Hungry, The

Synopsis

Feature film. Tulsi Joshi is a single mother seeking revenge for the brutalities committed against her family. The target? Tathagat Ahuja, a ruthless corporate tycoon, and his picture-perfect family. The venue? His son’s wedding on the family’s opulent estate outside Delhi. Based on Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, the film follows Tulsi into a den of corruption and false celebrations, where, with each passing hour, her murderous desires to get even are battled by her own humanity and compassion.

Note: THE HUNGRY was the feature film project pioneered by Film London to promote Asian cinema andeventually selected to be greenlit, with plans for a theatrical release as part of Film London’s Shakespeare on Screen activities for the 2016 Shakespeare400 celebrations.

Country

Great Britain; India

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Availability

No distributor or archive copy known (11/2016)

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Bornila Chatterjee

Producer

Kurban Kassan; Tanaji Dasgupta

Writer

Kurban Kassan

Screenplay

Bornila Chatterjee; Tanaji Dasgupta