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Iroller Media India’s Iroller Media and Entertainment has partnered with Helsinki-based Norse Key Productions to handle distribution of “Bicycle Thief” across Europe and the U.S.
Norse Key founder Maria Kivinen will oversee the distribution push for the film, directed by Darshan Ashwin Trivedi. This marks the first European-U.S. distribution deal for the Ahmedabad-based Iroller.
“Bicycle Thief” centres on Savji, a Dalit man who leaves the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in 1993, seeking work and dignity in Sanand, Ahmedabad after years under bonded labour. He pays INR200 (then $6.50) for a second-hand bicycle to secure a factory job, only to be arrested when police identify the bike as stolen. He spends two days in custody maintaining his innocence before his life ends in tragedy. A parallel present-day strand follows a filmmaker named Rahul piecing together the truth of what happened to Savji. Director Trivedi spent close to a decade researching the real incident on which the film is based, which he has described as an unresolved case forgotten from Dalit history.
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