Red Lorry Film Festival to screen Dharmendra's classic 'Satyakam'
What's the story
The third edition of the Red Lorry Film Festival (RLFF) will pay tribute to the late icon Dharmendra with a special screening of his film Satyakam, reported PTI. The festival director, Ashish Saksena, confirmed this news on Sunday, stating that the movie would be screened in a 4K print. "The festival will pay a heartfelt tribute to Dharmendra, with the screening of his movie Satyakam, a film the veteran actor himself cited as one of his personal favorites," he said.
Film details
More about 'Satyakam'
Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Satyakam (1969) also stars Sharmila Tagore, Ashok Kumar, and Sanjeev Kumar. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. In Satyakam, Dharmendra plays Satyapriya Acharya, a man of strong principles whose thoughts and lifestyle are influenced by his ascetic grandfather (Kumar).
Festival highlights
Other tributes at the festival
The upcoming edition of the RLFF will take place from March 13 to March 15 in Mumbai. It will feature over 120 films, including world premieres, restored classics, and tributes to cinematic legends. The festival will also pay tribute to filmmaker Pradip Krishen with screenings of his three restored films: In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, Electric Moon and Massey Sahib.
Special screenings
'Gadar' and 'Death on the Nile' will also be screened
Saksena also revealed that the festival will screen Sunny Deol's Gadar to celebrate 25 years of the action epic. Adaptations such as Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice will be screened to commemorate Agatha Christie's 50th death anniversary. The 1989 rom-com classic When Harry Met Sally will also be featured as a tribute to filmmaker Rob Reiner. The film festival is curated by BookMyShow.
Global cinema
Other notable films at the fest
The festival will also feature a selection of popular international films. Saksena said, "We've Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice, which unfortunately didn't make it to the Oscars...but he's a very celebrated filmmaker and his film called Oldboy, which was extremely cult, we are screening that film also." "Dhurandhar had qawwalis (Ishq Jalakar Karvaan) from Barsaat Ki Raat, which we are screening to see where the inspiration came from because that's very much a talking point at this time," he added.