Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Alankrita Srivastava, Gurvinder Singh Projects Debut at India’s Inaugural Cinevesture Market (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran The first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF) has revealed 20 projects that will participate in its accompanying market.

Comprising 17 features and three series, several of the projects are by creators who have found acclaim both internationally and in South Asia.

From Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Busan title “Something Like an Autobiography”) comes Hindi and English-language unconventional romance “To Hell With Love.” Alankrita Srivasttava (Tokyo winner “Lipstick Under My Burkha”) has English and Hindi-language drama “Girls of Orlem,” an adaptation of Lindsay Pereira’s bestselling novel “Gods and Ends.” Gurvinder Singh (Cannes title “The Fourth Direction,” Venice selection “Alms for a Blind Horse”) is prepping Hindi, Punjabi and English-language historical thriller series “The Trial.” “#JACK” is a thriller film from Bhaskar Hazarika (Tribeca selection “Aamis”), while “Chhaal” (“The Skin”) by Don Palathara (Rotterdam title “Family”) is a folk thriller adapted from a story by Vijayan Detha. “Encounter” by Anurag Singh (the Jatt and Juliet franchise) is a drama-thriller in the Punjabi and Hindi languages and drama “Husky” by Atika Chohan (SWSW title “Sahela”) is in the Hindi, Chhattisgarhi and English languages. “Peach No.

15” by Ayappa K.M. (Prime Video’s “War Room”) is designed as a dark and funny thriller series in the Hindi and English languages, while Hindi-language film “The Bookkeeper’s Wife” is a drama from Bauddhayan Mukherji (Mumbai title “The Violin Player”).