Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) is making strides world over, after releases in India, UK, South Africa, Middle East, Italy and Taiwan. The film is now set to release in France (May 2), South Korea (May 24) and Belgium (June 13).
According to sources, it’s expected to release in other countries in Europe like Spain, Portugal, Germany and in Japan over the next few months.
Shubhashish Bhutiani, writer-director of Mukti Bhawan is elated and said, “I am so thrilled that people from all over the world are getting the chance to see the film on a big screen. It is encouraging, as a first-time director, to see how people are connecting to such stories, and I am so grateful to everyone who has supported and contributed to make and bring the film to audiences.”
“C International Sales, UK have done a great job for our little gem in helping find distribution worldwide, it’s a been a terrific journey for the film and we are all delighted with these developments,” said Sanjay Bhutiani, producer of Mukti Bhawan.
The film opened to a 10-minute standing ovation at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival 2016 and received the UNESCO Gandhi Medal and the XXIIIrd Enricho Fulchignoni 2016 Awards by UNESCO.
The film stars Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Palomi Ghosh and others.