FESTIVAL SUMMARY- Part 3

Film: Land Gold Women.

Film: Land Gold Women

Date, Time & Venue: 21 March, 2011, 6:30 pm, Apollo Cinemas, Piccadilly

Director: Avantika Hari

Star-cast: Christopher Villiers, Hassani Shapi, Aaron Virdee, Laurence Saunders

Language: English 

Country, Running Time, Year: United Kingdom, 99 minutes, 2009.

Synopsis

Land Gold Women is an award 2009 winning film which deals with the issue of honor killings, first of its kind in UK. The film won India's National Film Award for Best Film in English Language.

The film shot entirely in the UK that covers the issue of honour killings in a modern society, is set in Birmingham, a place which is home to a large ethnic Indian Muslim community.

Land Gold Women  revolves aroudn a small British Asian family caught between their traditional past and the tumultuous, faction-driven present. Nazir Ali Khan, a soft-spoken, genteel 45-year old professor of History at a University in Birmingham, emigrated from India in the 1990's. He made Birmingham his home with his conservative wife Rizwana and their two children, Saira,17 and Asif,14. He indulges their interests in all things English and Western but now finds himself increasingly nostalgic about his roots.

A still from the movie Land Gold Women.

Saira, with a year to complete her graduation is excited at the prospect of going to the university to pursue her interest in Literature. She also hopes that this will give her more time to spend with David, her aspiring writer boyfriend. At this critical juncture in her life, Nazir finds himself feeling increasingly conflicted at the thought of hi daughter going out into the big bad world. His fears are further strengthened by the arrival of his older brother Riyaaz from India. A staunch traditional man, Riyaaz arrives with a proposal of marriage for Saira. A man of his word, who takes great pride in his roots, Riyaaz does not intend on taking a 'no' for an answer.

With the threat of an illicit relationship looming over his head and the prospect of getting cut off from the rest of his family, Nazir finds himself at the brink of a terrible decision to make: Should he save face? Or save his daughter ?

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Film: When Harry Tries To Marry.

Film: When Harry Tries To Marry

Date, Time & Venue: 26 March, 2011, 6:30 pm, Apollo Cinemas, Piccadilly

Director: Nayan Padrai

Star-cast: Rahul Rai, Stefanie Estes, Freshia Bomambehran, Grant Kretchik

Language: English 

Country, Running Time, Year: USA, 2011.

Harry is a New York bachelor cynical about "true love" ever since his parents divorce. Determined to live happily-ever-after, and not end up as another divorce statistic, he asks for help from his match-making uncle. This traditional arranged marriage to a lovely girl from India baffles and surprises parents and friends.

The cast and crew of When Harry Tries To Marry.

Just as Harry think he's found the perfect Indian bride he begins to wonder if his friendship with Theresa, a fun and sexy American, could be something more. Harry and Theresa become closer as she helps him prepare for the big day. The plans are under way and Harry is running out of time to choose between a love thats arranged and one that he's found himself.

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Film: For Real

Film: For Real

Date, Time & Venue: 18 March, 2011, 6:30 pm, Apollo Cinemas, Piccadilly

Director: Sona Jain

Star-cast: Sarita Choudhury, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Zoya Hasan, Adil Hussain, Sriharsh SharmaRahul Rai, Stefanie Estes, Freshia Bomambehran, Grant Kretchik

Language: English 

Country, Running Time, Year: UK, 90 mins, 2009

Six-year old Shruti knows something no one else does. An alien has come in place for her mother and her real mother has been sent to the Orion Galaxy. While the alien looks just like her mother on the outside, Shruti knows she is completely different from here beloved mother on the inside.

Shruti turns to her brother for help but he doesn't believe her. Her father, like always, remains wrapped in work and unavilable to her. Unable to accept the Alien in her home and desperate to be with her mother, thel lonely child runs away.

What follows is a child's passage to finding her real mother, a man's struggle to save his family and a woman's journey to finding himself.

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Film: The Interview

Film: The Interview

Date, Time & Venue: 22 March, 2011, 6:30 pm, Apollo Cinemas, Piccadilly

Director: Laurens Corneliz Postma

Star-cast: Jackie Shroff

Language: Hindi with English subtitles

Country, Running Time, Year: India, 110 mins, 2011.

Against his will, a famous award winning political war reporter for a quality newspaper has to interview one of the most popular actress of the country. Scar meets scar: the interview derails, the characters collide and the tensions rise to a feverish level. Are the intimate confessions of the actress, which for a different kind of reporter would be a publicity goldmine, for real, or is she a better actress than he thinks she is? And does the reporter, with his very personal revelations, discern himself from his yellow press colleagues, or is he a much meaner man than he pretends to be? The confrontation evolves into a passionate verbal duel, with one overriding question: who is going to win?

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Film: Varnam

Film: Varnam

Date, Time & Venue: 22 March, 2011, 8:30 pm, Apollo Cinemas, Piccadilly

Director: S M Raju

Star-cast: Monica, Ashwatha Muthukumar, Sampath Raja

Language: Tamil with English subtitles

Country, Running Time, Year: India, 120 mins, 2011.

A still from the movie Varnam.

Varnam is set against the backdrop of Theni. The story revolves around the life of a teenage boy. The boy loses his parents in a calamity and is adopted by his uncle. he relocates to his uncle's house and joins school there. Influenced by the new-found family members and their attitudes, the boy goes through a lot of things in his life. Adrift in a confusing melange of good and bad, he learns through his experiences. issues related to caste clashes, status differences and a sweet love affair chisel the personality of the teenager. What happens to him is told in a riveting screenplay.

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