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Filmmaker Uses Real Tragedy in New Film

Updated 2026-08-09 07:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh and actor Naseeruddin Shah have turned a real-life tragedy into the film 'Rehmat,' which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. The story is based on the loss of a young man to drug overdose.

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Naseeruddin Shah, Gurvinder Singh Turn a Village’s Real Grief Into Locarno Competition Title ‘Rehmat’: ‘It’s Important That These Films Get Made’

The family living in the house that “Rehmat” uses as Rashid Ali’s ancestral home lost a son to a drug overdose shortly after Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh and his crew first met them. Singh tells Variety, “The actual family that lives there lost their 19-year-old son after

2026-08-09 07:22 UTC