National Award-winning filmmaker Vinod Kapri's latest Hindi film "Pyre" is set to have its world premiere at the 28th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival. The ...
If things had gone according to plan, Pyre would have starred Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah as an elderly couple in a remote village in the Uttarakhand mountains. But things didn’t go ...
When journalist-turned-director Vinod Kapri had met farmer Padam Singh and his on-screen wife Heera Devi during his trip to Uttarakhand in 2017, he hadn’t quite imagined that he could tell a story of ...
Vinod Kapri’s ‘Pyre’: Quiet decisions made to live, love, prepare for death The film follows an elderly couple in a near-abandoned village in Uttarakhand as they navigate life & the inevitable ...
Vinod Kapri's film "Pyre," inspired by a real-life elderly couple, has garnered acclaim, notably from Gulzar, who penned a song for it without charge. The film, starring non-professional actors from ...
The couple’s bond left a deep impact on him, prompting him to make “Pyre”. For “Pyre”, Vinod Kapri cast two local residents, Padam Singh, a retired Indian Army soldier, and Hira Devi, a farmer, ...
The Uttarakhand-set film, billed as a melancholic ballad of an undying love in a dying land, was the only Indian entry in the Official Competition category of the prestigious film gala, held annually ...