‘The Cycle Of Love,’ Epic True Love Story From Director Orlando Von Einsiedel, EP Priyanka Chopra Jonas, To Premiere At Telluride; First-Look Clip

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: An unbelievable love story is coming to the Telluride Movie Pageant, one taken not from the pages of a novel however from actual life.

The Cycle of Love, directed by Oscar winner Orlando von Einsiedel (The White Helmets, Virunga), paperwork the romantic journey of PK Mahanandia, a Delhi avenue artist who trekked 6,000 miles by bicycle in 1977, venturing throughout continents “to reunite with the lady he cherished.”

The documentary was introduced right this moment as a part of the lineup for the 52nd version of Telluride, which begins Friday and runs via Sunday. Von Einsiedel’s Grain Media revealed that actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anne Carey of Purple Pebble Photos have come on board as govt producers. We've your first have a look at the movie within the clip above.

The Cycle of Love rewinds to the mid-Seventies when Mahanandia first met Lotta Von Schedvin who was visiting the metropolis of Delhi in Northern India.

<img decoding="async" class="c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/themes/pmc-deadline-2019/assets/public/lazyload-fallback.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?w=300" alt="An actor portrays PK Mahanandia on his epic romantic journey" data-lazy-srcset="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg 3996w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=150,81 150w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=300,162 300w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=1024,554 1024w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=1536,830 1536w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=2048,1107 2048w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=185,100 185w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=60,32 60w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=352,190 352w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=110,59 110w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=285,154 285w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=320,173 320w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=640,346 640w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=800,432 800w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_00583517.jpg?resize=1280,692 1280w" data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" height="554" width="1024"/> An actor portrays PK Mahanandia on his epic romantic journey Courtesy of Franklin Dow

“Our movie tells the extraordinary story of PK Mahanandia’s journey seeking love regardless of the world being stacked towards him,” stated von Einsiedel, alluding to Mahanandia’s background from a poor, “untouchable” household. “It’s an exciting and epic journey about human connection and kindness, and a narrative that I imagine transcends borders and nationalities. To have one of many world’s greatest stars becoming a member of our group to have a good time PK and his journey is actually a dream come true.”

Von Einsiedel continued, “Priyanka, and her group at Purple Pebble Photos, are recognized for his or her longstanding dedication to highly effective tales of resilience towards unbelievable odds. I firmly imagine that everybody deserves to seek out love, and I’m thrilled to be partnering with Priyanka and group to get our movie out to a really international viewers, and assist share a much-needed story of pleasure.”

The Cyle of Love is an acquisition title; the movie group led by BD4 – Banijay America’s newest premium manufacturing label — is dealing with gross sales.

<img decoding="async" class="c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/themes/pmc-deadline-2019/assets/public/lazyload-fallback.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?w=300" alt="Actors portray Lotta and PK in a scene from 'The Cycle of Love'" data-lazy-srcset="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg 3996w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=150,81 150w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=300,162 300w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=1024,554 1024w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=1536,830 1536w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=2048,1107 2048w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=185,100 185w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=60,32 60w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=352,190 352w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=110,59 110w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=285,154 285w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=320,173 320w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=640,346 640w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=800,432 800w, https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The_Cycle_of_Love_01271908.jpg?resize=1280,692 1280w" data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" height="554" width="1024"/> Actors painting Lotta and PK in a scene from ‘The Cycle of Love’ Courtesy of Franklin Dow

To seize the love story, von Einsiedel and group mixed archive materials, interviews, verité documentary sequences, and “emotionally genuine portrayals of real-life occasions.” Deadline understands Mahanandia joined the movie group on location all through manufacturing to make sure essentially the most correct and genuine portrayal potential of previous occasions.

The clip beneath is taken from a sequence of PK and Lotta’s first assembly in Delhi in 1975, when PK was a avenue artist. Mahanandia seems in it, as do actors portraying the youthful PK and Lotta.