By Jose Alberto Hermosillo
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2015 is back from April 8 to the 12th with a line-up of great Indian, Indian-American, and South East Asian films, from traditional drama, shorts, documentaries, and the crown-pleaser Bollywood movies.
All the shows are at the Arclight in Hollywood where filmmakers, Indian Celebrities, and a friendly crowd will be waiting to share their millenarian culture and cinema with us.
Films:
HARAAMKHOR
(Opening Night)
Director: Shlok Sharma
Talent: Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Talent: Shweta Tripathi (actress from JOURNEY (SAFAR))
Producer: Guneet Monga
MISS INDIA AMERICA
Director: Ravi Kapoor
Co-writer/Lead Talent: Meera Simhan
TITLI
Director: Kanu Behl
FOUR COLORS (CHAURANGA)
Director: Bikas Mishra
LABOUR OF LOVE
Sound Designer: Anish John
ELIZABETH EKADASHI
Director: Paresh Mokashi (IFFLA alum with India’s Oscar Entry HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY)
Producer: Madhugandha Kulkarni
ONE CRAZY THING (Centerpiece film)
Director: Amit Gupta (IFFLA alum, director of JADOO)
Talent: Ray Panthaki (BAFTA Breakthrough Brit of 2014)
BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS:
TAAL
April 11, 2015. 9:30PM
CLOSING NIGHT GALA:
RAINBOW (DHANAK)
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Talent: Vipin Sharma (actor from GANGS OF WASSEYPUR)
Producer: Elahé Hiptoola
APRIL 12, 2015 6:00pm
SHORTS:
DANDEKAR MAKES A SANDWICHDirector: Leena Pendharkar (IFFLA alum, RASPBERRY MAGIC)Producer: Jane Kosek
JOURNEY (SAFAR)
Director: Pratyusha Gupta
Talent: Shweta Tripathi (actress from HARAMMKHOR)
Talent: Vipin Sharma (actor from DHANAK and GANGS OF WASSEYPUR)
RABBIT, THE (KHARGOSH)
Director: Sudarshan Suresh
Producer: Sean Dunn
Writer: Shakti Bhagchandani
SPACE BETWEEN, THE
Director: Will Sankhla
Arclight Theaters Hollywood, Sunset/Vine.
