Hindi
Kabir Film Festival from 14 to 23 January
MUMBAI: The Enlighten Film Festival is going to hold Kabir Festival from 14 to 23 January across diverse venues in Mumbai where five musical documentaries made by Shabnam Virmani would be screened.
The seven-day festival will be held in various schools and colleges to drive home the message of Kabir in today‘s youth. The last three days of the festival will have multiple events at different locations, all open to the public on first-come-first-served basis.
The documentaries that will be screened in the festival are Had-Anhad (that looks into the politics of religion on both sides of the border between India and Pakistan); Chalo Hamara Des (story of two individuals, folk singer Prahlad Tipaniya and North American scholar Linda Hess, who despite their different backgrounds come together to search for the country of Kabir).
The third documentary, Koi Sunta Hai, interweaves the oral folk traditions of Kabir in central India with the intensely personal narrative of the late classical singer Kumar Gandharva while the fourth, Kabira Khada Bazar Mein, raises questions about organised religion and investigates the ironies between the secular nature of Kabir and the sacralization of Kabir by the Kabir Panth.
Among the last three, Do Din ke Mela is a musical about the songs of a Dalit community in Gujarat that draws inspirations from Sufi traditions of Kabir and Shah Abdul Lateef Koi Sunta Hai and Chalo Hamare De.
Besides the screening of the documentaries, the festival will involve talks and discussions by prominent speakers and live music concerts by folk and classical singers from different parts of India.
Hindi
Zee5 and Applause Entertainment team up for whodunnit ‘Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa’
Rajat Kapoor directs star-studded murder mystery streaming from 10 April.
MUMBAI: Zee5 is serving up another killer collaboration and this time, the murder mystery comes with a generous side of dark humour and family dysfunction. The streaming platform has partnered with Applause Entertainment and Mithya Talkies to bring Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa, a fresh, twisted whodunnit written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker and actor Rajat Kapoor. The film will stream exclusively on Hindi Zee5 from 10 April.
The movie reimagines the classic murder mystery genre with a contemporary, darkly comic edge. It revolves around a group of friends and family who smile, drink, and celebrate together until the silence snaps and long-buried secrets spill out. The stellar ensemble cast includes Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Waluscha De Sousa, Saurabh Shukla, Chandrachoor Rai, Neil Bhoopalam, Koel Purie, Palomi Ghosh, and Rajat Kapoor himself.
This latest offering continues the successful partnership between Zee5 and Applause Entertainment, which has previously delivered diverse hits such as Mithya, Bloody Brothers, and Jab Khuli Kitaab.
&TV Business Head of hindi Zee5 and chief channel officer Kaveri Das said, “Our collaboration with Applause Entertainment has consistently delivered distinct, high-impact storytelling. Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa is a natural progression, reinforcing our focus on genre-led content with a compelling whodunnit premise and a strong ensemble cast.”
Applause Entertainment business head for movies Sunil Chainani added, “This film adds yet another compelling layer to our slate with Rajat Kapoor’s unmistakable voice.”
Rajat Kapoor shared, “What interested me was not just the mechanics of a whodunnit, but the emotional violence that precedes physical violence. These are people who smile at each other, but there’s so much that is not said.”
The film promises razor-sharp writing, layered performances, and simmering tension, inviting viewers not just to solve the crime but to unravel the complex relationships at its heart.
If you love a good murder mystery served with wit and emotional depth, Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa looks set to be your next addictive watch. Mark your calendars, the whodunnit drops on Hindi Zee5 from 10 April.
