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{{Short description|2024 romantic crime drama film by Konstantin Bojanov}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Shameless
| image = The Shameless (2024 film) poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Promotional release poster
| director = [[Konstantin Bojanov]]
| producer =
| writer = Konstantin Bojanov
| starring = [[Anasuya Sengupta (actress)|Anasuya Sengupta]] Omara Shetty
| music = Petar Dundakov
| cinematography = Gabriel Lobos
| editing = Tom Lin
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2024|05|17|[[2024 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]}}
| runtime = 115 minutes
| country = India Switzerland France Bulgaria Taiwan
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''The Shameless''''' is a 2024 Hindi-language [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Crime film|crime]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed and written by [[Konstantin Bojanov]].<ref name=SD1>{{cite web | first=Amber | last=Wilkinson | url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-shameless-cannes-review/5193205.article | title='The Shameless': Cannes Review" | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526182909/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-shameless-cannes-review/5193205.article |archivedate=26 May 2024 | work=[[Screen Daily]] | date=17 May 2024}}</ref> It premiered at the [[2024 Cannes Film Festival]].

==Plot==
Renuka escapes from a brothel in [[Delhi]] after killing a police officer. She starts a romance with Devika, a 17-year-old girl, after seeking refuge in a [[devadasi]] community in southern India.

==Cast==
* [[Anasuya Sengupta (actress)|Anasuya Sengupta]] as Renuka<ref name="Cineuropa">{{cite web|title=The Shameless |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/461817/ |website=[[Cineuropa]] |date=2024 |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref>
* Omara as Devika

==Production==
Bojanov acquired the film rights to [[William Dalrymple]]'s ''[[Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India]]''. Bojanov planned on making a documentary based on four stories in the book. Bojanov toured India and started filming in [[Karnataka]] in 2014. He planned on using the footage to obtain financing for a feature-length documentary.<ref name="variety">{{Cite news |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=18 May 2024 |title=How India-Set Nepal-Shot 'The Shameless' Transitioned From Documentary to Adult Animation to Cannes Un Certain Regard Fiction Feature |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/the-shameless-cannes-un-certain-regard-1236007338/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520173802/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/the-shameless-cannes-un-certain-regard-1236007338/ |archive-date=20 May 2024}}</ref>

Bojanov transformed the project away from being a documentary due to the difficulty of making a film in three languages and that it would be "impossible unless I moved to India". He considered making an animated film due to difficulties obtaining financial support. He later abandoned that idea, but met Anasuya Sengupta, a character visualizer and production designer, and cast her to play the lead role.<ref name="variety" /> It took over eight months for the two lead roles to be cast.<ref name="cannes" />

Frederic Corvez and Maeva Savinien obtained $868,000 in financing for the film from Klas Film, House on Fire, and Akka Films. Additional financing was obtained from The Production Headquarters. The film was shot in Kathmandu, Nepal, as filming in India cost more after the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="variety" />

==Release==
''The Shameless'' was shown at the [[2024 Cannes Film Festival]] in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section on 17 May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|date=8 May 2024 |title=The Screenings Guide of the 77th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2024/the-screenings-guide-of-the-77th-festival-de-cannes/ |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508200110/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2024/the-screenings-guide-of-the-77th-festival-de-cannes/ |archive-date=8 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="cannes">{{Cite news |date=17 May 2024 |title=The Shameless, as seen by Konstantin Bojanov |work=[[Cannes Film Festival]] |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2024/the-shameless-as-seen-by-konstantin-bojanov/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520181332/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2024/the-shameless-as-seen-by-konstantin-bojanov/ |archive-date=20 May 2024}}</ref> One of Bojanov's previous films, ''[[Avé (film)|Avé]]'', was also shown at Cannes.<ref name="variety" /> The film has been selected for the [[MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024]] under the Focus South Asia section.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2024-10-10 |title='All We Imagine as Light,' 'Anora' to Bookend Mumbai Film Festival |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/all-we-imagine-as-light-anora-mumbai-film-festival-1236174127/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Ceremony date
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" | Ref.
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2" | [[2024 Cannes Film Festival|24 May 2024]]
| ''[[Un Certain Regard]]''
| ''The Shameless''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| ''Un Certain Regard'' – Best Performance{{efn|Shared with Abou Sangare for ''[[The Story of Souleymane]]''.}}
| [[Anasuya Sengupta (actress)|Anasuya Sengupta]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lodge|first=Guy|date=24 May 2023|title=Cannes Film Festival: 'Black Dog' Wins Un Certain Regard Award|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/cannes-film-festival-un-certain-regard-awards-1236015816/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=24 May 2023|archive-date=26 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526183603/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=variety.com&us_privacy=1---&gpp=DBABBg~BUoAAAJY.QA&gpp_sid=8|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

== Reception ==
A review in [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] noted, "A remarkable lead performance illuminates radical visions of Indian womanhood"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Adlakha |first=Siddhant |date=2024-05-17 |title='The Shameless' Review: A Remarkable Lead Performance Illuminates Radical Visions of Indian Womanhood |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-shameless-review-1236005411/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |magazine=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> while ''[[Screen Rant]]'' wrote, "While the plot becomes rather too overwrought for its own good – perhaps a result of the being in development since 2016 – Sengupta is never less than compelling in her first screen role."<ref name=SD1 />

A positive review in CineEuropa stated, "Despite the punchy opening shots, promising more dynamics, the charismatic protagonist and the brave portrayal of a lesbian romance in an Indian setting, which feels like a breakthrough, ''The Shameless'' relies on a conventional fable-like plot that might become tedious at times, given its predictability as well – it's clear to everyone that such a story cannot end well. But there is more to it."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Review: The Shameless |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/462439/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref> ''In Review Online'' was very critical of the overall production, and wrote, "''The Shameless'' is overstuffed, hurdling from plot point to plot point with no attention to subtlety, character development, or plausible behavior."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorham |first=Luke |date=2024-05-21 |title=The Shameless — Konstantin Bojanov [Cannes '24 Review] |url=https://inreviewonline.com/2024/05/21/the-shameless/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=In Review Online |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|15437986|The Shameless}}

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