Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) will be one of the best films you will see this year. I don't say this easily; I've seen it four times already. Watch this movie with your parents. This wonderful film in Hindi, a delicate, pensive, very funny reflection on death - and life - is directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani, who is just 25. Such a mature and philosophical debut feature, set in small town Varanasi, augurs well for the future of Indian film. The film won the CICT-UNESCO Award at the Venice Film Festival, and two National Film Award Special Mentions, for the film, as well as for actor Adil Hussain. Bhutiani studied film at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and his previous short, Kush, had also won the Orizzonti Prize for Best Short Film at Venice. Mukti Bhawan is produced by Sajida Sharma, Sanjay Bhutiani and Shubhashish Bhutiani.