Eight Indian films head to Busan Film Fest, two of them star Emraan Hashmi

The 25th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which is scheduled to start on October 7 in South Korea this year, has eight Indian titles selected for it, two of which are Emraan Hashmi-led ”Harami” and “Bittersweet”.

“Harami” is an Indo-American production feature film directed by Shyam Madiraju which is a part of the ‘New Currents’ section of BIFF.

The movie is described as “hard-hitting, visually striking street saga of youth crime and broken destinies, love and redemption”.

“It was Shyam’s script that really attracted me to his project. And his obsession with details, it was very contagious,” Hashmi said about working on the film.

Making to the BIFF selections, Director Shyam Madiraju said, “Korea is the epicentre of the filmmaking universe right now, so it’s an immense honour to be a part of their celebration of cinema this year.”

Apart from “Harami”, Hashmi’s “Bittersweet” has also been selected for the fest. The film follows the first-person account of a sugarcane cutter Saguna, who works in the fields and discovers the frightening practice of hysterectomy that is prevalent amongst the women cutters.

“Bittersweet resonates in a universal context with its theme of human exploitation at the cost of scruples and an ecosystem upheaval in the future,” film director Ananth Mahadevan said.

The other Indian films headed to the BIFF are “A’hr”, “Captive”, “Matto’s Bicycle”, “WHERE IS PINKI”,  “The Disciple”, “Milestone”.