Ritika Kumar New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) With Bollywood heavyweights like, 'Kites', 'My Name is Khan' and 'Kambakkht Ishq' vying for attention at the Cannes market this year, Dev Benegal's 'Road Movie' stole the thunder as the leading global sales agent Fortissimo Films has picked up its distribution rights. The film's leading lady Tannishtha Chatterjee, who was recently at the French Film Festival to promote the film, is elated to be a part of what she calls, "travelling cinema" and the first Indian movie to be picked up by the international sale giant at the Cannes.
"The film is a kind of cinema which is bound to have a universal appeal. It is like a dream, a fantasy-like film whose content goes across the boundaries," Tannishtha told PTI over phone from Mumbai.
Tannishtha, who has tasted success internationally with her BAFTA nominated film 'Brick Lanes', plays the love interest of the film's protagonist, actor Abhay Deol in the 'Road Movie'. Produced by 'Lost in Translation' fame Ross Katz and Susan Landau, the film revolves around Deol's character, a truck driver who undertakes a life changing journey.
Deol meets different people, including a young boy, a tribal woman, a silly and a wise man in the process of his journey. "This journey which Abhay's character goes through is life transforming and it can be felt by anybody and everybody.
That is what makes it cross boundaries," Tannishtha said.
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