Writer-director Ravi Kapoor continues his stories about South Asians in the United States with his latest, “The Four Samosas,” described as a Wes Anderson-like homage to Artesia in Southern California.
After playing at the Tribeca film festival “Four Samosas” was picked up by IFC Films and opens in theaters and on-demand Dec. 2.
Kapoor drew a number of desis to work before and behind the camera. His wife, Meera Simhan, and daughter Maya were cast in the film and his son contributed music; plus Venk Potula (“Veep”), Sonal Shah (“The High Note”), Sujata Dey (“Definition Please”), among others worked on the film. Potula and Utkarsh Ambudkar (“Ghosts”) were recruited as producers while Aakash Raj was the Dp and Anisha Acharya was the editor. His costume designer, Venk Modur, is another desi.
“I’m always looking out to tell South Asian diasporic stories,” Kapoor says. “That’s definitely an inspiration for me.
After playing at the Tribeca film festival “Four Samosas” was picked up by IFC Films and opens in theaters and on-demand Dec. 2.
Kapoor drew a number of desis to work before and behind the camera. His wife, Meera Simhan, and daughter Maya were cast in the film and his son contributed music; plus Venk Potula (“Veep”), Sonal Shah (“The High Note”), Sujata Dey (“Definition Please”), among others worked on the film. Potula and Utkarsh Ambudkar (“Ghosts”) were recruited as producers while Aakash Raj was the Dp and Anisha Acharya was the editor. His costume designer, Venk Modur, is another desi.
“I’m always looking out to tell South Asian diasporic stories,” Kapoor says. “That’s definitely an inspiration for me.
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- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
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“Teen Aur Adha” runas part of the 9th edition of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival
The movie spreads across a time frame of fifty years, depicting three phases of human life – child, youth and old, in the backdrop of a storyline that portrays the human soul’s strive to fulfill its thirst for pure love,...
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