'Life Goes On',the film which sees Sharmila Tagore share the screen with daughter Soha Ali Khan for the very first time,will hit theatres in North America before its release in India. Besides the unique distinction of casting the mother-daughter duo,the film boasts of the finest talent from Bollywood including veterans,Girish Karnad and Om Puri. 'Life Goes On' is our very first English Language film which is slated for mainstream release all over North America. The Indian Diaspora living here will be able to immediately identify with this film," said Oney Seal,chairman of the Databazaar group which is releasing the film here. Sharmila Tagore said that working with Soha was a significant decision and she thoroughly enjoyed it. 'Life Goes On' is my first British film and I very much liked the process of working with a British crew,with Om Puri and with my daughter Soha for the first time," Tagore said in a statement. 'Life Goes On' is a original film,it is non-formulaic,and I am so happy that it is getting released now and Databazaar Media Ventures is taking it to the large market in North America even before its release in India," said Soha. Director Sangeeta Dutta wrote 'Life Goes On' as she grew up in the British Asian community of London. "Here is a multicultural society and people have made long journeys to reach where they are here. Identity is about history,about the present and where you look for the future. I found it quite compelling to rework the King Lear story in a British-Asian Diaspora family," she said. "I found it most compelling to tell the story of a man who gets over his prejudice and fear and learns to look at a more hopeful,inclusive world. Working with some of my favorite actors from India as with a bunch of young talent from London was very rewarding- a great learning curve," Dutta added.
