India Habitat Centre - Habitat Film Club

FILMS IN OCTOBER, 2005

Madhur Bhandarkar Retrospective
Collab: Sakha (An NGO)

10th October

7:00 PM

CHANDNI BAR (Hindi/2001/150 mins)

Cast: Tabu, Atul Kulkarni

Story about the life and times of a contemporary bar dancer.

11th October

7:00 PM

Satta (Hindi/2003/180 mins.)

Dir: Raveena Tandon, Atul Kulkarni, Samir Dharmadhikari.

The film deals with the tumultuous life of a woman who is catapulted by circumstances into a career in politics.

13th October

7:00 PM

Interaction with Madhur Bhandarkar followed by screening
of PAGE 3

Winner of National Award for Best Feature Film, 2004.
Reservation slips to be collected from the Programme desk from Oct 7 onwards.

Focus On Chinese Films
Collab: FFSI

24th October

7:00 PM

Judge Mama

Dir: Mu Deyuan

An entertaining story of a teenager who is thrown in prison for robbery. Set free after three years, he plans to take revenge on the judge who sentenced him to jail.

25th October

7:00 PM

WHO CARES (2001/106mins.)

Dir: Huang Jianxin

Story about relationships in a contemporary Chinese family.

26th October

7:00 PM

PRETTY BIG FEET (2002)

Dir: Yang Yazhou

Story of a young teacher from Beijing and her attempts at adjusting to the harsh conditions and traditions of village life.

OTHER FILMS

31st October

Film Club Discussion: Screening and discussion of Pier Paolo Pasolini's OEDIPUS REX (1967 / 110 mins) Pasollni's adaptation of the myth of Oedipus is an autobiographical account, which moves between 20th century Italy and the mythical world filmed primarily in Morocco. Film Scholar V. Sanil will introduce the film and co-ordinate the discussion.

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