Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly at Melbourne film festival

Ugly is Kashyap’s second film in a row to be screened at the MIFF after his epic Gangs of Wasseypur last year.

The film is inspired by real events and was received well at Cannes. It is part of the ‘Accent from Asia’ category along with Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout and Punarvasu Naik’s Vakratunda Mahakaya (Twisted trunk,Big Fat Body).

Vakratunda Mahakaya is produced by Kashyap as well. The film is set in the backdrop of the Ganapati festival of Mumbai that terrorists believe will be the best time for a bomb blast.

Comenting on Naik’s work,MIFF said “mixing biting satire with humane social commentary,Twisted Trunk,Big Fat Body is Indian cinema as you’ve never seen it before. Part thriller,part drama,part blackly comic farce,Naik’s film is a warm-hearted and clear-eyed take on an ascendant India,

trapped between the binds of tradition and the glittering lure

of modernity.”

Another Indian film Powerless,directed by Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa will be screened under the category of ‘Defying the Times: Activism on Film.’

An Australian Short film Tau Seru is also being screened during the festival. Directed by Rodd Rathjen,Tau Seru has been shot in Ladakh.