When fury gives birth to a film

Updated On: 31 January, 2024 05:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Bhakshak director Pulkit says his anger about the issue of child abuse in country’s shelter homes drove him to make Bhumi-starrer

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Bhumi Pednekar plays a small-town reporter in the social drama

Movies are born out of many things—desire, passion, and sometimes, even rage. For director Pulkit, anger and urgency were the two emotions that drove him to make Bhakshak. Understandably so, considering the Bhumi Pednekar-starrer is inspired by the real-life cases of child abuse at shelter homes. “We were trying to find a story that has social relevance, and landed on this [news] of shelter homes across the country facing such [atrocities]. When we started researching, we had sleepless nights thinking about the kids’ suffering. We were anxious and angry. We felt someone had to tell this story right. We had that urgency,” says the director, who co-wrote the film with partner Jyotsana Nath.

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