Bullet Proof Anand heads to 12th Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne

Anshuman Jha, Sanjay Mishra and Jaaved Jaaferi’s short film Bullet Proof Anand will be screened at the 12th Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne.

Bullet Proof Anand is a quirky tribute to Bruce Lee and Rajesh Khanna’s Anand. The film will have its premiere in Melbourne at the IFFM 2021 as an official selection. Sanjay Mishra and Anshuman Jha play two crazy North Indian goons who are inspired by Bruce Lee. The film also stars Jaaved Jaaferi as the eponymous dreaded gangster Bulletproof Anand. Directed by Alok Sharma, the short film is a comical homage to the Bollywood gangster films of the '90s.

Speaking on the selection, Anshuman Jha says, “It is a matter of great honour and joy to have ‘Bullet Proof Anand’, a film that’s super special and close to my heart, premiere at the IFFM this year. This film is also my second collaboration with the legendary Sanjay Mishra after ‘Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain’ and I’m very excited to see the audiences’ reaction to it at the festival.”

Sanjay Mishra shares, “There are some films that the Indian film industry has been generating in the past decade that are much more diverse and variegated than before, and I believe that ‘Bullet Proof Anand’ falls into that category. I feel absolutely elated to have our film screen at the IFFM 2021, as well as see the other incredible films that have made it to the line-up this year.”

The latest edition of IFFM will be held from August 12 to 21 in cinemas and from August 15 to 30 online Australia-wide.