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Neelima Sharma opens up on playing the lead in Anuparna Roy’s Lovers in the Blue Night

Neelima Sharma opens up on playing the lead in Anuparna Roy’s Lovers in the Blue Night

When actor Neelima Sharma was at rock bottom, acclaimed filmmaker Anuparna Roy offered her a role in Lovers in the Blue Night. A year later, Sharma is packing her bags for Venice as the film prepares to premiere at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. “I had given so many auditions but nothing was working out. That same month, Anuparna spoke to me about the film. I was exhausted and losing hope. But today, it doesn’t seem so bad,” she tells mid-day. A still from ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’. Pics/Instagram, Facebook, AFP, Youtube Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Anuparna Roy returns to Venice competition with Lovers In The Blue Night | Entertainment-others News

Anuparna Roy returns to Venice competition with Lovers In The Blue Night | Entertainment-others News

3 min readJul 24, 2026 05:15 PM IST Writer-director Anuparna Roy’s relationship with the Venice International Film Festival is proving to be more than a one-off success. A year after winning the Best Director award in the Orizzonti section for her debut feature Songs Of Forgotten Trees last year, the filmmaker will return to the festival with her sophomore outing, Lovers In The Blue Night, which has been selected for the same competitive section. Set against the backdrop of Mumbai’s restless nights, Lovers In The Blue Night follows the intertwined lives of four migrants—a closeted husband, his lonely wife who works at a bar, a small-time thief and a pimp—whose paths cross through unexpected love, survival and forbidden desire. Told in Hindi, Sylheti Bengali and Marathi, the film explores longing, migration, identity and the search for belonging in a city that leaves little room for vulnerability. “Overwhelmed” by the Venice selection, Anuparna Roy says: “The film draws from my own life as a migrant, watching working-class lives slowly dissolve into the restless pulse of the …