Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap has thrown his weight behind “Aakhri Journey” (The Final Journey), set to characteristic as one of many market picks on the upcoming Clermont-Ferrand quick movie market.

The movie follows Aman, a Mumbai ride-share driver racing to safe dowry cash for his sister’s marriage ceremony, whose night time takes an surprising flip when he picks up a mysterious passenger – a Chudail (demonic witch). The supernatural encounter forces him to confront deeper truths about city survival and morality.

A number of movies directed by Kashyap have performed at Cannes, together with “Kennedy” (2023), “Psycho Raman” (2016), “Ugly” (2013), “Bombay Talkies” (2013) and “Gangs of Wasseypur” (2012). As well as, a number of movies produced by him have made it to the Croisette, together with “Masaan” (2015), “The Lunchbox” (2013), “Monsoon Shootout” (2013), “The Congress” (2013) and “Udaan” (2010).

“Once I learn the script, I fairly preferred it. It’s a narrative about characters whom we meet on a regular basis in lives and but perhaps don’t cease to consider what’s happening of their lives,” says Kashyap, who serves as producer alongside Ranjan Singh, Vishesh Agarwal, and Rajan E.P.Okay. “After which when i noticed the movie, the type, the design, the edit, the way in which performances have been drawn out, there was simplicity in its outrageousness… I really feel, the movie is certainly going to be cherished by audiences throughout the globe.”

The quick marks the directorial debut of Vijesh Rajan and Yashoda Parthasarthy, who beforehand labored with Kashyap as movement designers and VFX supervisors since “Gangs of Wasseypur.” “After years of working as movement designers and VFX supervisors, we felt prefer it was lastly time to inform a narrative that meant one thing private,” the directing duo mentioned. “So a lot of our personal moments of reflection occurred behind cabs late at night time, speaking to drivers who in some way gave us a distinct perspective on our personal lives.”

The movie stars Chandan Roy, Aamir Dalvi, Faisal Malik and Dheer Hira, with cinematography by Krish Makhija and music by Achint Thakkar.

The movie is a co-production between Flip Movies, recognized for competition circuit movie “Little Thomas” and award-winning shorts like “Bhed Bakri Bhoot”; Navarasa Footage, which produced the sequence “Shanti Bhavan” for Viacom18; and Plexus Movement Footage, the directing duo’s manufacturing firm making its debut with this undertaking.

Ranjan Singh of Flip Movies notes: “It’s a narrative which is so native about Mumbai, and but so international, that it may very well be occurring proper now in any main metropolis of the world.”