Anshuman Jha's Lakadbaggha to have it's European premiere at Indisches Film Festival Stuttgart

Anshuman Jha's Lakadbaggha has become the only action film to screen at the 20th Stuttgart Film Festival, in Germany. The film is part-1 of the world's first animal-lover vigilante universe. The festival will also showcase the Oscar-nominated Indian documentary All that Breathesby Shaunak Sen amongst many other gems.

Lakadbaggha (Hyena) - an action film set in Kolkata is about protecting indie dogs & animals at large and stars Anshuman Jha, Ridhi Dogra & Milind Soman. It made a lot of noise earlier this year with its theatrical release after opening at the Kolkata International Film Festival in December 2022.

The film also fetched the Best Actor award for Jha at the HBO South Asian Film Festival in New York.

The action sequences in the film have been unanimously lauded for their authenticity and for the believable hand-to-hand combat sequences. Jha trained in Krav-Maga with Tsahi Shemesh (who has previously trained the Avengers cast) in New York and the film had action by the cult action master of 'Ong-Bak' Kecha Kamphakdee. The sequel of the film is being written by Sourav Ghosh and will be going on the floors at the end of this year.

Anshuman andRidhi are scheduled to travel to Germany for the festival. Jha expressed joy and said, "We are excited & grateful that our love letter to dogs is breaking the language barrier & will reach an audience in Germany. Animal trafficking & cruelty is a grave environmental issue andI am happy that the festival is giving a voice to the voiceless. This is a shot in the arm as we prep for a bigger Part-2. We are Thankful to the selection committee at Stuttgart & stoked to be there for our European Premiere."

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