AMAL

cast: Rupindra Nagra, Nasurdhin Shah, Roshan Seth

directed by Ritchie Mehta

With it being featured at film festivals all around, it was only a matter of time before this gem attracts the attention of moviegoers worldwide.

Director Richie Mehta brings together a talented cast for his new venture AMAL which goes on to win acclaims and win audiences at every festival it takes part in.

On the streets of New Delhi, every day is a struggle to survive. But AMAL, a simple, humble autorickshaw driver is content with the small but vital role he plays — to drive his customers throughout the city as efficiently and safely as possible.

Meanwhile, an eccentric old billionaire, G.K. JAYARAM, is burdened by his failing legacy — his children are ungrateful spoiled brats and his colleagues are corrupt money-sucking leeches. Despite all his wealth, Jayaram wanders the city masked as a vagrant searching to find the two things his money has never brought him – hope for humanity and peace for his soul.

Koel Purie in 'Amal'Following a tragic incident with a young beggar girl (PRIYA), Amal’s purpose is thrown into disarray. Compelled by his kind nature, Amal struggles, alongside the lovely merchant POOJA, to do whatever it takes to raise enough money to save the child’s life. This leads him to a chance encounter with G.K. Jayaram in his rickshaw, a drive which restores the old man’s faith. Days later, Jayaram passes away, and his children are shocked to discover the benefactor to their father’s fortune is the autorickshaw driver, Amal. As Jayaram’s lawyer, MS. AGARWAL, desperately tries to find Amal within the fixed timeframe in the Will, the children do everything in their power to prevent Amal from discovering and claiming the inheritance. VIVEK, Jayaram’s dangerously volatile son, and SURESH, his estranged best friend and long-term assistant, form a bond to intercept, and obliterate Amal’s chances of claiming the riches, leading each other down their own path of corruption.

As Amal continues to struggle, chaos ensues in G.K.’s upper caste family - the implications of which threaten to unravel his life and those around him. But just as destiny led Amal astray, it allows him to re-discover his purpose and find peace - something all the riches in the world could never have brought him.

The film stars the talents of Naserudhin Shah, Roshan Seth, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie while Rupindra Nagra plays the lead role of Amal.

Directed by canadian based film maker Richie Mehta, this one is a feature flick based on a short he had made a couple of years back with his brother.