Ace photographer turned director Ishaan Nair's directorial debut film Kaash has been officially selected for the 28th annual Tokyo international film festival with its world premiere slated for 24th of Oct at the festival. The film will be competing in the Asian future categories for future film award for debut director and spirit award.
Talking about his first film being selected at TIFF Ishaan says, "After a five year journey with Kaash, being selected at Tokyo international film festival is validation that the quality of the film is intact and I am very happy about that"
The film will see a one of its kind collaboration between Mira Nair, Irrfan Khan, Sailesh Singh.
Talking about her association with Kaash, Mira Nair says, "Ishaan Nair has a sure voice and a deeply sensual eye, I knew he would make a superbly confident first feature film. What an honour for Kaash to be invited in competition in a major film festtival like Tokyo."
With few of the best industry and international talents coming together, Ishaan Nair's Kaash has a lot of curiosity generated around it. The film stars new comers Varun Mitra, Nidhi Sunil and Kavya Trehan in the lead roles, the film also stars kalki koechlin in a special role.
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