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Delhi\u2019s everyday chaos is the trigger for black comedy \u201cTyres Will Be Deflated,\u201d the debut feature from filmmaker Rohan Ranganathan.<\/p>\n
Developed by Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann\u2019s Kiterabbit Films, the award-winning production house behind Academy Award nominated documentary \u201cAll That Breathes\u201d and Berlinale 2025 title \u201cShadowbox.\u201d The project makes its market debut at WAVES Film Bazaar, the market component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, where the team is seeking early financing and partnerships.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n In the film the life of a conflict-averse college professor begins to unravel over a seemingly trivial, but increasingly hostile, parking dispute with his powerful neighbor. What starts as a petty territorial conflict mutates into a spiralling cycle of retributions, escalating from passive-aggressive jabs to acts of destruction and ruin. As the feud intensifies, the professor\u2019s attempts at maintaining dignity and order collapse, dragging him toward an absurd, self-inflicted downfall.<\/p>\n Producers say the film taps into the volatile micro-politics of middle-class Delhi, where cramped urban living, social hierarchy, and everyday stressors can turn the mundane into the combustible. \u201cRohan has an instinctive grasp of this world,\u201d says producer Aman Mann. \u201cFor years he\u2019s told us stories from his neighborhood \u2013 each one more ridiculous, more sharply observed than the last. We knew these anecdotes were the seed of a story that could be wickedly funny and painfully honest.\u201d<\/p>\n Ranganathan has a decade-long association with Kiterabbit, joining as an assistant director on the acclaimed documentary \u201cCities of Sleep.\u201d He later served as associate director on \u201cAll That Breathes,\u201d which won best documentary at both Sundance and Cannes. \u201cFrom his earliest days on the film, we witnessed his strong creative instincts and deep understanding of Delhi\u2019s milieu.\u00a0Supporting him as he steps into fiction feels like a natural evolution,\u201d says Mann.<\/p>\n In the scripting stage, Kiterabbit Films is developing the project in-house, with plans to move into production in the second half of 2026. WAVES Film Bazaar marks the team\u2019s first stop in securing financing.<\/p>\n Having previously produced \u201cShadowbox,\u201d Mann and Sen say they are exploring multiple financing pathways and hope to build an international partnership model. Kiterabbit Films is currently developing projects that have received grants from IDFA, Catapult, Doc Society and Busan\u2019s Asian Cinema Fund.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delhi\u2019s everyday chaos is the trigger for black comedy \u201cTyres Will Be Deflated,\u201d the debut feature from filmmaker Rohan Ranganathan. 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