The film is about a young man quite literally born with the ability to feel no pain strikes out on a quest to vanquish 100 foes.
Featuring Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan, Mahesh Manjrekar and Gulshan Devaiah.
It is directed by Vasan Bala, a frequent Anurag Kashyap collaborator whose recent writing credits include Raman Raghav 2.0 and Bombay Velvet. This is the second film by the filmmaker whose 2012 debut film Peddlers at Festival de Cannes was a double nominee.
Watch his thank you speech here.
A thank you speech by @Vasan_Bala for @Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at #TIFF18.
THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN | MARD KO DARD NAHI HOTA wins!@Abhimannyu_D @radhikamadan01 @RonnieScrewvala @RSVPMovies @bhagyashree123 @mmadnesstiff @TIFF_NET!pic.twitter.com/u7aWM0iZVx
— film tribe (@filmtribe_us) September 17, 2018
The first review at TIFF 2018 for the underdog was impressive.
“What I didn’t expect was how oddly sweet it is, and how Dassani’s warmth makes Surya more idealistic dope than hapless fool.” Now Toronto
Check out pictures from the premiere here, courtesy Prerna Saigal.
