Indian Film Festival 2006 - in Melbourne

[glen]

Indian Film Festival 2006

Celebrating the best of Bollywood and Indian Cinema



12 - 25 October

Cinema Nova



Now in its 4th year, the festival comes to Melbourne with a lineup of more than twenty films, the most diverse and exciting showcase of Indian cinema ever presented in Australia. The festival features a retrospective of the films of India’s most iconic filmmaker, Mr Yash Chopra, and a selection from the most mainstream commercially successful Hindi films to the most experimental and critically acclaimed films coming out of India at present.



Opening night gives the audience the choice of two stunning films - the 1976 classic Kabhi Kabhie (Sometimes), presented by Mr Yash Chopra which stars a young heart throb Amitabh Bachchan in a multi-layered family love story across generations; and Rang De Basanti - a tribute to the freedom struggle told through the eyes of the new generation starring an incredible cast headed by Aamir Khan.



The festival program showcases the diversity of modern Indian cinema with films including:



Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna - A Bollywood masterpiece



Fanaa - Part romance, part electrifying thriller



Bluffmaster - A slick and gripping thriller



Ek Anabee - All-action thriller, starring Amitabh Bachchan as the man with nothing to lose, until he forges an unlikely friendship with an eight year-old girl who gives his life new meaning.



Being Cyrus - Psychological thriller and experimental film, starring Saif Ali Khan as a stranger who becomes part of a Parsi family living in a remote hillstation.



Chup Chup Ke - Priyadarshan’s comedy of mistaken identity



15 Park Avenue - Award-winning filmmaker Aparna Sen is back with an incredibly powerful and haunting portrait of two sisters



Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (I did not kill Gandhi) - Nine-time national award winner about a retired teacher who is losing his memory, but his memories start to fade, a childhood trauma surfaces – a memory of being accused of murdering Gandhi.



Omkara - Based on Shakespeare's 17th century classic Othello, the film is set against the backdrop of political warfare in the interiors of Uttar Pradesh. Omkara follows one man's descent into sexual jealousy and the destruction wrought by blind obsession.



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[leon]

Hello Glen, My favourite indian/bollywood film is called "DON'T SAY A WORD". it was on SBS a few months back it was absolutely amazing. here are the details from the SBS website. If you get a chance you must see this.



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MOVIE - DRAMA/ROMANCE - DON'T SAY A WORD (KUCH NAA KAHO)



Namrata's (Aishwarya Rai, Devdas) husband leaves her for another woman just as she is about to go into labour with his baby. Namrata decides that dwelling on this will only make her feel worse, so she decides to move on with her life. She begins working for Rakesh (Satish Shah) as a fashion designer and lives with her now seven-year-old son Adi. Raj (Abhishek Bachchan), Rakesh's nephew, has returned to India from the US to attend his cousin engagement ceremony. Rakesh decides its time for Raj to find a wife. However, Raj is happy with his current lifestyle and doesn't want to get married. But when Rakesh asks Namrata to introduce Raj to eligible women, Raj, with the help of his mischievous little friend, Adi, is able to deter all Namrata's prospects. When Namrata has exhausted all options and is fed up with Raj's antics, Raj realises that it is the matchmaker herself that he has fallen in love with. Just as things are starting to turn around for Namrata, her past comes back to haunt her. Directed by Rohan Sippy and also stars Suhasini Mulay and Meghna Malikikki. Don't Say A Word screened at the 2004 Bollywood Festival and received the 2004 Zee Cine Award. (From India, in Hindi and English, with English subtitles) (2003) G WS