Co- LIFF programmer Naman Ramachandran along with dierctor Sawhney , a film journalist as well, wrote the tale which also has a strand of caste conflict in it. Not for the faint-hearted there is more than one live action penis in this film , it gets a cinema screening with Ramachandran and other special guests attending the BFI outing a little more than a week after it first becomes available on Netflix.
Shows: Friday, July 18, 8. Box office: Sunday, July 17, 8pm Cineworld Wembley. Not just fans from India but those from around Asia, including Japan. Hear from obsessed acolytes; families affected by those who have given up on normal life to pursue their passion; and cinema owners worried about his fans losing control when his films hit theatres. This Aparna Sen directed movie, told in rhyming verse and featuring more typical Bollywood song and dance numbers, is a feast for the Shakespeare-wallah and features one of the great names of yesteryear, Waheeda Rahman.
Sunday, July 17, 5. Velu Kamal Haasan is a small time crook but his name and reputation glow after standing up to a local policeman who has his own idea of justice and punishment. With Mani Ratnam at the helm and PC Sreeram in charge of the cinematography, this remains one of the great contemporary Indian films and was named in a Time magazine list of all-time great films.
Most affected have been the musicians — and among them the internationally acclaimed Sanchal Jazz Ensemble which is invited to New York by contemporary Jazz icon, Wynton Marsalis. Obaid-Chinoy gets behind the arguments and the personalities. Monday, July 18, 6. Married to cricket icon, and the blue-blooded late Tiger Patudi, the couple were as famous and popular as Wills and Kate are now, and two children have also enjoyed careers on the silver screen.
Sharmila was on the Cannes Jury in and was garlanded by the Indian government with a Padma Bhushan in Friday, July 15, 7pm, Cineworld Haymarket. Saturday, July 16, 6. Today one of the most recognisable figures in Indian films, he has appeared in many different guises and been at the vanguard of change and progress.
