New Delhi / Team Digital. Next up is the ‘All India Rank’ of Matchbox Shots. Recently the film took the world by storm with its global premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR). Let us tell you that this production house has given critically acclaimed and successful films like ‘Monica Oh My Darling’ and ‘Three of Us’. Now the production house has touched hearts across the globe with the world premiere of ‘All India Rank’. The film is directed by Varun Grover who is also a National Award winning lyricist, screenwriter and a popular stand-up comedian.
‘All India Rank’ is a Coming of Age drama starring Bodhisattva Sharma, Samta Sudiksha, Shashi Bhushan, Geeta Agarwal and Sheeba Chadha in lead roles. The film is co-produced by Clock Tower Pictures. ‘All India Rank’ was screened at IFFR as the closing film of the festival. At the premiere of the film on February 5, the film’s lead actors were seen along with director Varun Grover, producer Sanjay Routray, DOP Archana Ghangrekar.
Speaking on the occasion, producer Sanjay Routray said, “AIR received an overwhelming audience response at IFFR 2023. At Matchbox, we believe in supporting a filmmaker’s vision and Varun has done us proud with AIR.” The film is set in the pre-mobile era of the 90s, where 17-year-old Vivek is sent away from home to a coaching center to prepare for his entrance exam for the Indian Institute of Technology.
Varun Grover is making his debut as a feature film director with ‘All India Rank’. Talking about it, she said, “We all struggle when we are 17. Hormonal desires called love, constantly being torn between ‘ambition’ and ‘mediocrity’, generational trauma of parents – these are Everything surrounds us like a horror comedy.With ‘All India Rank’, I really want to capture the phases of our lives, the phases of joy and confusion, love and doubt, hope and cynicism. “
He further added, “The film is a semi-autobiographical slice-of-life dramedy as well as a time capsule of life in 1990s India – the time when American-style capitalism entered India – creating a new consumerist middle class.” Giving birth to a society that values STEM over the liberal arts due to market compulsions. Vivek, a hero like me, struggles with these new concepts that place personal happiness below the ‘value you bring to society.’ Are.
Can say that his separate offering produced by Matchbox Shots will also prove to be a great film.
