Filmmaker Mira Nair revealed the first look for her next feature, Amri, exclusively with Variety. The film is inspired by the life and art of Amrita Sher-Gil, the pioneering woman of modern art in India, whose bold aesthetic shook up the establishment during her lifetime and has achieved high stature and value in art circles around the world today. Set across Hungary, France and India in the early twentieth century, the film traces the worlds of Europe and India that shaped Sher-Gil’s imagination and her artistic vision. The film is currently being produced across India and Hungary. The ensemble cast features Anjali Sivaraman as Amrita Sher-Gil, alongside Emily Watson as her mother, Marie-Antoinette Gottesman, Jaideep Ahlawat as her father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, Krisztián Csákvári as Victor Egan, Anjana Vasan as Indira Sher-Gil, Jim Sarbh as Karl Khandalavala and Priyanka Chopra-Jonas as Madame Azurie.
Priyanka Chopra-Jonas also serves as an Executive Producer on the film.
