All India Rank directed by Varun Grover will open the Dharamshala International Film Festival which will take place from November 4 – 7, 2023 in Dharamshala, India.

Opening Ceremony:
November 4, 2023 | Saturday | Hermann Gmeiner Hall | 5:30 pm

All India Rank by Varun Grover – India | 2022 – 97 minutes
Set in the late 1990s, in the pre-mobile-phone era, All India Rank is a slice-of-life dramedy about 17-year old Vivek who is sent away from home to a prep-school to study for the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology entrance examination. At the prep-school, a homesick and confused Vivek meets fellow IIT aspirants and observes the ever-changing relations, friendships, and meanings of failure, while reminiscing about his dysfunctional, and still tension-free childhood. Back home, his middle-aged parents go through a host of personal problems – a pervert local kid making dirty calls from their family-owned public telephone-booth, a hostile boss in office, and a raging anxiety about Vivek failing the IIT entrance exam. (DIFF 2023)

About the director:
Varun Grover is one of India’s leading screenplay writers, stand-up comedians, and lyricists based in Mumbai. Masaan, his debut feature as a screenplay writer, played in the Un Certain Regard section at 68th Cannes Film Festival and went on to win FIPRESCI Jury as well as Promising Future prizes in the section. He is the lead writer and Executive Producer of Netflix India’s critically acclaimed original series, {Sacred Games}. He has won a National Film Award for his lyrics of the film, {Dum Laga Ke Haisha}. He has also written lyrics for cult albums like {Gangs of Wasseypur}, {Fan}, {Udta Punjaab}, and {Monica O My Darling}. {All India Rank} is Varun’s first feature film as a director.

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