MUMBAI: Aamir Khan‘s Dhobi Ghat will have its world premiere at this year‘s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Set in Mumbai, Dhobi Ghat revolves around four people who are separated by class and language but drawn together in compelling relationships. Directed by wife Kiran Rao, the film will have Khan playing the lead role of a painter.

Shai, an affluent investment banker on holiday, strikes up an unusual friendship with Munna, a young and beautiful laundry boy with ambitions of being a Bollywood actor, and also has a brief dalliance with Arun. As they come closer together, their complicated relationship no more remains a secret.

 The 35th TIFF that runs from 9 to 19 September will have 15 galas and 35 special presentations this year.

Apart from Dhobi Ghat, films by Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Mike Mills and Andrucha Waddington will have their world premiere at the festival.

Top filmmakers like Woody Allen, Sylvain Chomet, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tran Anh Hung, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo will also their presence felt this year.