Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple, will be screened at the 58th New York Film Festival as part of the Main Slate.
Produced by Vivek Gomber of Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., The Disciple is the first film since Deepa Mehta's Fire (1996) to be screened in the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival.
Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, and is considered the most prestigious selection of films in the US. Since 1963, the New York Film Festival has brought new and important cinematic works from around the world and is a major platform for generating Oscar buzz as suggested by their past selections in the Main Slate of titles such as Parasite, Roma, Moonlight, Birdman, and Amour.