From Mumbai to Batam: The Unexpected Journey of Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man”

Actor-turned-director Dev Patel, best known for his breakthrough role in Slumdog Millionaire, received a well-earned standing ovation for his directorial feature debut, Monkey Man, at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin Texas this past March. His thrilling, kinetic debut went on to win the Headliners Audience Award.  

The fight-filled action epic produced by Get Out and Us director Jordan Peele was inspired by the story of the half-monkey,

“Monkey Man” Mask Designer Eddie Yang Gives Dev Patel a Primal Facelift

Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man, is a kinetic, deeply felt revenge story set in Mumbai, a world that is rarely depicted with such punishing, propulsive energy and passion. Patel stars as the Kid, an anonymous young man nursing a wound so deep it becomes a source of inexhaustible rage and, ultimately, power. The Kid’s mother was murdered by the ruthless, heartless leaders who prey on the poor and powerless in Mumbai,

Critics Go Bananas for Dev Patel’s Revenge Epic “Monkey Man”

The critics are going ape wild for Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man. Patel leads his own tour-de-force action film as Kid, an anonymous young man who’s been suppressing his rage for years after his mother was murdered by the ruthless, heartless leaders who prey on the poor and powerless in Mumbai. All that’s about to change.

Kid is ultimately inspired to act by the legend of Hanuman,