Applause Entertainment’s ‘The Rapist’ wins Kim Jiseok Award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival 2021

Bagging international acclaim, Aparna Sen’s The Rapist has won the top award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival. Co-produced by Applause Entertainment and Quest Films, the movie features standout performances by Konkana Sen Sharma, Arjun Rampal and Tanmay Dhanania.

The hard-hitting movie premiered at the renowned film festival under the section of ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ on 7th October. The gripping Indian social drama is about a middle-class academic who wants her rapist, to whom she has fallen pregnant, to tell her why he committed such a crime. Recognised as a critically acclaimed production house, Applause Entertainment also produced the widely appreciated web series Scam 1992.