MUMBAI MIRROR (July 30, 2015)

Parched, a short film featuring Radhika Apte and directed by Leena Yadav, will premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

Radhika confirmed the news with a tweet saying, "I am so happy."

Set in dry rural Gujarat, the film traces the bittersweet tale of four ordinary women: Rani, Lajjo, Bijli and Janaki. Besides Radhika, the film also features Adil Hussain, Surveen Chawla, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Sayani Gupta.

Leena has previously directed Aishwarya Rai and Sanjay Dutt's Shabd, and Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley's Teen Patti.
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Irrfan Khan and Tabu's movie Talvar, which is based on the 2008 Aarushi Talwar murder case, is set to premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival this September.

The film, directed by Meghna Gulzar, was selected by the members of the festival to be screened in the Special Presentations programme.

The movie, which is called Guilty in English, also features Neeraj Kabi and Konkona Sen Sharma. Pankaj Kumar is the cinematographer, Gulzar the lyricist and Vishal Bhardwaj the music composer.

Talvar, produced by Junglee Pictures Limited, is one of only 36 movies that will be screened under this category