘Aarya — Daughter of Bharat’ selected for screening at ‘Bollywood Festival – Norway’
Pune, Sep 5 : Marathi film ‘Aarya-Daughter of Bharat’, directed by city-based Nitin Bhaskar, will be screened at the ‘Bollywood Festival-Norway’ from the 8 September to 14 September 2023.
Produced by Sharad Patil of SS Film Production, Pune, it is the only Marathi film to be screened at the festival.
‘Aarya-Daughter of Bharat’ is a film based on two distinct sections of India — the modern urban ‘India’ and the traditional rural ‘Bharat’ as is referred to in the film.
The story is about a girl who is caught in the difference between India and Bharat owing to parents from these two diverse backgrounds.
The film handles the differences in culture, technology, and thought processes in an interesting way, elevating the curiosity of audience to know if and how ‘Aarya’ breaks free from these boundaries to explore life on her own terms, said a press release here on Monday.
Expressing his delight about the selection, Nitin Bhaskar, director of the film, said, “I always feel that there are two countries living in our country, one is the modern India and the other is the traditional rural Bharat. ‘Aarya – Daughter of Bharat’ is woven around this thought and I wanted the world to see what we experience.”
“We submitted the film only to the ‘Bollywood Festival –Norway’ and in our first attempt itself, it was selected. A lot of films need multiple attempts and hence this is a big achievement for us,” he added.
