Producer Vivek Gomber, director Chaitanya Tamhane and musician-actor Aditya Modak walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of their Marathi film, The Disciple, which is also in the competition section.

The Marathi-language film is the first Indian movie in 20 years to be chosen for the main competition of a European film festival (Cannes, Venice, Berlin) after Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding in Venice in 2001. The movie, which looks at the world of classical musicians on the fringes of success, was screened at the festival on Friday and has been getting glowing reviews from the international critics. The Disciple is Tamhane's follow-up to his debut feature Court which was screened in the Orizzonti (Horizons) category at Venice in 2016.