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4th
July Time - 7:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Films celebrating the centenary year of Delhi as the capital city of India! Collab: Hindustan Times. Check panel for details. |
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7th
July |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - A selection of films from Indian Panorama 2010 - Achin Pakhi (Bengali/2009/118mins) Dir. Anjan Das.The seemingly ordinary story of Rai Saheb, his wife Mita, mentally challenged son Tanu and an obedient servant Achin. Tanu kills the maidservant of the house and Rai Saheb sends Achin away to a remote island, airing a hoax that it was Achin who killed the maid and fled. At the island Achin falls in love with a fisherman’s daughter Pakhi. Love prospers but is soon jinxed as Rai Saheb notices Pakhi on one of his visits to Achin and chooses her as a bride for his son. The heartbroken lovers decide to elope but unfortunately Achin is caught and jailed. Eventually, the extraordinary end sets the audience on a soul searching spree.Collab:Directorate of Film Festivals | ||
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9th
July Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - A selection of films from Indian Panorama 2010 Tere Bin Laden (Hindi/2010/95mins) Dir. Abhishek Sharma.Tere Bin Laden is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about an ambitious young news reporter from Pakistan who is desperate to migrate to the US in pursuit of the American dream. His repeated attempts to immigrate are shot down as his visa is always rejected. But when things couldn’t look worse he comes across an Osama Bin Laden look alike. Ali then hatches a scheme to produce a fake Osama video and sell it to news channels as a breakthrough scoop! Unfortunately there are serious ramifications as the White House gets involved and dispatches an overzealous secret agent on Ali’s trail. Collab:Directorate of Film Festivals | ||
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10th
July Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - A selection of films from Indian Panorama 2010 - Angadi Theru (Tamil/2010/158mins) Dir. G. Vasanthabalan. Mahesh aspires to become an engineer but has to leave his hometown. Following the untimely demise of his father, he has to leave Chennai in search of a job, leaving behind his dreams. He finds a job in a huge departmental store where young boys and girls are forced to slave it out. They have no option but to continue working under such miserable conditions. But the spirited Mahesh and his girlfriend quit their jobs and find a way to survive, despite a major tragedy coming their way. They find the means of making a living just outside the same mega store that maltreated them. Collab:Directorate of Film Festivals | ||
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11th
July Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - A selection of films from Indian Panorama 2010 Vihir (Marathi//2009/135mins)Dir. Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni.A story of two adolescent boys Sameer and Nachiket (cousins who are best friends) standing on the crossroads of life... to choose between the life that leads to petty worldly small existence or the life of free existence that would let them spread their wings and soar high in open skies...They play a game of hide and seek in a rather unusual way. Where one cousin hides in death and the other is looking for him in the life around him. . . . Samir's search leads him towards the experience of oneness where he can unite with Nachiket again! Collab:Directorate of Film Festivals | ||
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12th
July Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - A selection of films from Indian Panorama 2010 Makaramanju(Malayalam/2010/124mins) Dir. Lenin Rajendran.The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Anjali Bhai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to escape. Collab:Directorate of Film Festivals | ||
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24th
July Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Short Film Festival. A showcasing of critically acclaimed short films from across the world Collab: Shamiana |
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29th
July Time - 06:30 pm |
FILM CLUB DISCUSSION - Group meets to discuss Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen (Hindi/1990/160mins) Dir.Amol Palekar. Anita Kanwar is an unconventional girl lacking confidence. All people around her including her father and brothers keep advising her 'how she should be'. Until a magician who can bring rain comes to their lives and helps her realize the potential of believing. Film Scholar Smita Mitra will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion. |
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