Producer Kartikeya Narayan Singh is back with another debutante director and another film that is winning accolades in the festival circuit. Ashish Pant’s directorial ‘Uljhan/The Knot’ or the Knot opened to very complimentary reviews in Santa Barbara film festival and is now slated for a screening in the competition section of Iffla.
Kartikeya Narayan Singh has earlier produced, The Firm Land, Anhey Ghorey da Dan, The Fourth Direction, Soni and Kanhaur.
Uljhan/The Knot, starring Saloni Batra (Soni) and Vikas Kumar (Hamid), is the story of a married couple Geeta and Shirish, in a car accident where they have injured a pedestrian. Uljhan/The Knot is about their life after that accident and how they deal with its practical and emotional implications.
Debut director Ashish Pant says “my journey for Uljhan/The Knot began when I applied to Film Bazaar, the largest co-production market for South Asian Films by NFDC. The script for Uljhan/The Knot was one of the 18 projects selected for the co-production market where I met Kartikeya whose work I really admire and on my urging, he agreed to read the script and Uljhan/The Knot came to life”.
Talking about his association with Ashish Pant film producer Kartikeya Narayan Singh says “ I am always on the lookout for emerging and new directorial talent. Having read the script and meeting Ashish at the NFDC Film bazaar, I immediately recognised that this was a talent driven by integrity, focus, hard work and craftsmanship. As a producer, I am always in search of directors with the right balance of craft and diligence. With the right meeting of minds one can work together on all else starting with the further development of a script”
The film has been produced by Route one Productions in association with Kartikeya Narayan Singh and Christopher Zalla.