PVR bags India rights of Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

MUMBAI: PVR Pictures has acquired the India rights of Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a political thriller based on Mohsin Hamid’s novel.

It tells the story of a young Pakistani man working on Wall Street who is deeply affected by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

PVR had evinced keen interest in a separate Indian version of the film where references to sensitive issues such as terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism would be toned down. However, Nair was not for it.

There was also talk about dubbing the film in Hindi for the Indian market but Nair disallowed it too. She is of the belief that one version of The Reluctant Fundamentalist should be released in India and the rest of the world.

Munich-based K5 has acquired the international rights of the film and represented it in Cannes Film festival.