Konkona Sensharma's 'A Death in The Gunj' reaches at MAMI film festival

Powerhouse performer Konkona Sensharma who was last seen on silver screens in recently released ‘Akira’ is more than happy and elated with her directorial debut ‘A Death in the Gunj‘. The film has been selected to be screened as the opening film for this year’s 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. This festival is set to start from October 20.

Talking about this huge honour, Konkona said, “I’m truly excited and honoured that the movie will be the opening film at MAMI. It is the city of my work and where the film was conceived and prepped, and I’m really looking forward to the people of my city watching it.”

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“Last year, we opened with Hansal Mehta’s powerful ‘Aligarh’ and we are delighted that ‘A Death in the Gunj’, another Indian film, will be opening for the festival this year. It is a perfect film to unfold the incredible line-up we’ve assembled for our delegates,” said the festival director and noted film critic Anupama Chopra.

‘A Death in the Gunj’ is a movie set in the period of 1970’s revolving around a murder mystery and the challenges associated with coming-of-age.

It stars actors Vikrant Massey, Kalki Koechlin, Tillotama Shome, Ranvir Shorey, Gulshan Devaiah, Jim Sarbh and Om Puri in the lead roles.

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