Fourth Annual NRI Film Festival on November 4

 

NEW YORK, OCTOBER 28, 2004
IANS

The Fourth Annual Indian Diaspora Film Festival, showcasing the cinematic creativity among the non-resident Indian community, is to open here on November 4.

The festival will open with the screening of Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice .

The screening would be followed by post screening discussion with Chadha and Bollywood actor Anupam Kher moderated by Richard Pena, director of the Lincoln Centre Film Society, and a gala opening night benefit dinner.

The gala would include a live auction and a ceremony honouring writer Salman Rushdie, filmmakers Ismail Merchant and Mira Nair and Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi.

The festival is slated to conclude on November 7, with the screening of Jagmohan Mundhra's Backwaters .