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{{Infobox film
| name = Nirvana Inn
| image = Nirvana Inn poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Vijay Jayapal]]
| producer = Harsh Agarwal Aditya Grover Manoj Poosappan Mathivanan Rajendran Stephen Zacharias
| writer = Vijay Jayapal
| starring = [[Adil Hussain]] [[Rajshri Deshpande]] [[Sandhya Mridul]]
| music =
| cinematography = Jayanth Mathavan
| editing =
| runtime = 115 min
| studio = [[Stray Factory]] Uncombed Buddha Stop Whinging Harman Ventures 
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|10|6|[[24th Busan International Film Festival|Busan]]|2020|12|11}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Nirvana Inn''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Vijay Jayapal]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/adil-hussains-raahgir-nirvana-inn-set-for-world-premiere-at-busan-international-film-festival/articleshow/71357561.cms|title=Adil Hussain's 'Raahgir', 'Nirvana Inn' set for world premiere at Busan International Film Festival|work=The Times of India|date=29 September 2019|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> and produced by [[Stray Factory]], Uncombed Buddha, Stop Whinging and Harman Ventures. The film stars [[Adil Hussain]], [[Rajshri Deshpande]] and [[Sandhya Mridul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/a-look-at-the-indian-films-at-the-busan-international-film-festival-2019-the-sky-is-pink-aadhaar|title=A Look At The Indian Films At The Busan International Film Festival 2019|publisher=Film Companion|date=7 September 2019|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-sacred-games-rajshri-despande-to-make-cameo-in-priyanka-chopra-farhan-akhtar-starrer-the-sky-is-pink-2688562|title='Sacred Games' Rajshri Despande to make cameo in Priyanka Chopra-Farhan Akhtar starrer 'The Sky Is Pink'|work=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> It follows the story of a boatman who becomes the caretaker of a Himalayan resort after an attempted suicide.<ref name=variety>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/adil-hussain-checks-into-jayapal-horror-feature-nirvana-1202966709/|title=Adil Hussain Checks Into Jayapal's Horror Feature 'Nirvana Inn'|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|website=Variety|date=6 October 2018|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>

''Nirvana Inn'' was one of the 29 projects selected for the program, Busan Asian Project Market at the [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/asian-project-market-selects-29-projects-for-2018/5131427.article|title=Asian Project Market selects 29 projects for 2018|last=Dalton|first=Ben|work=Screen Daily|date=3 August 2018|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> It premiered under the "A Window on Asian Cinema" section at the [[24th Busan International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/adil-hussains-raahgir-nirvana-inn-set-for-world-premiere-at-busan-international-film-festival/1629430|title=Adil Hussain''s ''Raahgir'', ''Nirvana Inn'' set for world premiere at Busan International Film Festival|work=Outlook|date=28 September 2019|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> The film was released on OTT platform ''Cinemapreneur'' on 11 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/how-the-supernatural-in-adil-hussain-nirvana-inn-to-screen-for-99-hours-stems-from-the-real-7097745/|title=How the supernatural in Adil Hussain's Nirvana Inn stems from the real|date=9 December 2020}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Adil Hussain]] as Jogiraj Chakraborty
* [[Rajshri Deshpande]] as Mohini
* [[Sandhya Mridul]] as Leela
* Sandeep Mahajan as Husband

== Production ==
Director Vijay Jayapal said that the idea of the film came to his mind after reading an article about the [[Germanwings Flight 9525]] crash where the pilot had crashed the plane, since he was having some suicidal thoughts.<ref name=fc>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/nirvana-inn-horror-adil-hussain-vijay-jayapal-busan-international-film-festival|title=Spooky Adil Hussain-Starrer 'Nirvana Inn' Explores What It's Like To Be Haunted By Your Past|last=Sequiera|first=Gayle|website=Film Companion|date=7 October 2019|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> He said, "I was quite intrigued and disturbed by this story and the underlying themes of death and guilt."<ref name=variety/> He then worked on the story for the next year and a half with an idea to make ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' meets ''[[Winter Sleep (film)|Winter Sleep]]''.<ref name=fc/> Principal photography began in October 2018 in [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Kerala]].<ref name=variety/> Talking about the films title, Vijay said "[it] was a deliberate choice of title. It refers to the cycle of birth and death and reincarnation."<ref name=fc/>

Jayapal had heard a series of strange growls from the roof on a resort in Kerala where he was on a family trip. He decided to used them into the film to show the character's guilt. He said, "You don’t know whether the growling is real or just in his mind. It’s meant to amplify his fear."<ref name=fc/> After scouting for locations in Lonavala and Uttarakhand, Jayapal settled for a hotel in Manali for the film's setting.<ref name=fc/> He wrote the dialogues of the film in a mix of Hindi and Assamese feeling that the "story determines the language because language is the tool used to communicate the story."<ref name=fc/> Most of the scenes in the film were shot during the day of Manali's winter in 2018.<ref name=fc/> The film ran out of funds for the post production process when they received a grant from the Asian Cinema Fund, with which he finished the film's sound mixing and colour grading.<ref name=fc/>

==Reception==
Anupam Kant Verma of ''[[First Post]]'' wrote: "Adil Hussain-starrer works best when exploring its protagonist’s tortured psyche."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/nirvana-inn-movie-review-adil-hussain-starrer-works-best-when-exploring-its-protagonists-tortured-psyche-7585211.html|title='Nirvana Inn' review: Adil Hussain-starrer works best when exploring its protagonist's tortured psyche|last=Verma|first=Anupam|work=First Post|date=27 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

Arunkumar Shekhar of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote: "A thriller at a surface level that is wholly enjoyable for the way it uses a lot of Hitchcockian elements in the script like Tamil films and serials of yore."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/oct/12/nirvana-inn-review-an-existential-film-masquerading-as-a-horror-thriller-2046228.html|title='Nirvana Inn' review: An existential film masquerading as a horror thriller|last=Shekhar|first=Arunkumar|work=The New Indian Express|date=12 October 2019|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|tt9890322}}

[[Category:Films shot in Manali, Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kerala]]
[[Category:Films set in Manali, Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian psychological horror films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:2019 direct-to-video films]]

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