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Afghan film on Bollywood fan in Kabul connects with Cannes

Afghan film on Bollywood fan in Kabul connects with Cannes

Cannes, May 20 (UNI) There are five Hindi songs in a film that has won the hearts of the international audience at the Cannes film festival. And the film is not from India.
India may not have a movie in Cannes film festival this year, but an entry from Afghanistan has an abundance of Indian cinema. 'The Orphanage' directed by Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who sells Hindi film tickets in the black in Kabul.
'The Orphanage', which premiered at the Directors' Fortnight parallel programme of the Cannes festival on Saturday, is inspired by the diaries of Sadat's friend Anwar Hashmi, who was a huge fan of Hindi cinema.

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