After being rejected by several stars and producers, Pawan Kumar made Lucia by inviting people to fund his film through his blog, Project Lucia, in April 2012.
Despite winning awards and appreciation at the London Film Festival, distributors shunned the film and it was struggling to find
Now, PVR has come forward to release it under their Director’s Rare category across Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Delhi and NCR. The film will have English subtitles.
Lucia will be the first Kannada film to be part of Director’s Rare and also the first Kannada film to have a countrywide release.
Directed by Pawan Kumar, Lucia stars Sathish Neenasam and Sruti Hariharan. Music is by Poornachandra Tejaswi and cinematography by Siddhartha Nuni.
Lucia: An indpendent Kannada film funded by common people
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'Irfan Khan loved my acting in Lucia'
Lucia: An indpendent Kannada film funded by common people
'Working with Ang Lee on Life of Pi was an amazing experience'