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| Onir's I AM |
Film: I AM
Date, Time & Venue: 18 March, 2011, British Film Institute National Film Theatre 1, Southbank
Director: Onir
Star-cast: Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Purab Kohli, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Abhimanyu Singh, Anurag Basu, Anurag Kashyap
Language: Hindi, Kashmiri and Bengali with English subtitles
Coutnry, Running Time,Year: India, 80 Mins, 2011
Synopsis:
"I AM is about people with fractured lives held together by unbroken dreams."
I AM is about issues and dilemmas that bruise the modern Indian society. Unravelling and exploring these tribulations, the film unfolds many a tale of individuals struggling to find their identity and uphold their dignity in a world that is callous, cold and unsympathetic
Shot in for different cities across India, I Am is a fusion of stories where the protagonists share a common dream- a desire to regain their lives, to regain an identity which has been taken away from them
I AM AFIA is the story of a single woman who feels her identity will be made whole through the singularly feminine experience of motherhood. Unable to trust or even wait for a man, she is frustrated by a society that demands a "husband" to have a child. Thus her search is defined- does motherhood necessarily require the burden of a man?
I AM MEGHA is a story of two friends- a Kashmiri Pandit woman and a Muslim woman- separated by conflict. Against the backdrop of the ethnic cleansing in Kashmir in early 90's, this story tells of loss of home and identity. If your own home rejects you, where do you go and where are you "from"?
I AM ABHIMANYU is the story of a broken man, with a proud mask. Abhimanyu is trapped by the demons of his past, a past of sexual abuse. To move forward he must first go back, into a world where his childhood was stolen from him.
I AM OMAR is a horrific tale of sexual discrimination; blackmail and prejudice is part of the torrid fabric. It reveals how the police use Article 377 (law under Indian Penal Code which criminalizes homosexuality) to harass and blackmail gay men. In the current climate of media sensationalism, perhaps this story gains even more poignancy.
I Am reflects the story of everyone. I AM is born of true life incidents.
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| Director Dilip Mehta, actors Shriya Saran, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas and Don McKellar |
Date, Time & Venue: 19 March, 2011, 1:00 pm, Apollo Cinemas
Director: Dilip Mehta
Star-cast: Don Mckellar, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Shriya Saran
Language: Hindi / English / French with English Subtitles
Country, Running Time, Year: Canada / India, 2011, 104 Mins.
Synopsis
A light-hearted satirical, social comedy about an unsuspecting couple in the Canadian Diplomatic Service posted to New Delhi who inherit a household of Indian servants headed by the wily, charming and totally inspiring cook-Stella Elizabeth.
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| Stella (Seema Biswas), Michael Laffont (Don McKellar)) |
Stella has been a cook in the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi for 30 years. She is brilliant as a cook and brilliant at creatively padding her salary- with a few pilfered items, some minor overcharging and a special phone-order duty free business. A newly posted Canadian diplomatic couple Michael and Maya arrive with their baby and after an initial jolt when she learns that Michael will be staying home as "diplomatic housewife" while Maya goes off to work, everything goes swimmingly for Stella. Michael was a chef in Ottawa and he is longing to learn authentic Indian Cooking. Stella agress to be his "cooking guru". But Stella's cozy domestic set-up implodes when Tannu, an honest nanny, joins the household and threatens to expose Stella's eceptions. Eventually Stella wins Tannu's full co-operation (and then some!). Michael has learned many important lessons from his teacher including glorious traditional South Indian cooking. And Stella? Well, let's just say dreams sometimes come true in unexpected ways.
Watch the promo of 'Cooking With Stella'.
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| Film: Khudakushi |
Date, Time & Venue: 20 March, 2011, 8:30 pm, Apollo Cinemas
Director: Rakesh Mehta
Star-cast: Asif Khan, Sahil Ansari, Sanjay Batra
Language: Hindi with English Subtitles
Country, Running Time, Year: India, 2010, 70 Mins.
Synopsis
Young Imran is in search of a job. When he meets Wali Sheikh he gets impressed by his lifestyle. Little did he know that Wali Sheikh is working as a sleeping cell for a terrorist organisation. Wali Sheikh has his own reasons of vengeance against the state. Imran gets brainwashed and changes his approach towards the society.A longtime plan of Wali Sheikh's group to blast the CSR in Mumbai faces problems when key members get caught by police. Now all responsibilities are on Wali Sheikh to make it a last minute success. Wali Sheikh convinces Imran to accompany him to place the bomb. Imran apparently agrees to be a part of the plan. The life at home takes a new twist for Imran. The results of his act may jepopardize his entire family's life. A tensed Imran leaves home with Sheikh but something else is waiting for him
Watch the trailer of 'Khudakushi' below :
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