The trailer to Ritesh Batra directorial Photograph has been released. The film sees Nawazuddin Siddiqui play one of the many touts who take photographs of tourists at Mumbai’s Gateway of India. He convinces a woman whose picture he takes, played by Dangal actor Sanya Malhotra, to meet his grandmother posing as his fiancee and the two form an unlikely connection in the bargain..
Watch the trailer here:
Photograph had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was also part of the Berlin International Film Festival. Speaking about the film and its lead actors in an interview, Ritesh Batra said, “The movie is really about the corners of our heart that only others can help us find, and these two actors do a wonderful job of revealing and keeping things from us.”
The film also stars Vijay Raaz and Jim Sarbh. It has been backed by Poetic License Motion Pictures, RSVP Movies and Amazon Studios and hits theatres on 15 March.
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