MUMBAI: PVR Pictures is gearing up to release Mira Nair‘s The Reluctant Fundamentalist in India screens in April next year.

The film, based on Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid‘s eponymous novel, is the story of a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street. Post the September 2011 tragedy in the US, he finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family‘s homeland.

"It‘s an honour to be distributing The Reluctant Fundamentalist in India and we are thankful to Mira for trusting us with her film. We are very excited about the film‘s prospects in India and are keenly looking forward to its theatrical release," averred PVR Limited joint managing director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli in a statement.

The Mira Nair film was recently awarded with the first Centenary Award and presented with a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh at the just concluded International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.