Cannes, France, 19 April 2011 – Amrapali Media Vision’s debut film is set to premiere May 11 at the Marché du Film, the most prestigious film market for the international film industry. The event takes place yearly alongside the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France.
The film Dear Friend Hitler, which takes its name from the letters Mahatma Gandhi wrote to the dictator in 1939 and 1940 on the eve of and during the first year of the second world war, is an historical drama, set in India and Berlin.
Director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar marks his directorial debut with this sweeping epic movie that focuses on India’s struggle for freedom after having been part of the British empire for hundreds of years.
Actor Raghuvir Yadav, who stars in the film, launched his movie career more than 30 years ago and has starred in international hits such as Salaam Bombay!—which was nominated for an Academy Award. In the mid-to-late 80s, he received the FIPRESCI Critic’s Award for his performance in Massey Sahib. In recent years, on the international film circuit, Yadav has had tremendous success with films such as Lagaan—which was also nominated for an Academy Award and Peepli Live.
On May 11 press and the global film community will have the first opportunity to see the film in its entirety.
Dear Friend Hitler Film 