Bhandarkar s short film Mumbai Mist applauded in China

Mumbai June 24 (IANS) National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar s short film Mumbai Mist received a positive response at the BRICS Film Festival in Chengdu China.

The film premiered at the fest on Friday and Bhandarkar was present there.

The story of the film themed on where has the time gone shows a bond shared between an old man and an orphan ragpicker played by Annu Kapoor and child actor Master Devrath.

Since Bhandarkar has a soft corner for Bollywood classics he used the song Awaara hoon from Raj Kapoor s film and that brought back a moment of nostalgia for audience members said a statement.

Mumbai Mist was part of The Magnificent Five - Directors Collaboration Project for the BRICS Film Festival.

Bhandarkar represented India alongside globally-feted storytellers like Brazilian Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries fame) Chinese director-screenwriter Jia Zhangke Russian storyteller Aleksey Fedorchenko and South African filmmaker Jahmil XT Qubeka.

--IANS
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