EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based production house AK Studios , founded by producer and distribution veteran Awadhesh Kumar, is launching a slate of South Asian films here in Cannes, headed by a new project from Nirvana Inn director Vijay Jayapal and Samman Roy’s gothic horror The Undyin g.  Vijay Jayapal, whose 2019 drama Nirvana Inn premiered at Busan International Film Festival, has directed absurdist political comedy An Idiot for the new outfit.  Starring Abhinav Jha ( Gamak Ghar , Trial By Fire ) and Tamil actress Anupama Kumar ( Ishqiya ), the dialogue-free film explores the psychology behind hate crimes and is loosely inspired by the 2017 assassination of activist journalist Gauri Lankesh.…