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Fact Check: Dulquer Salmaan's Salute will not be screened at 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam
Starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead, Salute has been selected for the Rotterdam Film Festival.
There are reports that Dulquer Salmaan starrer Salute has been selected for the 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam. However, the news is misleading and there is no truth in this. Salute is not on the list of this year's selection, clarifies a IFFR team.
In the recent past, Rajeev Ravi’s Thuramukham, Don Palathara’s Everything is Cinema are some of the other Mollywood movies that have been showcased at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Also Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s S Durga bagged the coveted Hivos Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2017. The 51st edition of the festival will take place from January 26 to February 6 in Netherlands.
However, talking about Salute, the action thriller flick has been financed by Dulquer Salmaan himself under his home banner Wayfarer Films. The film stars Diana Penty as the female lead, with Manoj K. Jayan, Saniya Iyappan, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Saikumar and Ganapathi S Poduval playing ancillary roles along with others. Aslam K. Puraiyil is the cinematographer for the project and Jakes Bejoy has composed the background score.
In the meantime, Dulquer Salman will also star in Brinda directorial Hey Sinamika. The romantic comedy stars Kajal Aggarwal and Aditi Rao Hydari as female leads. Jointly financed by Jio Studios and Global One Studios, the film is expected to hit the silver screens on 25 February 2022. The film talks about a couple where the wife is now done with her stay-at-home husband after 5 years of marriage and is looking for separation from him.
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