Indian Film Festival of Melbourne to open with Taapsee Pannu-starrer Dobaaraa

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), which will be held from 12 to 20 August, will open with Anurag Kashyap’s directorial venture Dobaaraa. 

The psychological thriller starring Taapsee Pannu is a Hindi remake of the 2018 Spanish movie Mirage and will see the actress portray a woman who saves the life of a boy, changing the course of her own reality.

The director said he is excited to showcase his film at the festival.

“I have previously been to IFFM and have first-hand seen the unison with which Indian films and films from the subcontinent are celebrated and showcased with much vigour. Dobaaraa is a special film for me as a filmmaker and I’m looking forward to showcasing it on this platform,” Kashyap said in a statement.

IFFM festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange said the organizers are happy to showcase some of the finest talents of Indian cinema through Dobaaraa at the festival and hope that the audience warms up to the movie.

"The opening film of our main event is Anurag Kashyap's psychological thriller Dobaaraa. I always look forward to his films, and this one was highly anticipated by me because of Taapsee as well, as I admire her work equally. It gives me great pride to showcase some of the finest talents of Indian cinema through Dobaaraa at our film festival and I hope that this film gets appreciated by audiences worldwide upon its release!"

Dobaaraa had its world premiere at the London Indian Film Festival and will be also screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada on 31 July.

The film also features Pavail Gulati, Saswata Chatterjee and Rahul Bhatt. Produced by Ektaa Kapoor’s Cult Movies, a new division under Balaji Telefilms, and Sunir Kheterpal and Gaurav Bose’s banner Athena, Dobaaraa is scheduled to be released in theatres on 19 August.