Netflix acquires Gitanjali Rao’s ‘Bombay Rose’ for fall 2020 release
Netflix has acquired the Indian animated feature film Bombay Rose, with an international release (outside of China) set for late 2020 to be followed by a French release in 2021.
Escaping from child marriage, a young club dancer living in the streets of Bombay, must choose between fending for her family and finding love with a boy orphaned by the militancy. Painted frame by frame and woven delicately through music, a red rose brings together three tales of impossible loves. Love between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy. Love between two women. Love of an entire city for its Bollywood stars. Based on true events, the film explores the ruthlessness of a society where the love and life that reigns on the big screen can crush you in its mean streets.
Having performed well at numerous international festivals including selections at TIFF and BFI and award wins at the Chicago International Film Festival (Silver Hugo, Ex Aequo) and the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival With Star (India Gold Silver Gateway Award and the Manish Acharya Award for New Voices in Indian Cinema), the film is also the first ever full-length animated feature from India to be selected to open Venice Critics Week.
Gitanjali Rao
Written and directed by Gitanjali Rao, Bombay Rose is produced by Rohit Khattar and Anand Mahindra (Cinestaan Film Company),co-produced by Charlotte Uzu and Serge Lalouwith (Les Films d’ici) with animation by Paperboat Design Studios and a voice cast including Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Gargi Shitole and Makrand Deshpande.
I have always wanted to tell the stories about the unsung heroes who live and love in Bombay, never become success stories, yet their struggle for survival makes heroes out of them.
Having struggled six years to make the film happen, I cannot be anything but immensely grateful to Cinestaan and Les Films d’Ici for supporting and making Bombay Rose and to Netflix for believing in it enough to bring it to the right audience!
-Gitanjali Rao (Director, Bombay Rose)
Bombay Rose will release in Q4 2020