Teenage Indian boy will play the lead role in film.
AB Wire
Indian American director Bornila Chatterjee’s feature film ‘Nuclear Hearts’ will be produced by a Paris-based video production service along with a Kolkata-based arts and entertainment company.
Marc Irmer’s Paris-based Dolce Vita Films will co-produce Chatterjee’s film with Kolkata-based Oddjoint Art, Screendaily.com reported.
The report said this English and Bengali-language project was selected for the co-production market at Film Bazaar 2014.
Film Bazaar is a platform created and organized to encourage collaboration between South Asian and international and film communities.
The co-production market provides a platform for South Asian projects to find financial and artistic support from the Indian and international film community attending Film Bazaar.
Chatterjee’s film revolves around three characters — a rich party girl of mixed descent, a European gigolo and a teenage Indian boy exploring his sexuality through music and girls’ dresses.
The producers are planning to cast a French actor for party girl’s role, an American actor for the gigolo’s role, and an Indian for the lead role, said the report.
“I liked the project’s boldness and energy and the fact that’s it’s something completely different for India,” Irmer said.
The Film Bazaar 2015 is currently underway in Goa.