''Le Musk'' is an 2022 Indian

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thriller film co-produced and directed by film composer

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. The film stars

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, Munirih Grace and Mariam Zohrabyan. A preview of ''Le Musk'' was shown 27 April 2017 at the ‘NAB’, Las Vegas in a room with multi-sensory 'Positron Voyager' VR motion platform. At 72nd Cannes Film Festival, Rahman unveiled 'Scent of a song' from the film.

Plot

The film follows the journey of an orphaned child, full-time heiress and part-time musician, who grows up to be a diva on a mission. All through, she has one constant companion – the lingering Muskan scent. However, her life takes a dramatic turn when she receives an anonymous message, which brings back her mysterious past.

Cast

as Juliet *

* Munirih Grace * Mariam Zohrabyan * Edoardo Landolfi

Production

Development

In 2015,

was planning to create a theatre with projections all around and scent added to it, after being suggested by his wife Saira to make a film on perfumes. Three months later, someone gave Rahman a

gear which prompted him and his wife to make a virtual reality film based on perfumes. In order to blend the

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element in his film, Rahman got in touch with Grace Boyle, who is the founder director of Feelies, a London based company that has developed the technology to disperse scent during a film.

Filming

The entire film was shot in

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in a span of 13 days using a pair of Jaunt ONE cameras, with each of them being fitted with 24 camera sensors so as to capture 8K quality video.

References

External links

*{{imdb title, tt6299578 *https://www.facebook.com/LeMuskTheFilm/ Upcoming films English-language Indian films Films scored by A. R. Rahman Films set in Rome Entertainment One films Virtual reality films Films set in Italy Films shot in Rome Films shot in Italy