Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla is an accomplished film-maker and author of the critically acclaimed novel, Ode to Lata. He wrote and produced the film adaptation of Ode to Lata, and has just completed his forthcoming film, Embrace. Dhalla’s work has been celebrated at The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in New York and Yale University’s prestigious Master’s Tea.
<p>A sensual and searing exploration of desire, infidelity and faith, The Exiles draws inspiration from archetypal Hindu mythology and romantic Sufi poetry, evoking unforgettable characters to explore how with a new world come new freedoms, and with them, the choices that could change everything we know about those we thought we knew, including ourselves. Pooja Kapoor, a betrayed wife and mother, begins to question her beliefs and marriage when she discovers that her husband Rahul has fallen in love with a young Muslim man. Lonely and desperate for divine intervention, she is forced to confront painful truths about the past to make sense of the present. Narrated from the perspective of the wife, husband and lover, The Exiles is a classic tale of love and loss set in Kenya, India and finally, Los Angeles.<br></p>
