Vikram Sengupta's Second Feature JONAKI Makes World Premiere At The 47th International Film Festival

Labour Of Love director Aditya Vikram Sengupta's second feature Jonaki had its world premiere at recently concluded 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) where it received an outstanding reception from the audience.

The film features 81-year-old actress Lolita Chatterjee (of Aap Ki Kasam & Victoria No. 203 fame) who is making her comeback as Jonaki along with Jim Sarbh (Neerja, Padmavati, A Death In the Gunj) and Ratnabali Bhattacharjee (Permanent Roommates).

Produced by Magic Hour Films, For Films, and Catherine Dussart Productions, Jonaki received a standing ovation at the festival, with a long and engaging Q & A post the screening.

An Indo French Singaporean co-production was screened in the Bright Future Section of IFFR 2018, which is held from 24th January to 4th February.

Jonaki is a tale of an 80-year-old woman who searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, while her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.

Thrilled about his second feature making its international debut at one of the most celebrated film festivals in the world, director Aditya Vikram Sengupta, says, "IFFR upholds auteur cinema and there could not have been a better place for us to premier "Jonaki". The audiences here are amazingly receptive, inquisitive which made it even more special for "Jonaki" to have its premier at IFFR 2018. Audiences here do not only come to be entertained by cinema but to experience it"

The actor Jim Sarbh, says, "The Rotterdam Film Festival really makes you feel like part of a film family. I was so glad i got to be there and i got to see the world premiere of Aditya's beautiful dreamscape film. I am glad that he is out there taking risks making films that other other people would be too afraid to, developing a new modern Indian art language of cinema"

Samir Sarkar, Magic Hour Films, the principal producer of Jonaki says, "It was a sold out world premier at Rotterdam and our subsequent screenings had a similar response. Audiences here not only come with the thought of being entertained by cinema but also to experience it to the fullest. They are open to new ideas and treatments"

Here is the trailer link: https://youtu.be/QqPfx7IZ8NU

To know more, click here: www.jonakithefilm.com

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