National award-winning filmmaker Onir’s next We Are Faheem & Karun will have its world premiere at the Dharamshala International Film Festival on November 10. Backed by the renowned filmmaker Deepa Mehta, this queer love story unfolds against the backdrop of Gurez, Kashmir.
The film stars Tawseef Mir as Faheem, a local Kashmiri college student, and Akash Menon as Karun, a security guard from Kerala stationed at a construction site. Their journey explores the complexities of love and friendship while highlighting the impact of geopolitical conflicts on personal lives.
Deepa, expressed her enthusiasm for the project, stating, “We Are Faheem & Karun--an aspect of their love story is of the quintessential star-crossed lovers and another aspect is Onir’s desire to humanize the ‘other.’ In Faheem and Karun he does this in spades.”
Onir, who serves as both director and producer under his banner Anticlock Films, reflected on the film’s significance: “Very thrilled that our film We Are Faheem & Karun will premiere at the 13th edition of DIFF. For me, it is poetic that a film that was shot in the small and beautiful Himalayan town of Gurez, Kashmir, will begin its journey into the world at this beautiful Himalayan town film festival.”w
