| Director: | Anuparna Roy |
|---|---|
| Production: | Khan & Kumar Media (Vikas Kumar), Ammi Media (Sharib Khan), Bibhanshu Rai, Romil Modi, Rhet Topham, Beesham A. Seecharan, Neeraj Churi |
| Running Time: | 107’ |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Country: | India, USA |
| Main Cast: | Neelima Sharma, Pritam Pilania, Bhushan Shimpi, Jatin Sarin, Kajal Keshav, Vinod Suryavanshi |
| Screenplay: | Anuparna Roy |
| Cinematographer: | Debjit Samanta |
| Editor: | Ketul Thakkar |
| Production Designer: | Karan Gupta |
| Costume Designer: | Muskan Mittal |
| Music: | Nishant Ramtake |
| Sound: | Arka Dey |
Cinema
Lovers in the Blue Night
Orizzonti
Synopsis
In chaotic Mumbai, four migrants search for love and belonging in a city that leaves little space for either. Karim, a quiet gay man, lives with Ameena, a bar executive he married out of pity after their village was swallowed by floods. Ameena longs to be loved and clings to mysterious letters that promise the tenderness life has denied her. Sukka, a small-time thief desperate to rise above the weight of caste, becomes Karim’s forbidden desire, pulling him into a secret world of longing and risk. As their fragile lives intersect through moments of need, secrecy and betrayal, each is forced to confront the cost of wanting more than mere survival. When Ameena mistakenly believes the bar’s pimp, Omran, is the writer of the letters and begins to fall for him, the misunderstanding unexpectedly awakens a tenderness in the pimp’s own lonely life, setting all four on a path where love, illusion and survival collide.
Director’s Statement
The film draws from my own life as a migrant, watching working-class lives slowly dissolve into the restless pulse of the city. It is about people who dare to desire in a world that punishes feelings – a gay man bound by duty, a woman yearning to be seen and a thief craving acceptance. For me, Lovers in the Blue Night explores the quiet courage it takes to love for too long, even when the city refuses to look back.
As a filmmaker, I have always been drawn to stories that are both deeply personal and political. As a child, I witnessed a life similar to Ameena’s within my own home. A woman named Ameena worked in my hometown as a bonded labourer along with her husband, Karim, and she became my constant companion. One day, I innocently asked her why she and Karim never slept together. She quietly replied, “He doesn’t take me with him.” At the time, I did not understand what she meant, but the moment stayed with me. Through this film, I want to carry that memory into an imagined world within Mumbai — a space where Ameena chooses her own freedom and desire, and lives the life she wants, even if that freedom leads her into another kind of loop, one that is finally chosen by her.
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
PRODUCTION 1:
Khan & Kumar Media - Vikas Kumar,
A-5, Shubham, Juhu Versova Link Road, Andheri (w)
400053 Mumbai, India
Tel: +91 9870055530
E-mail: vikasvinaykumar@gmail.com
Web: http://www.khankumar.com
Social Media: @khanandkumar - Instagram, khanandkumar - X (Twitter), @strictlyvikas - Instagram,
PRODUCTION 2:
Ammi Media - Sharib Khan,
35-33 80th Street
11372 New York, United States of America
Tel: +1 7474442691
E-mail: sharib@ammimedia.com
Web: http://www.ammimedia.com
PRODUCTION 3:
Bibhanshu Rai,
506, Aakar C Wing, Aakar Sakar Nirakar Society, Yari Road, Andheri w)
400061 Mumbai, India
Tel: +91 8950409845
E-mail: bibhanshurai@gmail.com
Social Media: @bibhanshurai – Instagram
PRODUCTION 4:
Romil Modi,
F421, Anjali, Vaswani Marg, Seven Bungalows, Andheri w)
400061 Mumbai, India
Tel: +91 98922 54467
E-mail: romilmodi22@gmail.com
Social Media: @romilmodi22 – Instagram
PRODUCTION 5:
Rhet Topham
1521 2nd Ave Unit 2103
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
Tel: +1-760-844-2371
Email: rhettopham@netscape.net
Social Media: @rhettopham - Instagram
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