Lakadbaggha to premiere at the prestigious Indisches Film Festival Stuttgart

Indian film Lakadbaggha has made it to the 20th Stuttgart Film Festivalin Germany. The film is part of the world's first animal-lovervigilante universe Lakadbaggha-1. The festival will also showcase the Oscar-nominated Indian documentary All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen amongst many other gems.

Lakadbaggha (Hyena) - an action film set in Kolkata is about protecting indie dogs andanimals at large. The film stars Anshuman Jha, Ridhi Dogra andMilind Soman. It made a lot of noise earlier this year with its theatrical release after opening at the Kolkata International Film Festival in December last year. The film fetched Anshuman JhaBest Actor Award at the HBO South Asian Film Festival in New York.

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

The film is set to release in India on ZEE5. The announcement for the same was shared by the platform and the actor on World Environment Day on June 5.

Anshuman andRidhi are scheduled to travel to Germany for the festival. Anshuman Jha said, "We are excited andgrateful that our love letter to dogs is breaking the language barrier andwill reach an audience in Germany. Animal trafficking andcruelty 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 andstoked to be there for our Europeanpremiere."

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