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Shanghai audiences love us too! Thrilled to get such amazing 5-star and 4-star reviews from the Shanghai audiences who watched our film at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival and loved it. It’s so good! The ending is not sudden but a gradual buildup of events throughout the film. I really like this method ofContinue reading

Festivals, festivals and more… Ashes on a road trip has had a memorable festival journey! And still there’s more to come… World Premiere at prestigious 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival Official Selection Screenings at 24th Shanghai International Film Festival, 12th London Indian Film Festival 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Goa 18th Chennai InternationalContinue reading

Press, press and more press… An amazing reception for our film from newspapers and columns everywhere! Feeling blessed. #Ashesonaroadtrip #KarkhanisanchiWaari #TokyoPremiere #WorldPremiere

ABP Studios joins Waari family! Thrilled to announce that the lovely, creative folks at ABP Studios have joined our Waari family!!! With ABP Studios as our partners, we continue to forge ahead, stronger than before and will strive to bring our humble little film to audiences everywhere. #ABPStudios #NighaliKarkhanisanchiWaari #WaariBegins

WE ARE IN THE TOP 5 @ TOKYO FILM FESTIVAL!!! @AshesOnRoadTrip is one of 5 best movies at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Yippie! “Making its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Ashes on a Road Trip is a charming and comical family drama by Mangesh Joshi that explores how the death of a lovedContinue reading

MORE AWESOME REVIEWS FROM TOKYO!! YAY!!! …loved the film…shows how life is ephemeral…found similarity with the countryside of Japan…evoked nostalgia and emotions that cannot be described… …wish I could give it 200 million score points…so many finer details…a cat walking in the back of mourners’ gathering or the Omni rattling in the midst of aContinue reading

AWESOME WAARI REVIEWS FROM TOKYO! …style is reminiscent of Taiwanese Chung Mong-Hong… …fine work…film shone… …relevant to Japanese culture… …movie was amazing…loved screenplay, scenery, acting, direction and super proud… …enjoyed journey with ashes…tempo is great… ….many laughs and giggles in film ….hierarchical relationship between elders and children is well done. ….The quarrels, secrets, punchlines inContinue reading

FIRST DAY, FIRST SHOW, HOUSEFULL!!! THANK YOU, TOKYO!!!

The audience loves our film!!! #AshesOnARoadTrip#KarkhanisanchiWaari#WorldPremiere#MarathiCinema#FamilyFilm#Tokyo2020#WaariBegins

Marathi road movie battles the pandemic to complete the production for world premiere in Tokyo ….The road movie’s challenging Omni trip through the hinterland of Maharashtra was a prelude to an even more arduous journey, as months of post-production during the coronavirus pandemic later proved. After wrapping up shooting late last year, the film crewContinue reading