Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin’s surprise visit to Karachi, earlier this year in January generated some serious curiosity. She was seen socializing with the likes of Sharmila Faruqi and even visited interior Sindh where she was caught on camera feasting on ethnic delicacies. It was assumed to be a private visit but as it turns out, there was more to it than just savouring on food and the city itself.
The Margarita with A Straw star is set to feature in Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar’s upcoming documentary, Azmaish – Trials of Life. According to Mumbai Mirror, the documentary follows the journey of the duo (Kalki and Sabiha) as they travel through the two countries exploring their lifestyles, religious dynamics and roots of violence.
Shedding light on the project, Sumar told Mirror, “This project had been in the works for three years. When I met Kalki as a jury member at MAMI (Mumbai Film Festival) last year, she struck me as someone who empathises with the world and is concerned about its issues. When I told her about the idea for my film she immediately came on board as the Indian partner. She visited Pakistan for the first time earlier this year and we travelled across deserts and mountains. The idea was to capture how two women feel the pulse of the two countries.”
Sumar added that the locations in India were handpicked by Kalki and that the shooting is still not complete.
Making documentaries is no easy feat when it comes to securing finances for the project. Filmmakers often have to pitch for grants that don’t always come through. For Azmaish, Sumar shared that they’ve had to rely on crowd funding. “We have now resorted to crowd-funding through which people contributing more than $250 will get access to stills from the shoot which are shot by a top photographer,” Sumar added.
So far, there is no update on when the documentary is scheduled to release.
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