Capital's real tryst with reel at DIAF
6 Nov 2012 10:49 PM GMT
Delhi is buzzing with the ongoing Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF). And now Delhiites get a festival for film lovers.
The film festival will bring together both national and international films from countries like Columbia, Cuba, France, Tajikistan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Lebanon, Venezuela, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Poland, Kyrgystan, Ecuador and El Salvador to the Capital's audience.
The films that will be featured in the Indian section will bring about the golden era of Indian cinema with classics from languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi and Assamese to be screened.
There would be a total 38 feature films — a mix of 19 Indian and 19 international films. Some of the Indian classical movies which will be screened are Raja Harishchandra, Umrao Jaan, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje, Devdas, Kagaaz ke phool which will give a glimpse of the early Bollywood film history.
For instance, Umrao Jaan takes us back to Faizabad during British India, where a young girl falls victim to vengeance and is sold to a brothel and renamed Umrao Jaan. It takes a detour of the Indian society at large of a brave young woman who wants to go back to her family.
Kagaz Ke Phool tells the story of the world of cinema which destroys both the sanity of a man and his family and how it comes to a full circle when he returns as an extra in the movie where the leading lady is someone who had destroyed his life.
The classic Devdas is a story of love and of realisation of love which ends with pain and death.
Zubeidaa is the story of Riyaz's search to find his mother. His mother, Zubeidaa, secretly acted in films but when her father found out, he forbade her to carry on and quickly arranged her marriage to Mehboob Alam.
A misunderstanding arose between Suleman Seth and Mehboob's parents, and Mehboob divorced Zubeidaa few days after she gave birth.
Zubeidaa is the story of a Riyaz's finding and understanding his mother Zubeidaa who goes through a whirlwind of emotional turbulences before her own death.
Rudali, another classic, is about a woman who loses everything but yet she is unable to break into tears. As life goes on, ultimately she cries but what makes her cry is worth watching.
Then there are movies like Sagara Sangamam, Mayuri and Sankarabharanam in Telegu; Nottam, Kaliyattom in Malayalam; Harishchandrachi Factory in Marathi; Bhakta Kanakadasa, Hamsa Geethe in Kannada; Zubeidaa and Rudali in Hindi; Moner Manush in Bengali; Thillana Mohanambal in Tamil; Waris Shah in Punjabi and Aideu in Assamese which make up the the regional section.
Among the international flicks to be screened are Fat, Short And Bald Man from Columbia; The Booby Prize from Cuba; Van Gogh from France; The Telegram from Tajikistan; The Student from Mexico; Chance, The Watercolourist from Panama; What’s Going On from Lebanon; Everlasting Moments from Taiwan, I Like It from Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela; Talgat from Kazakhstan; The Return from Costa Rica; Maria In Nobody's Land from El Salvador; 1809-1810 While The Day Comes from Ecuador and Princess Nazik from Poland.
DETAIL
At: Indian Film Festival: Siri Fort Auditorium I. International Film Festival: Siri Fort Auditorium II
On till: 10 November
Timings: 2 pm onwards
The film festival will bring together both national and international films from countries like Columbia, Cuba, France, Tajikistan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Lebanon, Venezuela, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Poland, Kyrgystan, Ecuador and El Salvador to the Capital's audience.
The films that will be featured in the Indian section will bring about the golden era of Indian cinema with classics from languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi and Assamese to be screened.
There would be a total 38 feature films — a mix of 19 Indian and 19 international films. Some of the Indian classical movies which will be screened are Raja Harishchandra, Umrao Jaan, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje, Devdas, Kagaaz ke phool which will give a glimpse of the early Bollywood film history.
For instance, Umrao Jaan takes us back to Faizabad during British India, where a young girl falls victim to vengeance and is sold to a brothel and renamed Umrao Jaan. It takes a detour of the Indian society at large of a brave young woman who wants to go back to her family.
Kagaz Ke Phool tells the story of the world of cinema which destroys both the sanity of a man and his family and how it comes to a full circle when he returns as an extra in the movie where the leading lady is someone who had destroyed his life.
The classic Devdas is a story of love and of realisation of love which ends with pain and death.
Zubeidaa is the story of Riyaz's search to find his mother. His mother, Zubeidaa, secretly acted in films but when her father found out, he forbade her to carry on and quickly arranged her marriage to Mehboob Alam.
A misunderstanding arose between Suleman Seth and Mehboob's parents, and Mehboob divorced Zubeidaa few days after she gave birth.
Zubeidaa is the story of a Riyaz's finding and understanding his mother Zubeidaa who goes through a whirlwind of emotional turbulences before her own death.
Rudali, another classic, is about a woman who loses everything but yet she is unable to break into tears. As life goes on, ultimately she cries but what makes her cry is worth watching.
Then there are movies like Sagara Sangamam, Mayuri and Sankarabharanam in Telegu; Nottam, Kaliyattom in Malayalam; Harishchandrachi Factory in Marathi; Bhakta Kanakadasa, Hamsa Geethe in Kannada; Zubeidaa and Rudali in Hindi; Moner Manush in Bengali; Thillana Mohanambal in Tamil; Waris Shah in Punjabi and Aideu in Assamese which make up the the regional section.
Among the international flicks to be screened are Fat, Short And Bald Man from Columbia; The Booby Prize from Cuba; Van Gogh from France; The Telegram from Tajikistan; The Student from Mexico; Chance, The Watercolourist from Panama; What’s Going On from Lebanon; Everlasting Moments from Taiwan, I Like It from Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela; Talgat from Kazakhstan; The Return from Costa Rica; Maria In Nobody's Land from El Salvador; 1809-1810 While The Day Comes from Ecuador and Princess Nazik from Poland.
DETAIL
At: Indian Film Festival: Siri Fort Auditorium I. International Film Festival: Siri Fort Auditorium II
On till: 10 November
Timings: 2 pm onwards
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