![]() ![]() Benegal completed the first draft of the film's script in only 10 days. To do research for the film, he travelled for a year with a transient cinema troupe that showcased different films in rural Rajasthan villages. ![]() Road, Movie began in 2004 as an original idea by Dev Benegal. The journey proves transformative for each of the travelers, but especially for Vishnu who discovers life, love and laughter on the Indian highway. If the films are boring, they face death in the outback. As in One Thousand and One Nights, if the films are good, they live and move on. The key to their freedom is the eccentric collection of films and the two forty-year-old film projectors in the back of the truck. The journey turns dire when they are waylaid by corrupt cops and a notorious water lord. Together they roam in the barren land, searching for water and an elusive fair. As he sets off across the harsh terrain of desert India, Vishnu discovers he is not merely transporting a battered vehicle but an old touring cinema.Īlong the way, Vishnu reluctantly picks up a young runaway ( Mohammed Faizal Usmani), a wandering old entertainer ( Satish Kaushik) and a striking gypsy woman ( Tannishtha Chatterjee). He offers to drive the 1942 Chevrolet across the desert to the sea, where it has been sold to a local museum. Vishnu ( Abhay Deol), a restless young man, itches to escape his father's faltering hair oil business.Īn old truck beckons, which, Vishnu sees as his ticket to freedom. Road, Movie was released in India on 5 March 2010. It premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and opened the section Generation 14plus at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010. Road, Movie ( Hindi: रोड, मूवी) is a 2009 Indian road movie directed by Dev Benegal, and starring Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Satish Kaushik. ![]()
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