Made In India: Montreal Indian Film Festival, Nov 8-11

Tonight at Cinéma du Parc, Made In India: the 3rd edition of the Montreal Indian Film Festival gets underway with a screening of हरिश्‍चंद्राची फॅक्टरी (Harishchandrachi Factory) by Paresh Mokashi. The film is itself a historical account of "father of Indian cinema" Dadasaheb Phalke and the birth of India's film industry.

Other films screened over the next several days include Vihir (The Well), Stanley Ka Dabba, and the documentary Big in Bollywood – From a Hollywood Zero to a Bollywood Hero. The festival closes with a screening of 3 Idiots by Rajkumar Irani.

All films are screened with English or French subtitles.

http://www.cinemaduparc.com/english/affichee.php?id=madeinindia3


SCHEDULE

Thurdsay November 8th at 9pm
Harishchandrachi Factory – Opening Movie
India. 2009. Dir.: Paresh Mokashi. 97 minutes. Digital projection. With: Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande and Atharva Karve.
Original Marathi version with English subtitles

Friday November 9th at 7:15pm
Adaminte Makan Abu / Abu, Son of Adam – Quebec Premiere
India. 2011. Dir.: Salim Ahamed. 101 minutes. Digital projection. With: Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab.
Original Malayalam version with English subtitles

Friday November 9th at 9:15pm
Kahaani / Story
India. 2012. Dir.: Sujoy Gosh. 122 minutes. Digital projection. With: Vidya Balan and Parambrata Chatterjee.
Original Hindi version with English subtitles

Saturday November 10th at 1:45pm
Awaara / The Tramp
Awara Hoon - Raj Kapoor - Awaara - Mukesh - Shankar Jaikishan - Evergreen Hindi Songs
India. 1951. Dir.: Raj Kapoor. 193 minutes. Digital projection. With: Raj Kapoor, Nargis.
Original Hindi version with English subtitles

Saturday November 10th at 5:15pm
Big In Bollywood – Canadian Premiere
USA. 2011. Dir.: Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles. 69 minutes. Digital projection. With: Omi Vaidya, Vindhu Vinod Chopra, Kevin Desmond, Raju-Kumar Irani, Aamir Khan, etc.
Original English version

Saturday November 10th at 6:45pm
Vihir - The Well – Canadian Premiere
India. 2009. Dir.: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni. 135 minutes. Digital projection. With: Madan Deodhar, Alok Rajwade, Mohan Agashe, Sulabha Deshpande and Jyoti Subhash.
Original Marathi version with English subtitles

Sunday November 11th at 2:15pm
Stanley Ka Dabba – Canadian Premiere
India. 2011. Dir.: Amole Gupte. 96 minutes. Digital projection. With: Divya Dutta, Partho Gupte, Divya Jagdale, Raj Zutshi and Amole Gupte.
Original Hindi version with English subtitles

Sunday November 11th at 4pm
3 Idiots
India. 2009. Dir.: Rajkumar Irani. 170 minutes. Digital projection. With: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Parikshit Sahni.
Original Hindi version with French subtitles