| Shook | |
| Director: | Amar Wala |
| Screenplay: | Amar Wala Adnan Khan |
| Producer: | Karen Harnisch Amar Wala |
| Starring: | Saamer Usmani Bernard White Amy Forsyth Pamela Mala Sinha |
| Music: | Kalaisan Kalaichelvan |
| Cinematography: | Peter Hadfield |
| Studio: | Film Forge Scarborough Pictures |
| Distributor: | Elevation Pictures |
| Runtime: | 113 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English Hindi |
Shook is a Canadian drama film, directed by Amar Wala and slated for release in 2024.[1]
An expansion of his 2018 short film of the same name, which starred Raymond Ablack as Ashish and Sugith Varughese as his father, the film is based in part on Wala's own experiences after his real father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.[2]
Ashish (Saamer Usmani), an Indo-Canadian aspiring writer living in the Scarborough district of Toronto, is torn between a desire to move downtown to pursue his career dreams and his sense of obligation to reconnect with his estranged father Vijay (Bernard White) after the older man is diagnosed with Parkinson's.[3]
Wala co-wrote the screenplay with novelist Adnan Khan. In an interview with the Canada Media Fund, Wala cited Good Will Hunting as an inspiration for Shook, hoping to present Scarborough in a similar manner as the former film depicted Boston.
The film is slated to premiere in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]