MUMBAI: With his ambitious political thriller Shanghai almost ready, Dibakar Banerjee will soon fly to Greece to show his film to author Vassilis Vassilikos on whose novel ‘Z’ the film is based.
Ideally, Banerjee would have liked the author to come down to India to watch the film. But if that is not possible, considering the author‘s age, the director is all set to fly down to Greece to show his film.
“The author has every right to see what has been done to his work, and in what context,” feels Banerjee. “It‘s amazing how relevant Vassilikos‘ novel
is to present day Indian politics although he wrote it 45 years ago. He must see the deep and far-reaching resonance of his words. He is now a sprightly 78. But if he can‘t come to India, I‘d most certainly take Shanghai to Greece for his viewing.”
Dibakar also plans to screen the film at Greece‘s Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November.
Kamal Kishore Khosla (Anupam Kher), is a simple man by nature with simple desires. He always brings a smile on the most serious of situations. His only dream in life is to build his own home on a plot of land, which he intends to buy – a plot where he would build his small little ‘ghosla’, or nest. To his horror he realises that the plot he has paid for had already been booked by a land shark, Kishan Khurana (Boman Irani). And this man is sure about the fact that the only way Khosla gets his ‘ghosla’ is if he pays up a large sum of money. Not only does Khosla sees his dream shattering but also sees his life savings being taken away by the land broker. All attempts at getting back his property fall on deaf ears. What’s more, Khosla’s dream of staying with his entire family of children and grandchildren in his dream home, now seems to be an impossible dream as his younger son decides to move to America.