Dhaka cafe attack film at BFI event

FILMMAKER Hansal Mehta last Friday (2) said his upcoming directorial release Faraaz will be screened at the 2022 edition of the BFI London Film Festival.

Backed by filmmaker Anubhav Sinha and producer Bhushan Kumar, the film will depict the Holey Artisan cafe attack that shook Bangladesh in 2016.

“Honoured and grateful for the selection of our labour of love #Faraaz at the BFI London Film Festival 2022. A lot of passion, patience and perseverance have taken us this far. A massive thank you to the entire team that made this possible,” the filmmaker wrote alongside a still from the film’s sets.

Faraaz will mark the debut of Zahan Kapoor, the late actor Shashi Kapoor’s grandson. It will also feature Aditya Rawal, the son of actors Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Rawal.