Aparna Sen's 'The Rapist' to premiere at Busan Film Festival

National Awardwinning actress and filmmaker Aparna Sens directorial The Rapist is all set for its world premiere at the 26th edition of the Busan International Film Festival BIFFTalking about the film Aparna said Apart from trying to explore the reasons why our society turns out rapists in such numbers and looking into the inequalities in our social system that are responsible for giving rise to criminals what drew me to this story was the psychology of the three protagonistsStripping off the layers and the carefully builtup facades to get at the person underneath was a fascinating process Fascinating too was getting the two Indias to come face to face the India that lives in urban slums with its ageold beliefs and educated urbane India with its progressive value systemsThe film features Konkona Sen Sharma and Arjun Rampal in pivotal rolesThe Rapist chronicles the journey of three protagonists and how their lives get entwined because of one horrific incident The film looks beyond the obvious crime to explore not only how it affects the survivors and perpetrators of the crime but also delves into how ones idealistic views are drastically altered when the truth hits uncomfortably close to homeThe film is produced by Applause EntertainmentSameer Nair CEO of the production house said Collaborating with Aparna Sen for our first feature has been something weve been excited about since we heard this powerful story The enthusiasm has only doubled up with a nomination for the Kim Jiseok Award and a world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival BIFF the most celebrated film festival in all of Asia Were happy to have partnered with Quest Films and are confident that Aparnas unique brand of storytelling especially of complex themes plaguing our society will resonate with the world audience at largeWidely acknowledged as the largest film festival in Asia the Busan International Film Festival will be held from October 6 to October 15Also Read It happened one dark night Aparna Sen wraps shooting The RapistThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever