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Week-long Indian film festival starts on Monday
The fourth festival of award winning Indian films will begin on Monday afternoon at Al Dhafra Theatre, Abu Dhabi cultural foundation, said Talmiz Ahmad, Indian Ambassador, at a press conference in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
- By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter
- Published: 15:01 April 7, 2008
Abu Dhabi: The fourth festival of award winning Indian films will begin on Monday evening at Al Dhafra Theatre, Abu Dhabi cultural foundation, said Talmiz Ahmad, Indian Ambassador, at a press conference in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
The festival is organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage and the Embassy of India. Admission is free and is open to public.
Talmiz Ahmad will inaugurate the one-week-long festival, which will showcase nine classic Indian movies and starts at 7:30pm on Monday.
Schedule
April 7, 7.30pm: Aadum Koothu, directed by T.V. Chandran (Tamil film with English Subtitles)
April 8, 6pm: Baaja, directed by Apurba Kishore Bir
(Hindi film with English subtitles)
April 8, 8pm: Nayi Neralu, directed by Girish Kasaravalli
(Kannada with English Subtitles)
April 9, 6pm: Utarayan directed by Bipin Nadkarni
(Marathi with English Subtitles)
April 9, 8pm: Mr and Mrs Iyer, directed by Aparna Sen
(English)
April 10, 6pm: Pather Panchali, directed by Satyajit Ray
(Bengali film with English Subtitles)
April 10, 8pm: Ore Kadal, directed by Shyamaprasad
(Malayalam with English Subtitles)
April 11, 5pm: Charulatha directed by Satyajit Ray
(Bengali film with English Subtitles)
April 11, 8pm: Amu directed by Shonali Bose
(English)
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