Renowned filmmaker Prakash Jha will be among headliners at the 3rd Washington, DC, South Asian Film Festival, which will be held in Gaithersburg, MD, just outside of the Us capital.
The festival will start on September 11 with a red carpet gala reception, followed by the opening ceremony, which be attended by acclaimed artists from India.
The veteran director-actor-writer’s two critically acclaimed works, the 1985 film Damul and 1989 movie Parinati, will be among the main attractions this year.
Damul, set in the Bihar of mid-1980s, depicts bonded labor, exodus of laborers and caste politics. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. The screening and talk will be tomorrow at 12:00pm
Parinati – a folk tale about human greed set in Rajasthan, featured actors, Basant Josalkar, Surekha Sikri, Sudhir Kulkarni and Nandita Das.
Prakash Jha said, “It’s always an honour to have one’s films playing at a festival.
The festival will start on September 11 with a red carpet gala reception, followed by the opening ceremony, which be attended by acclaimed artists from India.
The veteran director-actor-writer’s two critically acclaimed works, the 1985 film Damul and 1989 movie Parinati, will be among the main attractions this year.
Damul, set in the Bihar of mid-1980s, depicts bonded labor, exodus of laborers and caste politics. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. The screening and talk will be tomorrow at 12:00pm
Parinati – a folk tale about human greed set in Rajasthan, featured actors, Basant Josalkar, Surekha Sikri, Sudhir Kulkarni and Nandita Das.
Prakash Jha said, “It’s always an honour to have one’s films playing at a festival.
- 9/13/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
L ipstick Under My Burkha is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Alankrita Shrivastava:
Alankrita Shrivastava
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Set in the crowded bylanes of small town India, Lipstick Under My Burkha (Lipstick Waale Sapne) chronicles the secret lives of four women who dream small dreams of freedom.
Dodging prying eyes, battling fear, they go about their days, reading what they shouldn’t be, singing what they shouldn’t be, feeling what they shouldn’t be and wanting what they shouldn’t be wanting. Through the colourful kaleidoscope of their world, we see these women secretly trying to live a little of their small lipstick dreams. In essence the film is about their search for freedom. Through the four stories, I want to dig deep into what it means to be a woman.
Alankrita Shrivastava
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Set in the crowded bylanes of small town India, Lipstick Under My Burkha (Lipstick Waale Sapne) chronicles the secret lives of four women who dream small dreams of freedom.
Dodging prying eyes, battling fear, they go about their days, reading what they shouldn’t be, singing what they shouldn’t be, feeling what they shouldn’t be and wanting what they shouldn’t be wanting. Through the colourful kaleidoscope of their world, we see these women secretly trying to live a little of their small lipstick dreams. In essence the film is about their search for freedom. Through the four stories, I want to dig deep into what it means to be a woman.
- 11/16/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
New Delhi, Aug 16 – A retrospective of Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Jha’s films will be held in Fiji Aug 18-21.
The retrospective will feature six films – the recently released ‘Raajneeti’ along with ‘GangaaJal’, ‘Apaharan’, ‘Mrityudand’, ‘Parinati’ and ‘Damul’. Jha will be visiting Fiji to present his films for the retrospective.
The retrospective is being oganised by the Fiji National University, Fiji Audio Visual Commission, Damodar Brothers and the Indian.
The retrospective will feature six films – the recently released ‘Raajneeti’ along with ‘GangaaJal’, ‘Apaharan’, ‘Mrityudand’, ‘Parinati’ and ‘Damul’. Jha will be visiting Fiji to present his films for the retrospective.
The retrospective is being oganised by the Fiji National University, Fiji Audio Visual Commission, Damodar Brothers and the Indian.
- 8/16/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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