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Anurag Kashyap produces Gulshan Devaiah, Rasika Duggal's Little Thomas, and calls it a 'difficult genre'.
Anurag Kashyap, known for his globally acclaimed films such as Gangs of Wasseypur, Ugly, and Kennedy, is ready to entertain the audience with his next production venture Little Thomas. The film headlined by Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Duggal, is joined by child artiste Hridansh Parekh in the comedy-drama.
Talking about the film, Anurag Kashyap said, "Yes, it’s been a while. Maybe I was waiting for a good children’s film script to come my way," Kashyap further talked about why he took 17 years to return to this space after his animated directorial Return of Hanuman (2007) and said, "It’s a difficult genre actually, to make an authentic children’s film, so one has to ensure that it’s a good script before making it."
Little Thomas is set to have its world premiere at the upcoming Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Besides Kashyap, the film is backed by Ranjan Singh, Rajnikant Oza, Charu Oza, Anushka Shah, and Kabir Ahuja.
In Little Thomas, Kashyap was impressed by the vision of the National Award-winning director Kaushal Oza, who makes his feature directorial debut with the film that follows the tragi-comic efforts of a seven-year-old boy to bring his parents together and have a little brother. Kashyap said, "I had seen Kaushal’s short 'The Miniaturist of Junagadh' and liked it. Then I read the Little Thomas script and understood his vision for it. He wanted to make a genuine children’s film while creating a world from a kid’s perspective. The honesty of his approach has helped make the film."
Set in the Goa in the 90s, the film follows Thomas, the only child of his parents, who desperately wants a little brother. "One day, he is told that to get a baby brother his parents will have to kiss. Since his quarreling parents won't kiss any longer, little Thomas takes it upon himself to make them do the yucky act!" the film's synopsis reads.
Actor Gulshan Devaiah, who made his debut in Anurag Kashyap's That Girl in Yellow Boots (year) and went on to collaborate with him on projects like Shaitan (2011) and Hunterrr (2015), describes Little Thomas as a film that "puts a smile on my face."
"It’s a sweet, cute film and I am thrilled it’s going to be showing at IFFM. The most special thing about Little Thomas is its story and the beautiful innocence in its world. Rasika is a wonderful actor, who I’ve admired for a while now. She’s very professional and dedicated to the craft. I was lucky I got to work with her," Gulshan said.
Calling Little Thomas "a beautiful and lyrical story" about the simple life of a Goan family, Rasika Duggal said, "I was drawn to the script of Little Thomas because I felt it was a beautiful and simple story yet wasn't simplistic. Technology has given us so much to play within filmmaking that sometimes, I feel the soul of a film gets drowned in the razzmatazz. Little Thomas was not doing any of that. It was committing to its narrative without any unnecessary frills. Also, the script had an interesting sense of humour, which I enjoyed very much. I am delighted that the film is premiering at IFFM and it will first be watched by the kind of audience that a festival like IFFM always attracts - a discerning audience with an ample appetite for fun. I am looking forward to how they will respond to our film."
Director Kaushal Oza, an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India said that the team auditioned over 700 kids to find Thomas and the gang and added, "Everyone has been a seven-year-old once in their lives. When we grow up we miss the innocence of the times we were kids. I wanted to capture the innocence and imagination that we had then and yearned for now. Everyone who read the script loved it, but producing a film like this is a challenge. When this team of producers read the script - they laughed, they cried - they backed it to the hilt. Also casting the kids was the biggest challenge."
Little Thomas is produced by Luminoso Pictures, Civic Studios, Flip Films, and Good Bad Films. Also starring Hridyansh Gokani, Ninad Pandith, and Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, Little Thomas will have its festival run before its theatrical release in the country.
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