BRAHMAN NAMAN world premiering in The World Dramatic Competition

BRAHMAN NAMAN

(Acquisition Title/ UTA)

World Premiere

Section: World Dramatic Competition

Directed by Q.

Written by Naman Ramachandran

Cast: Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Vaiswath Shankar, Chaitanya Varad, Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy, Sid Mallya

Synopsis:

It’s the 1980s and Naman (Shashank Arora, star of Cannes hit TITLI) is a know-it-all nerd driven by the whims of his raging hormones. Heading up Bangalore University’s team of bespectacled misfits (best friends Ajay and Ramu), the trio of lusty intellectuals spend the majority of their time on the quizzing circuit, using their winnings to buy nudie magazines, whiskey, and beer, fantasizing about the buxom neighborhood beauty all the while. When the boys qualify for the National Quiz Championships, they make a booze-fuelled train trip across the country determined to defeat their rivals in Calcutta and desperate to lose their virginities along the way.

Unfolding to the tune of the iconic anthem, “Whiskey Bar,” as Naman and his friends run amok against the colorful backdrop of the Indian landscape, his quest for sex and glory is complicated when he finds his intellectual superior in a stunning female quizzer. Directed by Indian filmmaker Q. (known for his controversial cult hit GANDU) BRAHMAN NAMAN is a smart, raucous sex comedy that’s raunchy and endearing in equal measure— replete with innovative masturbation methods that put even Philip Roth’s Alexander Portnoy to shame.

Country:  India

Language: English

Public Screening #1 (World Premiere): Sunday, January 24, 8:30PM (Prospector Square Theatre)

P&I Screening #1: Monday, January 25, 12:30PM (Holiday Village Cinema 3)

Public Screening #2: Monday, January 25, 6:00PM (Yarrow Hotel Theatre)

Public Screening #3: Tuesday, January 26, 9:45PM (Broadway Centre Cinema 3, SLC)

Public Screening #4: Friday, January 29, 11:30PM (Prospector Square Theatre)

Public Screening #5: Saturday, January 30, 1:00PM (Holiday Village Cinema 4)