A warm tale of life and relationships, embedded in Indian culture and Hindu rituals. Daya, a 77-year-old father, and Rajiv, his over-worked accountant son, journey to the eponymous Hotel Salvation in the awe-inspiring holy city of Varanasi. Rajiv struggles with anxieties about his responsibilities back home, while Daya (whose prophetic dream about his own death led them there) starts to bloom in the hotel as he befriends a delightful widow. The simple pleasures of this timeless city are explored as father and son belatedly come to know each other in the enforced intimacy... of their cramped hotel room and the teaming streets. With superb performances from renowned actors Adil Hussain (Life of Pi), Lalit Behl (Titli) and Geetanjali Kulkarni (Court), this gentle and tender multi award-winning film will make you laugh and cry. Extras: Presented in High Definition Q+A with director Shubhashish Bhutiani and producer Sanjay Bhutiani (2017, 17 mins) Kush (2013, 20 mins): director Shubhashish Bhutiani's award-winning short film Varanasi (1901, 2 mins): archive film shot on the banks of the holy city of Varanasi The Making of Hotel Salvation (2016, 11 mins) Original Trailer Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits [show more]
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Indian comedy directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani and starring Adil Hussain and Lalit Behl. Elderly Daya (Behl) has what he seems to believe is a prophetic dream concerning his death which leads him to seek out the holy city of Varanasi where Hindus believe salvation awaits those who die. To this end he asks that his son Rajiv (Hussain) accompany him there but Rajiv is a busy accountant with a family to keep. Nonetheless, Rajiv decides to take his father to Varanasi and honour his wish to die there, but as father and son arrive and mingle with other visitors to the city Daya seems no closer to death's door.
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