Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri‘s Mohammad and Urvashi has released digitally on Humaramovie. The short film depicts the inner conflict of a God-fearing man who has surrendered himself to his religion and his human side that leads him astray, who he believes is the Devil. The film features acclaimed actors Mayukh Ray, Manoj Raghubir Sharma, and Khushboo Upadhyay.
Having garnered appreciation and critical acclaim at many prestigious film festivals, Mohammad and Urvashi, revolves around religion, greed, lust, sin, spirituality and time.
Vivek Agnihotri is upbeat about the film’s digital release prospects and said:
“Fundamentalism in religion and fear of Sin has always bothered me. I wanted to probe the role of greed, lust, fear, sin creatively. Here Mohammad is a metaphor for faith and Urvashi of illusion. In a battle of fundamentalism and illusion who wins? Or is it the third dimension. Since I announced this film, a certain section has been threatening me for using ‘Mohammad’ in my film. I am receiving such threats every day. And this proves my point exactly that fundamentalism and marketing of religion has made us blind but to run a society we need rationality”.
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The film has travelled and won awards at various film festivals across the country like Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 17, Calcutta Cult International Film Festival 2017, 6th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival 17, 6th Bangalore Shorts International Film Festival, Global Impact International Film Festival 2017, 6th Delhi International Short Film Festival 17, AAB International Film Festival 2017, 6th Mumbai Shorts International Film festival.
