Toronto (UNI) ‘Bombay Rose’, an animated feature film capturing the spirit of Mumbai and sparkle of Bollywood was screened at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, becoming only the second animation feature film from India to be shown at the North American festival.
Directed by Mumbai-based animator, actor and filmmaker Gitanjali Rao, ‘Bombay Rose’ tells the poignant love story of a young club dancer living in the streets of Mumbai and a Kashmiri boy orphaned by militancy. Part of the Contemporary World Cinema section of the Toronto festival, ‘Bombay Rose’ is a frame-by-frame painted movie.

‘Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya’ by Shilpa Ranade, premiered at the Toronto festival’s TIFF Kids programme in 2013, was the first Indian animated feature film to be screened in Toronto.