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Ash Is Purest White is the first Jia Zhangke film to release theatrically in India. First, let\u2019s just take a moment to celebrate that. The Chinese director is one of the world\u2019s most acclaimed storytellers. #MartinScorsese (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MartinScorsese) described his cinema as \u2018the finest, toughest, most vitally alive work in modern moviemaking.\u2019 Jia Zhangke\u2019s films are a precise record of the sweeping social and economic forces that have shaped China in the last few decades. His films, which combine realism with playfulness, have won awards at leading film festivals including Cannes and Berlin. Ash Is Purest White premiered at the #CannesFilmFestival (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23CannesFilmFestival) last year. Here's #AnupamaChopra (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AnupamaChopra) 's review.