A noir indie film, starring Adil Hussain, attempts to penetrate cloudy, mysterious Meghalaya | North East India News, The Indian Express

A noir indie film, starring Adil Hussain, attempts to penetrate cloudy, mysterious Meghalaya | North East India News, The Indian Express

Written by Tora Agarwala |Guwahati |Updated: August 30, 2018 8:31:10 pm

A noir indie film, starring Adil Hussain, attempts to penetrate cloudy, mysterious Meghalaya

In Wanphrang K Diengdoh’s Lorni — The Flaneur set in Shillong, Adil Hussain plays a detective tracking down ‘stolen objects’. In the process, he finds a lot more than that.

A still from Wanphrang K Diengdoh’s Lorni-The Flaneur starring Adil Hussain.

Everything about Wanphrang K Diengdoh’s latest film, from the locales (the rain-washed Northeastern hill station of Shillong) to the music (“street”) to the protagonist (an out-of-work-detective trying to track down ‘stolen objects’) to the language (a blend of English, Hindi but also, Khasi), screams exotic. Add Adil Hussain into the fray, and the enigma is undeniable. However, for 33-year-old Diengdoh, Lorni — The Flaneur, set to be released at the end of the year, strictly stays away from “romanticising, exoticising and creating a spectacle out of the area/people.” And there are multiple ways how.