Following the positive reception of Zindagi Tamasha, Sarmad Khoosat is moving on to create ‘Kamli‘. The Manto actor will commence shooting Kamli in Pakistan.
Kamli cast a number of renowned actors like Saba Qamar, Sania Saeed and Hamza Khwaja. Sarmad Khoosat told Variety that the story will be framed with ‘contemporary, universal sensibility’.
With the premiere of Zindagi Tamasha at the Busan Film Festival, it’s no surprise Khoosat is making all his films for an international audience.
“A tragic love story at heart, the film is going to be a fresh mix of a rustic setting captured in a contemporary, universal sensibility.”
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While Khoosat wants to cater for an International audience, he won’t be toning down cultural references. That means staying true to the story.
“Unlike other films of the genre, ‘Kamli’ is not only going to depict the vibrancy and humour of rural Punjab, but also its poetic lyricism and love-lore in an international film aesthetic.”
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Kamli release date is set for Summer, 2020.
Meanwhile Zindagi Tamasha will also hit theaters in 2020 after a festival run. Based on the fact Zindagi Tamasha was nominated for the prestigious Kim Ji-seok award at the Busan International Film Festival, his approach to take his films is international is on the nose.
“The misfortune with our industry in the 1980s and 1990s was that it did not cater to a wider audience. But the last two decades we have seen a nice variety of films come out, and the revival of Pakistani cinema.”
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Contemporary cinema in Pakistan has that commercial winning formula with Donkey King, Na Maloom Afraad, etc.
Meanwhile indie cinema has emerged with films like Hijraat, Dukhtar, Laal Kabotaar, Durj, etc. Sarmad Khoosat understands that and is focused on creating art for an international audience.
“The mainstream is governed by commerce, but very interesting parallel cinema has also made its space – films like “Moor”, “Cake,” “Laal Kabootar,” and even my first film “Manto.”
