'Thithi' the only Indian film to be selected in international category at MAMI 2015

'Thithi' the only Indian film to be selected in international category at MAMI 2015

Raam Reddy's directorial debut 'Thithi' is all set to make its Asian Premiere at Mumbai Film Festival, 2015.

'Thithi', the Kannada language film which premièred at Locarno International Film Festival early this year and won two top awards - Pardo d'oro Cineasti Del Presente Premio Nescens" (Golden Leopard, Filmmakers of the Present Competition) and "Swatch First Feature Award" for the best debut feature in the festival - is the only Indian feature to be selected in the International Category at MAMI.

Raam Reddy

Excited about the upcoming Asian Premiere at MAMI, Raam says, "It is very humbling to be the only Indian film, out of 30 or so Indian features at the festival this year, to be in the International Competition section. It is especially exciting considering a film as incredible as 'Court' was the only film in the same competition last year and is now India's Oscar Entry."

A still from 'Thithi'

Thithi's reputation has steadily grown ever since winning the Fiction Work-in-Progress Lab in NFDC Film Bazaar 2014. After the Locarno wins, the 26-year-old director was felicitated by Karnataka's Honorable Chief Minister Sri Siddaramaiah.

In addition to it's critical accolades, 'Thithi' has backing of a renowned international producer from the USA, Sunmin Park of Maxmedia, Los Angeles. She, along with Tom Cruise, produced The Others starring Nicole Kidman directed by Alejandro Amenabar, 'A Night in Old Mexico' starring Robert Duvall, as well as other internationally acclaimed titles such as Mushi-shi directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and 'The Emperor And The Assassins' starring Gong Li directed by Chen Kaige, amongst others.

A still from 'Thithi'

Speaking of Thithi's journey so far, Raam adds, "Seeing a sort of universality and unique filmmaking voice in 'Thithi', Sunmin Park - the producer who was instrumental in introducing a director who I have immense admiration for, Alejandro Amenabar, onto the world stage through films like the "The Others" starring Nicole Kidman and "Vanilla Sky" starring Tom Cruise (which was a remake of Amenabar's Spanish film) - came on board our kannada indie as a producer. 'Thithi' then went on to have a dream reception at the world premiere at Locarno, and now MAMI will hopefully be the next defining step in Thithi's journey; one that seems to be taking the film towards theatrical releases both across India and around the world."