Moothon garners highly positive response at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

The Asian premiere of ‘Moothon’ was held last night at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The Nivin Pauly starrer was the opening film at the festival. Director Geetu Mohandas and the movie’s cast comprising of Nivin Pauly, Roshan Mathew, Shashank Arora, Melissa Raju Thomas and Sobhita Dhulipala attend the premiere.

The show at PVR ICON in Infinity Mall, Versova was attended by a housefull audience and the response has been excellent. Many who watched the film at the MAMI have taken to social medias to heap praise on the film and its makers. It’s the performances of Nivin Pauly and Roshan Mathew that have got the maximum praise.

‘Moothon’ earlier had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film received great response there as well. As per the makers, ‘Moothon’ presents an unsparing yet inspiring vision of Mumbai through the story of two small-town siblings, each with their own reason for escaping to the big city, in this urgent drama pondering gender, sexuality, violence, and tolerance. Its story is penned by Geetu and Anurag Kashyap has collaborated with her in writing the Hindi dialogues.