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Hope 'Peddlers' finds legitimacy with a release: director Vasan Bala

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Apr 08 2020 | 2:38 PM IST

Filmmaker Vasan Bala may have made a successful film in "Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota" but the director says it is hard to get over the pain of his debut film "Peddlers" not finding a release even after eight years.

The Mumbai-set "Peddlers" was backed by Guneet Monga and screened at Cannes Critics' Week in 2012.

Before its festival debut, Eros International acquired the film for release. But the film has virtually vanished, except for the occasional mention in the filmmaker's helpless tweets.

Recently Bala, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, actor Vijay Varma and Monga took to Twitter to ask Eros to release the film on their streaming platform.

"Hello @ErosNow... this is your chance to redeem yourself. Please put
"But maybe it's also because of quarantine that I'm all riled up. I hope they put it out and give it some legitimacy. That's the word I'm looking out for. Make it legitimate," Bala told PTI
"It's a very middle class feeling, like owning your office space. Of course, these are small things but as a filmmaker, you want these little recognitions."

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