MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications‘ film Fatso will have its premiere at the 2009 South Asia Film Festival to be held in New York between 28 October to 3 November. It will be the first Indian film to be accorded a red carpet premiere at the Festival.

Announcing the film‘s premiere, New York Film Festival director Galen Rosenthal says, "Fatso is a fantastic film and it‘s a great pleasure for us to make it our centerpiece premiere."

Producer Pritish Nandy and director Rajat Kapoor will attend the event as special invitees and will walk the red carpet for the film. Joining them would be Ranvir Shorey, Gul Panag, Purab Kohli, Gunjan Bakshi and Neil Bhoopalam.

A romantic comedy, Fatso is Rajat Kapoor‘s fourth film after Raghu Romeo, Mixed Doubles and Mithya all of which were critically-acclaimed.

Says PNC creative director Rangita Pritish Nandy, "Fatso will be releasing globally in January."