Behl's directorial debut,
"Titli", is the story of a young boy trying to escape his oppressive
family, especially his violent elder brother Vikram who works as a security
guard at a shopping mall.
The film was showcased at the
Cannes Film Festival's prestigious new talent section, Un Certain Regard
section.
Speaking about the film, director
Kanu Behl said, “Some Indian men are confused and struggle to understand
changes to their patriarchal society, amid growing opportunities for women and
awareness of sexual violence.”
In what inspired the film’s
story, he said the heinous gang-rape of a young student in New Delhi in
December 2012 influenced his film when he and his co-writer Sharat Katariya
were putting together their first draft.
Behl's film is the only Indian
movie at Cannes this year and it has been in the spotlight for all the right
reasons. For Kanu Behl’s debut feature,
to be premiering at such a coveted international platform gives his film a buzz
that could in coming days become box-office gold for "Titli".
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