Vishal Bhardwaj, Shaunak Sen-Mentored Co-Production Fund Picks Ladakh-Set ‘Kakthet’ as Winner (EXCLUSIVE)

Vishal Bhardwaj, Shaunak Sen-Mentored Co-Production Fund Picks Ladakh-Set ‘Kakthet’ as Winner (EXCLUSIVE) hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 28, 2026 4:32pm PT Vishal Bhardwaj, Shaunak Sen-Mentored Co-Production Fund Picks Ladakh-Set ‘Kakthet’ as Winner (EXCLUSIVE) By Naman Ramachandran Plus Icon Naman Ramachandran Latest ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘Spider-Man’ Digital-Human Pioneer Remington Scott to Head Eros Imagination (EXCLUSIVE) 23 minutes ago Bangladesh Soccer League, Indonesian Film Venture Drive U.K. Firm Goldfinch’s Asia Push (EXCLUSIVE) 1 hour ago Japanese-Brazilian Grief Drama ‘Yellow Chrysanthemum,’ Set During the 2014 Soccer World Cup, Joins Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 14 hours ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Stenzin Tankyong’s debut feature “ Kakthet ” (Idiot), set in the remote high-altitude region of Ladakh, has been selected as the winner of the inaugural INR40 lakh ($42,000) feature film co-production fund run by Humans of Cinema and Safarnaama Pictures.

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The Ladakhi-language project was selected from nearly 400 entries after an extensive screening and evaluation process. The film follows the precarious future of a government school and the community around it – both dependent on one reluctant grade 10 student who has never passed an exam, and whose teachers must attempt the impossible: save the school by saving the one student determined not to be saved.

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His short films “Sekool” (2019) and “Last Days of Summer” (2023) have screened at festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the Dharamshala International Film Festival. “Kakthet” is produced by Ritu Sarin and Rajesh Thanickan, alongside French co-producers La Belle Affaire Productions.

A filmmaker and producer whose career spans more than 30 years, Sarin co-founded both White Crane Films and the Dharamshala International Film Festival. Thanickan’s credits include Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound,” executive produced by Martin Scorsese and premiered at Cannes in 2025; “Santosh,” which premiered at Cannes in 2024; and “Our Share of Sand,” which premiered at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week, where it won the Audience Award.

The project had already attracted international industry attention before the fund selection, winning the Co-Production Features Grant at WAVES Film Bazaar in 2025 and being chosen as one of 30 projects for the 2026 Asian Project Market, held alongside the Busan International Film Festival. The fund was launched by Humans of Cinema founder Harshit Bansal and Safarnaama Pictures founder Nazim Momin, a U.S.-based engineer and producer.

Filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Shaunak Sen are attached as mentors, with Sen also serving as executive producer of the winning project. The jury comprised actor Imran Khan, filmmaker Arati Kadav, “All That Breathes” producer Aman Mann and festival director Aseem Chhabra.

“The past few months working on this fund have been both unbelievably challenging and incredibly rewarding. We were pleasantly surprised by the sheer number of brilliant projects we received from across the country, and we’re even more convinced

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