Hungarian-Indian movie about the victims of acid attack wins an illustrious prize in Sydney

According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, more than seventy movies and artworks were entered at the Women Media Arts and Film Festival, held in the frameworks of the Sydney Fringe Festival. We’re thrilled to report that a partly Hungarian movie won the award for Best Feature Film 🙂

The director and producer of Rupa’s Boutique, made by a Hungarian-Indian coproduction, was Glória Halász, who is also the creator of documentaries like Iron Curtain, Dr Lala and What a circus!. The cameraman and co-producer was Balázs Hatvani, further producers were Gábor Osváth and Praaful Chaudhary, the production companies were Filmfabriq, Cinelabyrinth and the Indian Pinak Films, while the soundtrack was written by the Layanda formation.

The main character is Rupa, who lives in the Indian city of Agra. She wanted to be a fashion designer since her childhood. The audience can learn about her and her friends’ story, who all fell victims to an acid attack, but recovered from the tragedy and found their way back into life by following their dreams. Some of the characters want to be Bollywood dancers, some want to be singers, while others dream of operating a café.