An aerial view of Shillong. Shillong, April 20: This hill city and its breathtaking suburbs which have long been touted as a dream destination for budding filmmakers, will finally be the backdrop of a Hindi film.
A 1.5 crore thriller called Shillong, which will have as its protagonist Arfi Lamba, who played the role of Bardi in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, will take the audience on a breathtaking journey through the hills and vales of Meghalaya.
While Lamba is a self-confessed admirer of the Northeast, the director of the film, Chinmoy Sarmah, is from neighbouring Assam. Shooting will begin in June, said Sarmah at a news meet today to announce the making of Shillong.
The story revolves around a Shillongite, who has lived for most of his life in Mumbai, and returns to the city in search of his parents and his roots.
The protagonist, therefore, will have to travel far and wide from Lad Rymbai to Sohra and the film will feature budding local actors. While 80 per cent of the film, to be released during Diwali, will be completed here, the remaining will be shot in Mumbai.
The thriller, a joint production of the Bombay Berlin Film Production and FDFS Motion Pictures headed by a local entrepreneur, Narupa Mylliempdah, will mostly be in Hindi but will have bits in Khasi and English.
It will also feature local music.
“Through the thriller, we will explore the beauty of Shillong and showcase the place before filmmakers of Bollywood as a film destination,” Sarmah said, adding that the film would also be highlighted at the Berlin Film Festival.Sarmah, who gave up a lucrative corporate career to make films, has to his a credit one more film, his maiden venture, Gullak, which is already doing the rounds in various film festivals across India.
Lamba, on the other hand, is originally an engineer in the petro-chemical industry, but has been active in the Mumbai theatre and modelling circuit.
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