MUMBAI: Picture Thoughts‘ first venture Bhindi Baazaar will be screened at the 67th Venice Film Festival that will go underway from 1 to 11 September.

The thriller is a realistic and gripping account of politics set in the backdrop of the underbelly of Mumbai pick-pockets in the infamous and densely populated area of Mumbai‘s Bhindi Baazar.

"It‘s an honour to be a part of the prestigious Venice Film Festival this year. The type of exposure Bhindi Baazaar will amass on this platform will help create a strong buzz among the international and Indian audiences about the film," said Picture Thoughts producer and chairman Karan Arora.

Directed by Ankush Bhatt, the film stars Kay Kay Menon, Prashant Narayanan, Piyush Mishra, Pawan Malhotra, Shilpa Shukla, Deepti Naval, Shweta Verma, Vedita, Gautam Sharma and debutant American artiste Caterina Lopez.