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Sapna Moti Bhavnani’s award-winning feature documentary Sindhustan released worldwide today

May 13, 2020
Rouven Linnarz

After winning the hearts of audiences across the world,renowned celebrity stylist, 's internationally acclaimed and award-winning directorial debut film, “Sindhustan“, is slated for a worldwide release with English subtitles on May 12, 2020

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The feature doc, which, Bhavnani also produced under her film production banner, Akbar Pains will have its online premiere on Amazon Prime in North America and on MovieSaints across India and the rest of the world on May 12. The DVDs of the film will also be released on the same day.

“” is a fascinating exploration of the Sindhi community's migration to India narrated through a series of extensively designed body tattoos, all of which are illustrated on Sapna Moti Bhavnani's body. Through the documentary, Bhavnani attempts to also dwell into her roots and the history of the Sindhi community, which migrated in large numbers to India from Sindh during the India-Pakistan partition. The title Sindhustan also refers to the River Sindh, which is Asia's largest river flowing through India and which forms an important part of India's history.

“Sindhustan” won the Griffith Film School Award at DocEdge Kolkata 2019 and had its World Premiere at New York Indian Film Festival 2019 and Asian Premiere at Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with Star in India Story, travelled to 21 internationaland Indian film festivals and won 8 awards including winning the award of ‘Best Feature Documentary in National Competition' at Mumbai International Film Festival, MIFF 2020.

Bhavani has worked on the documentary for a period of 7 years. During the process, she spoke to people from India as well as Pakistan hailing from the Sindh region, as she wanted to cover all the perspectives of its fascinating history. She also took the help of her friends from Pakistan for shooting footage of Sindh. And thus, the documentary “Sindhustan” was finally made.

To watch the film online please click here:

India & Worldwide (except North America) moviesaints.com/movie/sindhustan

North America https://www.amazon.com/Sindhustan-Leila-Advani/dp/B0845R4QC1

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Rouven Linnarz

Ever since I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Hana-Bi" for the first time (and many times after that) I have been a cinephile. While much can be said about the technical aspects of film, coming from a small town in Germany, I cherish the notion of art showing its audience something which one does normally avoid, neglect or is unable to see for many different reasons. Often the stories told in films have helped me understand, discover and connect to something new which is a concept I would like to convey in the way I talk and write about films. Thus, I try to include some info on the background of each film as well as a short analysis (without spoilers, of course), an approach which should reflect the context of a work of art no matter what genre, director or cast. In the end, I hope to pass on my joy of watching film and talking about it.

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