Vikas Khanna's directorial debut film

Los Angeles, December 17: Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna directorial inspection feature film "The Last Color", starring Neena Gupta, will have its world premiere at the prestigious 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019. The film will be screened thrice during the festival being held from January 3-14, 2019. The film is under the competition category - New Voices New Vision.

The movie, which marks Vikas inspection as a director and screenwriter, is based on his bestselling book by the same name."The Last Color" is the story of Chhoti (Aqsa Siddiqui) - a nine-year-old flower seller and tightrope walker who befriends Noor (Neena Gupta), a 70-year-old widow living a life of complete sobriety.

Chhoti promises to bring a ray of hope in the life of Noor. Besides Neena and Aqsa, the film also stars transgender activist Rudrani Chettri. The teaser of the film was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and marked Vikas fourth appearance at the fest. The film has been shot by Subhranshu Das and produced by Bindu Khanna, Poonam Kaul and Jitendra Mishra under the banner of House Of Omkar."The Last Color" is inspired by the real-life experiences observed by Vikas while researching food and culture for his books and TV shows. He was shooting for Holi for his book "Utsav: A Culinary Epic of Indian Festivals" in Vrindavan when he witnessed a desolate sight - everyone was playing with colors during the festival except for the widows who were dressed in white and watching the celebrations from their balconies and terraces.