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Festival Hit 'Dug Dug' Sets May 8 India Theatrical Release

Veteran directors join as executive producers to push a big-screen rollout.

Overview

  • The film, which locked its India date Thursday, opens May 8 in theatres.
  • Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Nikkhil Advani and Vasan Bala have joined as executive producers for the India release.
  • Bottle Rocket Pictures leads production, with the India rollout in association with Ranjan Singh’s Flip Films.
  • Inspired by true events, the story follows a village that begins to worship a dead man’s motorbike as wish granting, turning belief into a business.
  • After a 2021 world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film toured Santa Barbara, Melbourne, IFFLA, MAMI and IFFK, building a profile now headed to the big screen.