Filmmaker Hansal Mehta on Friday announced that his upcoming directorial venture Faraaz will be screened at the 2022 edition of the BFI London Film Festival. Backed by filmmaker Anubhav Sinha and producer Bhushan Kumar, the film will feature the Holi Artisan cafe attack that rocked Bangladesh in 2016. Mehta, known for critical hits like Shahid, Aligarh, Omerta and the popular web series Scam 1992, shared the news on Instagram. 

"Honored and grateful to have been selected for our labor of love #Faraaz at the BFI London Film Festival 2022. A lot of passion, patience and perseverance has brought us this far. A massive thank you to the entire team that made this possible," the filmmaker wrote alongside a photo from the film's sets. Faraaz will mark late actor Shashi Kapoor's grandson, Zahan Kapoor’s debut and will also feature Aditya Rawal, son of actors Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Rawal.