Gadi, a Marathi psychological thriller presented by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, is set to make its premiere at the upcoming edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) later this month.
Backed by Amaze Production Film in association with Flip Films, Gadi centers on a grieving father in a small Konkan hamlet who is confronted with the realisation that he possesses no free will.
Rohan Pingal has written and directed the film, also serving as the cinematographer. Reflecting on the film’s vision and collaborative backing, Rohan Pingal shared, “Gadi is a film that asks more than it explains. It lives in silences, in what's left unsaid, and we wanted the audience to feel it rather than decode it. Anurag and Ranjan sir never asked us to simplify it or make it easier. That belief gave us the freedom to make the film exactly as we felt it, and I'm grateful to have walked this path with them.”
The film features theater actor Raj Sane in the lead role, supported by Kishore Kadam, Shirish Kulkarni, Shabnam Nad, and Hadelin De Ponteves. Ankush Boradkar has composed music for the film. Filmed primarily in black-and-white across the Konkan region, Sangli, and coastal Maharashtra, Gadi promises to explore complex themes of free will, grief, and human conditioning.
Anurag, who is co-producing the film with Ranjan Singh and Rajendra Pingal, said on the occasion, “I met Rohan at a post lab, where he showed me some of the visuals he had been creating for his film’s pitch and I was surprised that they created them, all by themselves far away from where all the VFX studios were. In Gadi, his fresh approach, challenges the filmmaking norms, and that’s why the film generates different kinds of response.”
Dharamshala International Film Festival will be held on site from October 29 to November 1, with an online programme scheduled for November 2-9.
