The Rotterdam festival is a unique and treasured place because it gives talented filmmakers a gamut of films making process, from advising on scripts, marketing of films, gaining contracts and finance provided by Hubert Bals funds to deserving Films.
'Shoonya' is considererd to be a modern-day interpretation of T.S Eliot's ‘Murder in the Cathedral' Arindam's Story & screenplay explores the subject of guilt, paranoia of life & honour in the public domain in the context of India.
The director uses the money generating spectrum of sports (cricket in India), in which the conscience ends up being a pawn in the hands of outside forces and vested interest. The film is based on the life of a cricket star and his tryst with fame and adulation.
The star cast has power house performers like Nasseruddin Shah, Kay Kay Menon, Tulip Joshi, Seema Biswas & Satish Kaushik & Ninad Kamat.