Delhi’s on a regular basis chaos is the set off for black comedy “Tyres Will Be Deflated,” the debut characteristic from filmmaker Rohan Ranganathan.
Developed by Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann’s Kiterabbit Movies, the award-winning manufacturing home behind Academy Award nominated documentary “All That Breathes” and Berlinale 2025 title “Shadowbox.” The venture makes its market debut at WAVES Movie Bazaar, the market part of the Worldwide Movie Competition of India (IFFI), Goa, the place the workforce is looking for early financing and partnerships.
Within the movie the lifetime of a conflict-averse school professor begins to unravel over a seemingly trivial, however more and more hostile, parking dispute together with his highly effective neighbor. What begins as a petty territorial battle mutates right into a spiralling cycle of retributions, escalating from passive-aggressive jabs to acts of destruction and damage. Because the feud intensifies, the professor’s makes an attempt at sustaining dignity and order collapse, dragging him towards an absurd, self-inflicted downfall.
Producers say the movie faucets into the risky micro-politics of middle-class Delhi, the place cramped city residing, social hierarchy, and on a regular basis stressors can flip the mundane into the flamable. “Rohan has an instinctive grasp of this world,” says producer Aman Mann. “For years he’s instructed us tales from his neighborhood – every another ridiculous, extra sharply noticed than the final. We knew these anecdotes have been the seed of a narrative that might be wickedly humorous and painfully trustworthy.”
Ranganathan has a decade-long affiliation with Kiterabbit, becoming a member of as an assistant director on the acclaimed documentary “Cities of Sleep.” He later served as affiliate director on “All That Breathes,” which gained finest documentary at each Sundance and Cannes. “From his earliest days on the movie, we witnessed his robust artistic instincts and deep understanding of Delhi’s milieu. Supporting him as he steps into fiction seems like a pure evolution,” says Mann.
Within the scripting stage, Kiterabbit Movies is growing the venture in-house, with plans to maneuver into manufacturing within the second half of 2026. WAVES Movie Bazaar marks the workforce’s first cease in securing financing.
Having beforehand produced “Shadowbox,” Mann and Sen say they’re exploring a number of financing pathways and hope to construct a global partnership mannequin. Kiterabbit Movies is presently growing initiatives which have acquired grants from IDFA, Catapult, Doc Society and Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund.
