Karachi: The Pakistani film industry talent maintains its quality and continues to get boom and fame across the borders as director Iram Parveen Bilal’s feature film Josh (English Title: Against the Grain), has been selected to be showcased at the high esteemed MAMI (Mumbai Film Festival) in the world cinema category.
Film Director Iram Parveen was quite thrilled when she heared about it, expressing her views she said, “I was taking my car to the mechanic and just as I was about to head out the door, I got this news. I was constantly mouthing “Oh my God, oh my God. Alhamdulillah. I was delighted for two reasons, World Premier and Bombay. Bombay has a big part in my becoming a filmmaker. That city is a city of dreams to me; I guess I am still in a honeymoon phase with Bombay,”
Bilal who has been working on this film since four years has also directed internationally recognised award-winning short films. Josh is Bilal’s debut feature and it is the only fiction film from Pakistan to be screened at MAMI in the last five years and the only Pakistani film entered in this year’s MAMI.