New Delhi: Four directors collaborated on 'Bombay Talkies' and the film received critical acclaim from all quarters. Now, eleven filmmakers from different parts of India have come together for a never-seen-before cinematic experience as they collaborate on one single film about one filmmaker.
'X' is a filmmaker's journey through his past encounters with his 10 ex-girlfriends as he spends one unusual night at a film festival after he meets a mysterious girl who intriguingly seems to have something to do with every woman in his life.
The eleven directors who are collaborating on the film have worked on different films in the past and have been successful in their ventures.
Abhinav Shiv Tiwari (Oass), Anu Menon (London Paris New York), Hemant Gaba (Shuttlecock Boys), Pratim D Gupta (Paanch Adhyay), Q (Gandu), Raja Sen (film critic and writer), Rajshree Ojha (Aisha), Sandeep Mohan (Love, Wrinkle Free), Sudhish Kamath (Good Night Good Morning), Suparn Verma (Aatma) and Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aaranya Kaandam) will write and direct individual segments as writer-director K (Rajat Kapoor) goes back in time as memories of his 10 ex-girlfriends haunt him over the course of one night....
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