Overview
- The Gurvinder Singh film Rehmat was named to Locarno’s Concorso Internazionale and will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Pardo d’Oro, as India’s only entry in the Golden Leopard race.
- Rehmat is set to have its world premiere on August 6 during the 79th Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5 to 15 in Switzerland.
- The film adapts four short stories by Punjabi writer Ajeet Cour into three interconnected narratives set in present‑day Punjab, focusing on intimate social and moral dilemmas without revealing plot outcomes.
- The cast is led by Naseeruddin Shah and includes Suvinder Vicky, Mita Vashisht, Navjot Randhawa and newcomers Diya Kamboj, Harwinder Aujla and Jaswant Zafar; director Gurvinder Singh brings an established festival track record to the project.
- Produced by India’s Vahao Studio with Paris‑based Pavo Films as co‑producer, Rehmat’s Locarno selection and its shortlisting for the Pardo for Change could broaden international financing and festival opportunities for regional Indian stories.