Mehrunisa
Feature Film, AT 2020, Farbe, 90 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2021
Director, Script: Sandeep Kumar
Cast: Farrukh Jaffar, Ankita Dubey, Tulika Banerjee
Camera: Christian Haake
Editor: Claudia Linzer
Location Sound: Herbert Verdino
Music: Iva Zabkar
Sounddesign: Matthias Ermert
Production Design: Ashish Narayan Verma
Costumes: Ritika Tiwari
Additional Credits: Dramaturgie: Petra Ladinigg
Producers: Sandeep Kumar
Production: Sandeep Kumar Films
Co-production: in Zusammenarbeit mit
Golden Girls Film & Rangpaakhi Films (IN)
When eighty-year-old Mehrunisa is offered a role in a gigantic Bollywood film after the death of her patriarchal husband, the former actress goes to battle with the powerful, male-dominated film industry. With Farrukh Jaffar, the Grande Dame of Indian cinema in the leading role, the Austrian Indian drama tells the moving story of the emancipation of Mehrunisa who fights against discrimination and becomes an idol for millions of women.