Filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s upcoming film ‘Faraaz’ has been selected at the prestigious BFI London Film Festival 2022. Announced last year, ‘Faraaz’ is based on true events that shook the humanity.
Billed as an action thriller film ‘Faraaz’ tells the tale of how in the face of violent adversity, humanity wins. Based on true events of the Holey Artsian Cafe attack in Bangladesh in July 2016, ‘Faraaz’ is the story of the time when five young militants ravaged the upscale cafe and held over 50 people as hostages for nearly 12 dreadful hours.
Directed by Hansal Mehta (‘Shahid’, ‘Aligarh’, ‘Scam 1992’) and Jai Mehta serving as co-director, ‘Faraaz’ has an exciting and fresh ensemble led by Aditya Rawal and Zahan Kapoor alongside Aamir Ali and Juhi Babbar among others.
The film is written by Raghav Kakkar, Kashyap Kapoor and Ritesh Shah. ‘Faraaz’ is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Anubhav Sinha, Sahil Saigal, Sakshi Bhatt and Mazahir Mandsaurwala. T-Series, Mahana Films and Benaras Mediaworks are the production companies bankrolling ‘Faraaz’.
Announcing the film’s selection for BFI London Film Festival, T-Series wrote on social media,
“Honoured and grateful for the selection of our labour of love #Faraaz at the BFI London Film Festival 2022. A lot of passion, patience and perseverance have taken us this far. Thank you to the entire team that made this possible. @BFI
@mehtahansal #BhushanKumar #KrishanKumar”