EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Samuel and Sonal Sehgal have been solid to guide The Great Departure.
The movie, from producer Arvind Reddy’s KVR Productions and directed by the Digicam d’Or-nominated Pierre Filmon, is at the moment in post-production having shot completely in India. Sehgal wrote the script throughout lockdown, with the movie initially titled Travellers.
Plot explores patriarchy in society via the prism of a person and lady who by accident meet in Varanasi, and have very completely different experiences whereas on the identical highway journey as they fall in love. Samuel (Twiling: Eclipse) and Sehgal (Aashayein) star.
“Rising up in a patriarchal society and but with a set of fogeys who inspired my fiercely impartial streak, I typically discovered myself in a dichotomy of how I used to be introduced up and what society anticipated of me and therefore took to cinema as a type of expression,” stated Sehgal of the script.
The movie can be appearing as a relaunch platform for KVR Productions, the Indian manufacturing home that’s run by Arvind Reddy, the grandson of famend South Indian director KV Reddy, who died in 1972. “The theme of patriarchy, the highway journey style, and the script that struck a twine,” stated Arvind Reddy. “Strolling our discuss, we ensured gender parity in all departments.”
Samuel has had roles within the Ana de Armes-starrer Blonde, Robin Wright and Naomi Watts movie Adore and Love and Friendship, which starred Kate Beckinsale. Earlier this week, we revealed he was one among a number of solid in Minka Kelly’s romantic comedy for Netflix, Champagne Issues. He was additionally a collection common in TNT drama Inform Me Your Secrets and techniques.
“I used to be very moved by Sonal’s script, its humanity and unflinching concentrate on the fact of life in India, significantly for ladies,” stated Samuel. “The movie has such a powerful coronary heart. The drama, the romance, all of it leapt off the web page. Two characters from utterly completely different realities discovering frequent floor collectively and finally fall in love. An ode to these fleeting, probability encounters that change who you might be.”
French director Filmon, who was filming in India for the primary time, added: “From the solid and crew, drivers, safety personnel, assistants, and cooks, this dream group was completely organized and enabled the inventive group to provide the very best out of a terrific script.”
Movie was Digicam d’Or-nominated for 2016 doc Shut with Villas Zsigmond. His 2022 movie Jerry Schatzberg, Panorama Portrait premiered at Venice.
