Anurag Kashyap’s Zoo, Manoj Bajpayee’s In The Shadows to premiere at Busan Film Festival

While two Indian films will compete at Busan International Film Festival, two other will have their world premiere at the festival.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s next production Zoo, which stars Shweta Tripathi, will have its world premiere at the Busan Film Festival (BIFF). The film, directed by Shlok Sharma, has been selected for “A window on Asian Cinema” category at the film festival.

Anurag Kashyap has produced Zoo, a film entirely shot on iPhone 6. (Hindustan Times)

Zoo has been entirely shot on iPhone 6. In the movie, Shweta plays the role of a young teenager by the name of Misha Mehta, who blames herself for an accident that happened a few years ago and finds herself trapped in her house to escape her emotions. She finds solace in drugs.

“I always wanted to be a part of films which matter and being rewarded by getting recognition from a festival like Busan is something I as an actor work for primarily. I always wanted to be part of experimental cinema and this film gives me exactly that,” Shweta said in a statement.

“Shlok is a director who gave me my first feature film I shot but unfortunately it was stuck for various reasons and then he wanted to make another film with me.”

“’In The Shadows’ will premier at Busan Film Fest. Great news for the entire team. Dipesh Jain, Shuchi Jain, Ranvir Shorey,” Manoj tweeted on Tuesday.

The cast also includes Indian actors Ranvir Shorey, Neeraj Kabi and Shahana Goswami along with Oscar-nominated Belgian actor Laura Verlinden.

Two Indian films, Ajji and Ashwatthama, will also compete under the New Currents, BIFF’s signature competition category.

BIFF is scheduled to be held October 12-21

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