Mumbai, Oct 13 (PTI) A documentary on Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal, who left bureaucracy to become asocial activist and then plunged into the rough-and-tumble ofpolitics, will hit theatres on November 17.
Global media giant Vice has acquired the biographicalfilm, "An Insignificant Man", for a world-wide release.
Vice has announced it will now be partnering withproducer Anand Gandhi's Memesys Lab in releasing the filmwidely, in India and internationally, on November 17, a pressrelease issued here said.
Directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vina Shukla, "AnInsignificant Man" is a non-fiction political thriller thatchronicles the rise of Kejriwal from a social activist to apolitician, it said.
The film had been in news after it was stalled by ex-Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, who had asked thefilmmakers to get permissions from Prime Minister NarendraModi and other politicians before its release.
"I first saw the 'An Insignificant Man' at TIFF in2016 and I came away thinking it was the best doc(documentary) about street-level politics since MarshallCurry's Street Fight," said Jason Mojica, Executive Producer,Vice Documentary Films, in a statement here.
"We are bringing 'An Insignificant Man' to ouraudience around the world, because we think itÂ’s a highlyrelevant film for anyone who sees problems in their ownpolitical systems and has the impulse to get personallyinvolved in trying to change things," Mojica said.
The film will be shown in over 22 countries intheatres, on television and digitally.
"For the first time ever in the history of Indiancinema, a film will show exactly what goes on behind closeddoors of a political party," Anand Gandhi of Memesys Labsaid.
The 95 minutes long film has been distilled from 400hours of real behind-the-scenes footage shot through a year.
It gives a sneak peak into the heated arguments,inside jokes, campaign strategies and the true events andideologies that inform the rhetoric, as we follow the birth ofthe newest political party in India - the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), said the press release. PTI KKP RSYSMN.
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