Dilli Dark
Dibakar Das Roy | India | 2023 | 100'
Screenings
Thu 9 May H 19:00
Section
Original title
Dilli Dark
Synopsis
Michael, from Nigeria, has been living in New Delhi (in slang Dilli) for six years, where he would like to finish his master’s degree in economics and settle down. To survive, he ends up as a small-time pusher of drugs, endangering his plans... An entertaining comedy which satirizes the racism and demonization of foreigners in India, starring Samuel Abiola Robinson, a famous Nollywood actor.
Cast
Samuel Abiola Robinson, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Shantanu Anam
Films Distribution
Totem Films
Production
Reeligion Films
Editing
Dibakar Das Roy
Cinematography
Kartik Parmar
Editing
Manendra Singh Lodhi
Language
English, Hindi [Additional Languages: Yoruba, Pidgin, Bengali, Gujarati]
Subtitles
English, Italian
Premiere
Italian premiere
Main awards
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Biography
Dibakar Das Roy started his professional career in advertising, working in New Delhi and San Francisco. When he returned to India, he entered the world of cinema without any professional training. His favourite genres are satire and black comedy. Dilli Dark, his first feature film, had its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and was then screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2023.
Filmography
2023 - Dilli Dark, ff