Pakistani Film JOSH will Showcased at MAMI (Mumbai Film Festival)

Pakistani director Iram Parveen Bilal was thrilled to know that her feature film Josh (English Title: Against the Grain) will be showcased at MAMI (Mumbai Film Festival) in the world cinema category. When World Cinema category are screening the best films from all over the world, produced within one calendar year before the festival dates.

Josh is Bilal’s debut feature. It is the only fiction film from Pakistan to be enlisted at MAMI in the last five years. Bilal will be sharing the screen with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michel Gondry, Palme D’Or Winner Michael Haneke, Ken Loach and Walter Salles, also being showcased in the same category.

Josh is the story of a woman whose life is shattered in a single moment. It is the story of a woman in search for a dangerous truth. It is the story of the biggest challenge to country’s youth. The film explores the internal debates the young are dealing with, and how solutions can be obtained if they stand united.

Cast of Film:

Aamina Sheikh
Mohib Mirza
Khalid Malik
Navin Waqar
Adnan Shah Tipu
Salim Mairaj
Kaiser Khan Nizamani
Nyla Jafri
Parveen Akbar
Ali Rizvi and Faizan Haqquee.

The music of Josh is by Indus World Music that comprises veteran musician and composer, Shahi Hasan and his partner Noor Lodhi. In addition to that, the award winning British composer Andrew T. Mackay has been the soul of the score.

Bilal added further on the music for the film,

“To top it all, I have respected and been completely star struck with Ali Azmat’s voice, poetry and musical talents. I gave it a shot to ask him for Na Re Na, and he agreed. It was pretty amazing. Na Re Na to me is a song that defines longing and our lead character longs for answers and clarity. It is a very universal song that can pull at ones heart’s strings in many situations.”

The 14th Mumbai Film Festival organised by MAMI will take place from October 18-25, 2012. Josh will be screened on the Monday, October 22.

“I was taking my car to the mechanic and just as I was about to head out the door, I got this news. I was constantly mouthing “Oh my God, oh my God. Alhamdulillah. I was delighted for two reasons, World Premier and Bombay. Bombay has a big part in my becoming a filmmaker. That city is a city of dreams to me; I guess I am still in a honeymoon phase with Bombay,”

said Bilal who has been working on this film since four years.

Teaser of Pakistani Film JOSH: