Pankaj Tripathi's 'Mango Dreams' to release via Netflix
Mumbai
March 13, 2017
Pankaj Tripathi's "Mango Dreams" will release on online streaming app
Netflix, and the actor is confident it will fetch a large audience.
Directed by John Upchurch, the film features Pankaj as a Muslim auto rickshaw
driver who forms an unlikely friendship with a Hindu doctor (Ram Gopal Bajaj) as
they travel through different states in India in search of the doctor's
childhood home.
Pankaj said in a statement: "'Mango Dreams' happened out
of nowhere. The director reached out to me through an email and I loved what I
read. It was an instant 'yes' for me.
"The film has been received well at
the festivals it has been to so far. I was thrilled and honoured that my work in
the film got recognised on international platforms."
"Mango Dreams" also
won Pankaj the best actor award at the Capetown International Film Market and
Festival in 2017 and till now has been screened at over 40 international film
festivals across the world.
"While it wasn't able to get a theatrical
release, I am delighted that it has been taken by Netflix. The digital platform
has a large audience across the world and I am sure this film will touch many
hearts around globe," he added.
The film will release on the platform on
Thursday in the UK before being released on the platform in India.
Pankaj
will next be seen in Vikas Bahl's upcoming film "Super 30", where he will be
play the lead antagonist against Hrithik Roshan. The project is about Anand
Kumar, the mathematician from Bihar.
Mumbai
March 13, 2017
Pankaj Tripathi's "Mango Dreams" will release on online streaming app
Netflix, and the actor is confident it will fetch a large audience.
Directed by John Upchurch, the film features Pankaj as a Muslim auto rickshaw
driver who forms an unlikely friendship with a Hindu doctor (Ram Gopal Bajaj) as
they travel through different states in India in search of the doctor's
childhood home.
Pankaj said in a statement: "'Mango Dreams' happened out
of nowhere. The director reached out to me through an email and I loved what I
read. It was an instant 'yes' for me.
"The film has been received well at
the festivals it has been to so far. I was thrilled and honoured that my work in
the film got recognised on international platforms."
"Mango Dreams" also
won Pankaj the best actor award at the Capetown International Film Market and
Festival in 2017 and till now has been screened at over 40 international film
festivals across the world.
"While it wasn't able to get a theatrical
release, I am delighted that it has been taken by Netflix. The digital platform
has a large audience across the world and I am sure this film will touch many
hearts around globe," he added.
The film will release on the platform on
Thursday in the UK before being released on the platform in India.
Pankaj
will next be seen in Vikas Bahl's upcoming film "Super 30", where he will be
play the lead antagonist against Hrithik Roshan. The project is about Anand
Kumar, the mathematician from Bihar.
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