In pics: Geetu Mohandas, Nivin, Sobhita Dhulipala attend TIFF premiere of 'Moothon'

Moothon - Nivin Pauly’s much awaited bilingual crime thriller is off to a great start. 

The film, directed by Geetu Mohandas, had its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Wednesday, September 11. The main cast and crew of the film, which includes Geetu, Nivin, Roshan Matthew, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sanjana Dipu and others had flown down to Canada to attend the premiere in Toronto. Accompanying them was ace director Anurag Kashyap who has co-produced the film along with Ajay Rai and Alan McAlex. 

In an interview to the Indian Express on his film premiering at TIFF, Nivin Pauly said that it was ‘his dream come true’.

“It is an absolute honour to have my film Moothon premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. I must say it is a dream come true moment,” he stated in the interview. 

Nivin also said that he worked really hard for the film and ‘shot it with complete honesty’, adding that he couldn’t wait to see the audience's reaction post the screening 

A bilingual crime drama in Malayalam and Hindi, Moothon, which translates to 'the elder one',  is about a 14-year old boy from Lakshadweep who lands up in Mumbai in search of his elder brother. This is Geetu Mohandas’s third outing as a director and her second full-length feature film. Her first film was Kelkunnudo, a 2009 Malayalam short film which went on to win several prestigious awards. However, it was her second film Liar’s Dice which put Geetu on the map as a noted filmmaker. 

With Moothon, Geetu has both written and directed the film while Anurag Kashyap has penned the dialogues in Hindi. The film’s cinematographer is Rajeev Ravi.

Here are pictures from the premier: