Anup Singh, director of “Qissa” and “The Song of Scorpions,” is directing a new short film, “Lasya: The Gentle Dance,” shot on Mumbai’s streets, produced by Mumbai-based Pretty Pictures. Monsoon rains repeatedly destroy their shelter, and the city offers them little beyond hostility and indifference. It is the father’s stories about the boy’s late mother – her boldness and her refusal to let go of playfulness even as she navigated the city and the natural world – that allow the son to see himself as more than a victim, and give him the will to dance among the ruins as she did and rebuild his life.
We would like to support that vision in our work together.” Following the short, Pretty Pictures plans to begin work with Singh early next year on his next feature film, which would mark the third film he was set to make with Irrfan Khan. The project returns some six years after the actor’s death. We are very excited to make this film in homage to Irrfan Khan.”
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