Punjab meets Trinidad and Tobago at this year's Pravasi film festival, which has over 30 indo-global screenings in store
Punjab meets Trinidad and Tobago at this year's Pravasi film festival, which has over 30 indo-global screenings in store
It's astonishing how NRI filmmakers seem much more interested in exploring unknown facets of Indian culture, while home-bred ones harp upon the same old drama that the country has always been associated with. The Pravasi Film Festival fans the former kind.
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"The festival will include films from all across the world with places like Trinidad and even Punjab being the focus", says Anil Gupta, festival director. Some other salient features of the festival include discussion on the country Mauritius, Nasreen Munni Kabir's analogy of documentaries and a new wave of directors grabbing centrestage. Finally, awards will be given for the best feature film, the best documentary and the best short film.
Cut-n-keep schedule
Today
11 am onwards
Enfant Terrible
Synopsis: Calloway, an art collector, announces a u00a31 million competition for the most innovative work of art from his stable of young artists.
Three of Us
Synopsis: An non-sentimental observation of an ordinary day in the life of a family that is far from ordinary.
The President is coming
Synopsis: A satirical take on US president George Bush's visit to the country in 2006.
Bismillah of Benaras
Synopsis: Ustad Bismillah Khan comes alive.
Chandranile Chayakada
Synopsis: This Malyalai flick is about a tea shop on the moon!
Chilika Bank
Synopsis: In a canvas spread over four decades, a banyan tree, on the banks of the lake Chilika, silently whispers tales of the lake and her fisher folk.
Waterborne
Synopsis: The film delves into the fear of the 9/11 disaster.
Tomorrow
The inner world of Shahrukh Khan
Synopsis: Get to know your favourite Khan inside out.
Panel Discussion
1- 2 pm
Commerce of NRI Films
Karan Razdan / Rahul Rawail / Sanjay Singh
Krishna: History or Myth
Synopsis: The documentary explores the archaeological, astronomical, linguistic and oral evidences to prove the existence of the Mahabharata hero and debunk the myth theory.
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