Focus South Asia
Sahela
Australia
English, Hindi
2022
93 mins
Asia Premiere
Festival History
Adelaide Film Festival
SXSW
Focus South Asia
Sahela
Australia
English, Hindi
2022
93 mins
Asia Premiere
Festival History
Adelaide Film Festival
SXSW
Sahela follows the journey of Vir Oza and Nitya Behl, a married couple living in the suburbs of Parramatta, Sydney. They face challenges in their personal and professional lives. After reaching a breaking point, Vir comes out to Nitya about his sexuality, which causes a rift between them and brings shame to their families. Eventually, they divorce and go their separate ways, albeit still emotionally tethered to each other. Nitya is now with another man while Vir sails, having successfully tied the bowline knot.
Antonio Aakeel
Sheeba Chaddha
Harish Patel
Anula Navlekar
Vipin Sharma
Anita Patel
Atika Chohan
Jett Tattersall
Raghuvir Joshi
Michael Mcdermott
Scott Gray
Wayne Pashley
Niladri Kumar
Michael Turner
Patrick Kriz
Tayyab Madni
Radhika Lavu
Picture Works Australia
Tayyab Madni
t@pwaustralia.com.au
Raghuvir Joshi is a Mumbai/Sydney-based film director, born and raised in Mumbai, India. He worked as an assistant director on films like Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012). He has been an assistant to Dame Judi Dench and dialect coach to actor Dev Patel. In 2018, Raghuvir directed Yaman, a short film that was selected for Palm Springs Film Festival and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) and garnered positive reviews. He is also the co-producer of Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man (2022), which is produced by Bron Studios and Thunder Road. SAHELA is Joshi’s directorial debut feature, inspired by his own story, and is currently in post-production.
