New York Indian Film Festival

  • 2011 New York Indian Film Festival Announces Award Winners; Sthaniya Sambaad (Spring in the Colony) wins Best Film

    [caption id="attachment_1320" align="alignnone" width="560"]Best Feature Film – Sthaniya Sambaad (Spring in the Colony)[/caption]

    The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival came to a close on May 8 with the Closing Night red carpet premiere of Rituparno Ghosh’s powerful film Noukadubi which was attended by Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh Kapoor, Salman Rushdie, Mira Nair, Aparna Sen, Madhur Jaffrey, Ambassador Prakash Shah, Consul General Prabhu Dayal, and many other notable celebrities. Noukadubi is a 1920s love story based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.

    Following the premiere at Asia Society in Manhattan was the festival’s annual awards ceremony.

    The 2011 award winning films are:

    Best Feature Film – Sthaniya Sambaad (Spring in the Colony), directed by Arjun Gourisaria & Moinak Biswas

    Best Director – Aparna Sen, Iti Mrinalini

    Best Actor – Rishi Kapoor, Do Dooni Chaar

    Best Actress – Konkona Sen Sharma, Iti Mrinalini

    Best Screenplay – Mohan Raghavan, T.D. Dasan Std. VI B

    Best Documentary – Bhopali (Max Carlson)

    Best Short Film – Just That Sort Of A Day (Abhay Kumar)

     

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  • 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival Kicks Off.. runs through Sunday, May 8

    [caption id="attachment_1296" align="alignnone" width="560"](L-R) Neetu Singh Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor on the red carpet.[/caption]

    The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night, May 4, with the Opening Night celebration which featured the U.S. Premiere of the Delhi-set comedy “Do Dooni Chaar,” Disney’s first live-action Hindi film. The star-studded red carpet premiere, held at Manhattan’s prestigious Paris Theater, was attended by special guests Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh Kapoor along with writer/director Habib Faisal. Also attending the premiere were Aparna Sen, Madhur Jaffrey, Aditya Bhattacharya, Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti, Meetu Chilana, Rehana Mirza, Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sarita Choudhury, Ami Sheth, Poorna Jagannathan, and many other actors and filmmakers whose films will play at NYIFF through Closing Night on Sunday, May 8.

    Following the screening of “Do Dooni Chaar” was a discussion with Faisal and the Kapoors moderated by festival director Aseem Chhabra which reportedly had the audience laughing throughout.

    The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival runs from Wednesday, May 4 to Sunday, May 8 with 25 feature films including 15 World and U.S. Premieres, industry panels, photo exhibits, afterparties, and more.

    FRI May 6 | CENTERPIECE | Iti Mrinalini, directed by Aparna Sen

    SUN May 8 | CLOSING NIGHT | Nauka Dubi, directed by Rituparno Ghosh

    [caption id="attachment_1297" align="alignnone" width="560"](L-R) Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh Kapoor, director Habib Faisal, and NYIFF director Aseem Chhabra at the post-screening Q&A.[/caption]

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  • New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) Announces its Line-up of 25 Films

    The Bengali Detective

    The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) which will take place from May 4 to May 8 in Manhattan, announced its complete line-up of 25 feature films.

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  • 11th New York Indian Film Festival Announces Opening + Closing + Centerpiece Films

    DO DOONI CHAAR

    Opening the Indo-American Arts Council’s 11th New York Indian Film Festival which runs May 4 to May 8 in Manhattan, New York, will be the North American premiere of Disney’s family comedy DO DOONI CHAAR starring the legendary husband-wife acting couple Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. The Habib Faisal-directed film marks the Hollywood studio’s first live-action production in India. It is a heart-warming comedy about the dreams and challenges of a middle-class family who take a chaotic journey to fulfill their dream of owning a car discovering the true meaning of family along the way. Special guests Kapoor, Singh, and Faisal will all be attending the red carpet premiere.

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