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Directed by Shonali Bose, the film is a love story of motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary’s parents, played by Priyanka and Farhan Akhtar. Aisha was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. The news was shared on the official website of the movie gala, which is scheduled to run through September 5 to 15.
“Shonali Bose’s ‘The Sky is Pink’, starring Zaira Wasim, Rohit Saraf, @PriyankaChopraJonas, and Farhan Akhtar. #TIFF19,” read the tweet on TIFF’s official Twitter page, which also shared a still from the film.
The logline of the film on TIFF website reads: “A recently deceased teenage daughter narrates her parents’ poignant, affecting, and inspiring romance, in this unexpectedly humorous love story from Shonali Bose, inspired by the life of late Indian author and motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary.”
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It is scheduled for an October 11 release. Apart from The Sky is Pink, Taika Waititi-directed Jojo Rabbit; documentary Western Stars directed by Thom Zimny and Bruce Springsteen; Hustlers, starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu; DreamWorks’ animation feature Abominable, and Tom Hanks’ A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood will also have their world premiere at TIFF 2019.