Jul 16, 2020

Netflix will release Gitanjali Rao's Bombay Rose around the world this fall

Bombay Rose, an Indian-European co-production that turned heads on its festival run, is coming to Netflix. The streaming platform will release the feature worldwide in Q4 of this year. The exceptions are France, where Netflix will launch the film in 2021, and China, where the company doesn't operate.

The film, which was written, designed, and directed by Gitanjali Rao, (literally) paints an intricate portrait of a complex city. Watch the trailer and read the official synopsis below:

Last year, the film, which took six years to make, opened the Critics' Week sidebar at the Venice Film Festival. It went on to play Toronto and London, and won prizes in Chicago and Mumbai. In his review for Cartoon Brew, Carlos Aguilar wrote: “Translating Mumbai, with all its intricacies, into animation is itself a tall order. To anchor this idiosyncratic animated version of the city in layered, if sometimes convoluted, storytelling reflects the talent involved.”

Rao was previously know for her short animated films Printed Rainbow (2006) and TrueLoveStory (2014), which won at Cannes and played at many other festivals. Speaking about Bombay Rose to Variety, she said:

India's Cinestaan Film Company co-produced the film with France's Les Films d'Ici. Anand Mahindra and Rohit Khattar of Cinestaan produced. The animation was done by Mumbai-based Paperboat Design Studios.