Barah Aana is the name of the movie was that was recently released. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz and Arjun Mathur, movie was directed by Raja Menon. The movie got critical acclaim and good response by the crowd. It was a typical multiplex movie made for a niche segment. Even in abroad, movie earned good review and prestigious publications like New York Times, The Herald Tribune, and other international journals gave it rave reviews. Now the news is, Barah Aana has been selected the 45th Chicago International Film Festival.
The movie has been well endorsed by some of the bollywood bigwigs like Aamir Khan, John Abraham, Imran Khan, Zoya Akhtar, and many others. This is definitely a great news for the movie as well as for bollywood as Chicago International Film Festival is a prestigious and one of the oldest film festivals. The movie will join who’s who of world cinema and will be screened in the world cinema section that also showcased great filmmakers as Wong kar wai, and Majid Majidi last year. This will not be the end of the story. Furthermore, movie will traverse to other renowned festivals like New Jersey, Seattle, and New York in the months of October and November. And if everything goes according to the plan, then there are high chances of movie being screened in European festival circuit.
Seems, bollywood movies are in hot zone right now. Since last few years one movie after another has managed to garner international appreciation. Most of these movies have been small budgeted ones barring a Lagaan or Swadesh. Way to go Bollywood!