Actor Pankaj Tripathi watched the premiere of his film Life Biryani at the Lonavla International Film Festival India (Liffi) and had critiques for it.
The Liffi screening was the first time that Tripathi watched the yet-to-be-released film.
“Life Biryani is a satire in the space of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films... It’s a slice-of-life movie. It’s more of a comedy on food, and to what extent four people can go for food and how they get stuck,” he said.
“I also saw the film for the first time at Liffi and I saw some drawbacks in the movie. I will tell the director about it and to perhaps reduce its length.”
The film, produced by Shailesh Thakur and directed by Vivek Srivastava, also features Rohit Chaudhary, Puneet Vashishth and Partho Sarthi.
Tripathi added: “The weather is so lovely in Lonavala... There’s fog, there’s rain and greenery. In this weather, you should just take a blanket and watch films, and so it’s a perfect setting for a film festival.”
This is the debut edition of Liffi, which has a line-up of 52 films. The festival will conclude on September 5.
Two of Tripathi’s films — Life Biryani and Global Baba — were included in the line-up.
