Indian filmmaker Raam Reddy is moving ahead with his third feature, “Lavender Fire”, a pared-down coming-of-age drama set in Mumbai’s modelling and influencer scene. The project follows Reddy’s Berlin 2024 title “Jugnuma: The Fable” and his Locarno-winning debut “Thithi” (2015).
After the large-scale worldbuilding of “The Fable” which was adapted from a 300-page visual concept and featured 600 VFX shots, Reddy says he was ready to reset. “It was everything I dreamed of, but the process was rigorous that I wanted to return to something more spontaneous,” he tells Variety at the WAVES Film Bazaar, the market
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