Project Detail

Feast of Varanasi

Synopsis

After her mother’s suicide, Helen, a young teacher, travels to Varanasi to deliver a letter to her mother’s twin sister Agatha. Agatha runs a missionary for low caste orphan children. When Helen and Agatha meet, it’s the first time Agatha’s seen her for 25 years.
Helen learns of a serial killing spree which has claimed the lives of four low caste girls, all burnt to death in and around city of fires. The killer seeks to claim the lives of seven girls to free himself and his loved one from the cycle of life and death and attain moksha.
Arjun Das, a CBI officer from New Delhi is sent to Varanasi to find the killer. For Arjun it’s a return to his home and a city he left behind. As the Hindu festival of fire and colour ‘Holi’ approaches the killer prepares to claim the greatest sacrifice and seek deliverance.

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 97 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Rajan Kumar Patel 1st Feature
Producer: Rajan Kumar Patel, Caroline Oreilly
Executive Producer: Rajan Kumar Patel
Editor: Sean Barton
Screenwriter: Rajan Kumar Patel
Director of Photography: James Aspinall
Production Designer: Rajan Kumar Patel
Sound: Pranav Shukla
Principal cast: Adil Hussain, Holly Gilbert, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Judi Bowker, Ashwath Bhatt

Genre

Action

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A RaaFilms and Dreamit Filmit Ltd production

RaaFilms

Rajan Patel
2 Juniper Road
Cove
Farnborough
GU14 9XU

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