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 .