Anuparna Roy returns to Venice competition with Lovers In The Blue Night
Issued: 24/Jul/2026, The Indian Express. Online. New Delhi, India.
A year after winning the Venice International Film Festival’s Orizzonti Best Director award for her debut Songs Of Forgotten Trees, filmmaker Anuparna Roy’s sophomore feature has been selected for the festival’s competition section.
Writer-director Anuparna Roy’s relationship with the Venice International Film Festival is proving to be more than a one-off success. A year after winning the Best Director award in the Orizzonti section for her debut feature Songs Of Forgotten Trees last year, the filmmaker will return to the festival with her sophomore outing, Lovers In The Blue Night, which has been selected for the same competitive section.
Set against the backdrop of Mumbai’s restless nights, Lovers In The Blue Night follows the intertwined lives of four migrants—a closeted husband, his lonely wife who works at a bar, a small-time thief and a pimp—whose paths cross through unexpected love, survival and forbidden desire.