Titli has the smallest production budget in history of contemporary Indian film making, says Dibakar Banerjee

The second film under Dibakar Banerjee Production, Titli released on 30 October 2015 and is received with rave reviews all over. The film got into the lime light due to the standing ovation it got at the Cannes Film Festival.

"A festival needs attention and interest from all quarters right from government to stars so that glamour value comes in. I think MAMI has become a good example of everything. It is giving a lot to the audience... The kind of films that will be showcased," Dibakar told PTI.

Dibarkar, 46, said he was amazed with the opening ceremony of the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival that was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the Gateway of India and saw a huge presence of Bollywood.

"I saw the opening ceremony... It was relaxed and glamorous and that is how a festival should be like," he said.

The jury for Dimensions Mumbai, a short film competition, will be headed by Dibakar Banerjee and joining him will be Juhi Chaturvedi, Radhika Apte, Parineeti Chopra and Suraj Sharma.

"We saw dimensional short films on the theme of Bombay. All of us saw some refreshing and not so refreshing take on Bombay. It was educative. We were happy as we could pick up gems... The talent is encouraging," Dibakar said.

The eight-day festival has been organised by Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) with Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) and Star India.

Dibakar, who has produced his protege Kanu Behl's family film "Titli", is quite excited as well as nervous about the movie that hit cinema houses today.

"I am excited, happy and extremely nervous. "Titli" has had the least of all... The smallest production budget in the history of Indian contemporary film making. We are relying in word of mouth the buzz is unprecedented," he said.

"I am hoping it to be the strongest debut of Indian cinema... It should get its due share of audience that is why I am nervous and excited," he added.

"Titli" is being presented by Yash Raj Films. It stars newcomers Shashank Arora and Shivani Raghuvanshi, actors Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial and Lalit Behl.

The film is a tale of a dysfunctional family from Delhi and a man's struggle to escape his oppressive environment.

-- PTI