Priyanka Chopra’s Marathi production Ventilator will be screened at the upcoming Jio MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival. Ventilator is written and directed by Ferrari ki Sawari director Rajesh Mapuskar.
Every year, the Kamerkar family comes together in their ancestral village to celebrate, with aplomb, the Ganpati festival. This year, with three days to go for the festival, a doyen of the family, the much-loved Gajju kaka, goes into a coma. He is put on life support – the ventilator. Chaos ensues.
Gajju kaka is in a hospital in Mumbai. From Mumbai, from the coastal village of the Karmekar clan, from the United States of America, family members pour into the hospital. The hospital reception and corridors become the venues for comic mishaps, arguments, religious endeavours and reconciliation.
By the time the ever-generous elephant God arrives in the homes of his earthly flock, more than one member of the Karmekar family has been taught a valuable life lesson by the ventilator.
Speaking about the film’s premiere at the 18th Mumbai Film Fest, Mapuskar said in a statement, “I am glad that MAMI has provided this new platform for Marathi cinema and they are hosting the world premiere of Ventilator. I am excited.”
The film will be screened under the section Marathi Talkies.
