After receiving positive response at various films festivals, the Marathi film Vihir, would now be competing at the Berlin International Film Festival.
“Vihir would be screened at Berlin from February 14 to 17,” said Girish Kulkarni, the writer and actor of the film, adding the first show would be a red-carpet one.
Vihir (A Well) is the only second Marathi film to be screened at Berlin after Jabbar Patel’s Saamna 35 years ago. Coincidentally, both Saamna and Vihir have veteran actor Dr Mohan Agashe in its cast.
“Vihir, th eMarathi film, is competing with around 15 films in the Genera-tion Section of the festival for a Crystal Bear,” Girish said. Generation Section is sub-divided into two sections on the basis of age groups. While the first section features movies dealing with children in the age group of 6-14 years, the other is for 14-21 age group. Vihir is categorised in the latter, Girish added.
To release on March 5, besides Berlin, the film would also be screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010- IFFR. The cast and crew comprising Umesh, Dr Mohan Agashe, Sulbha Deshpande, Girish Kulkarni, Amruta Subash, Madan Deodhar, Parna Pethe, Aalok Rajwade, and Sharvi Kulkarni would be present in Berlin on February 11 and 12 for the screening.
The movie has been produced by AB Corp Ltd and is being distributed by PVR Films.
