Neena Gupta and Kalki Koechlin team up for an international film titled Goldfish.
Directed by Pushan Kripalani, the film is a drama that revolves around a delicate timeless story of a mother and daughter who rediscover their relationship with memory, music, mental health and identity.
Set in London, Anamika (played by Koechlin) returns home to her estranged mother Sadhana (played by Gupta) who is suffering from an onset of dementia. What ensues next is an unfolding of complex yet beautiful emotions as Sadhana and Anamika’s worlds, though strikingly different, come together.
This is the second collaboration between actress Neena Gupta and Kripalani who earlier came together for the film The Threshold [2015].
Still from The Threshold [2015]Excited to work with the director again she said, “It’s a very different experience to work with Pushan Kripalani… When he came to me with this Goldfish film, the script, I was very excited. Number one because it is a very challenging role and it’s a beautiful script and I love the way Pushan works. There is a lot of freedom which the actors get.”
Koechlin too is delighted to work with Kripalani.
“I’ve been wanting to work with Pushan, the director since I saw his first film The Threshold and Neenaji of course is an amazing actor. I love her and looking forward to working with her. Also, the writer of the script Arghya [Lahiri] is someone I have worked closely within theatre. He’s done a lot of light design for the productions I have worked on. It’s really quite a nice, happy union of different people from my walks of life and I’m very excited to start this project. The script is so fantastic!”
Kalki Koechlin
Elaborating on the story and his new cast Kripalani added, “Neena and Kalki are both actors of immense sensitivity and skill. For this nuanced and difficult film, you need people who have a keen understanding of the human condition. They are wonderful casting for this piece. To make a film in the midst of a global pandemic is a hard task, but the background of isolation, restriction and hard times bring into sharp focus, the themes of diaspora and identity that the film seeks to explore. I can’t wait to get started.”
Produced by Splendid Films USA spearheaded by Amit Saxena, Goldfish is a British-American project scheduled to go on floors in early 2021.
