Emraan Hashmi's film to be screened at Busan Film Festival's main competition category

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi featured in a thriller called Harami, which was being shot before COVID-19 lockdown. film recently was chosen to be a part of Busan International Film Festival 2020. It is selected as one of 10 films from all over world. 

'Harami' to be a part of Busan Film Festival

Harami is an Indo- American production feature film. film is written and directed by Shyam Miraju and features Emraan Hashmi. Harami has officially been selected to be a part of main competition section (New Horizons) of Busan International Film Festival 2020. It is only Indian film to be selected for this year's main competition and happens to be one of 10 films from 9 countries in competition. A lot of film festivals this year were affected by COVID. Busan is only film festival besides Venice to take place physically. It will take place from October 21 to October 30, 2020, and all 194 films selected will be screened at festival.

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Shyam Miraju On Harami getting into main selection at Busan Film Festival

Shyam Miraju is writer and director of Harami. He said that he is elated that Harami has been invited to be a part of Busan Film Festival’s main competition section. He ded that Korea is 'epicentre of filmmaking universe' right w, so it’s an immense hour for him to be a part of ir celebration of cinema this year.

On shooting in Mumbai

While talking about Harami he ded that it is set in 'streets and slums of Mumbai' and is a universal story of hope and redemption. He said, " film, a labour of love, took me over two years to just scout during numerous visits to India and despite all monumental challenges we shot live in Victoria Terminus, Bombay Central, and or trains stations, a feat t for faint-hearted. With crews over 200 including international talent from America, UK, Denmark and South Africa, Harami was a global production set in slums of Dharavi and crowded streets of Mohamed Ali Ro".

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Casting Emraan Hashmi

He said that most endearing and cherishing part of entire journey of Harami was working with all actors in film. He mentioned that it was Emraan Hashmi playing role of ‘Sagar Bhai’, a former English teacher turned gang lord, who is real revelation of film. He said  role is 'complex' and 'nuanced' and unlike anything Emraan Hashmi h done before.

He said that all his concerns disappeared when he saw how collaborative and detailed Emraan was with his preparation for role. He shared, "We discussed in great detail over numerous reing sessions and rehearsals, smallest elements of his character, like his gait, his diction, his style of speaking, choice of English over Hindi, and unique look that we created for him". first look of film was recently shared by Emraan Hashmi.

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Emraan Hashmi on Harami getting selected at Busan Film Festival

Emraan Hashmi said, "It was Shyam’s script that really attracted me to his project. And his obsession with details, it was very contagious. Kudos to Shyam and his Harami team for making it into prestigious main competition section of festival. It was a true passion project for all involved and I am looking forward to day when we will be able to share film with Indian audience".

About Harami

Harami is a hard-hitting, visually striking street saga of youth crime set in backdrop of slums of Mumbai. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Rizwan Shaikh, Harsh Rajendra Rane, Dhanshree Patil, Diksha Nisha, Ashutosh Gaikw, Starr Liu, Sachin Parikh, Rohan Sood and Subrat Dutta in pivotal roles.

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