New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI) Padam Singh and Heera Devi, two octogenarians from an Uttarakhand village and now the unlikely stars of director Vinod Kapri's "Pyre", are embarking on a new adventure in life. Singh and Devi are currently en route to the Estonian capital Tallin for the world premiere of the film on Tuesday at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024. It is their first ride in a plane as well as their first foreign trip, according to Kapri.
"Pyre", billed as a melancholic ballad of an undying love in a dying land, has been chosen in the Official Selection - Competition section at the 28th edition of the movie gala. The Hindi-language film is set in the Himalayan Mountain range and features Padam Singh (Singh) and Tulsi (Devi) as an elderly couple who live in isolation in a mountain village whose residents have moved away to big cities in search of livelihood. For "Pyre", Kapri cast two local residents: Singh, a retired Indian Army soldier, and Devi, a farmer, neither of whom had ever acted in a film before.
Both hail from Berinag Tehsil in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district. The filmmaker, who accompanied Singh and Devi to Tallinn for the film festival, shared a post on his official X page on Monday. "#AamaBubu of #Uttarakhand.
Off to #Tallinn @TallinnBNFF Their first flight Journey, First foreign trip. World premiere of @PyreFilm!" he wrote on the microblogging site. Kapri shared a video of Singh and Devi being escorted into the airport on wheelchairs.
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