Three Indian Films Shown at Belgrade Film Festival

Three Indian Films Shown at Belgrade Film Festival

Three Indian films—“Gulaal”, “Delhi-6”, and “Dev D.”—are being shown in famous “38th Belgrade International Film Festival” (FEST) being held in Serbia from February 19 to 28.

“Gulaal”, directed by Anurag Kashyap, revolves around a Rajput boy who lost his virtuousness in the dark world of betrayal and politics. Cast includes Kay Kay Menon, Jesse Randhawa, Ayesha Mohan, and Mahie Gill.

“Delhi-6”, directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, is about hope, love, and discovery of self amidst the chaotic but touching life inside walled city of India’s capital Delhi. Cast includes Waheeda Rehman, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, and Om Puri.

“Dev. D”, directed by Anurag Kashyap, is based on Saratchandra Chatterjee’s famous novel. It stars Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, and Kalki Koechlin.

FEST is also showing “Ramchand Pakistani”, which is about a Pakistani Hindu father and his son, who accidently cross the border to India. Directed by Mehreen Jabbar, it stars Shaood Alvi, Adarsh Ayaz, Atif Badar, Karim Bux Baloch and Nandita Das.

“Videocracy” (Erik Gandini), a documentary being shown in the FEST, about Italians consumed in celebrity worship which also shows Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was partly shot in India.

Congratulating these filmmakers, acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged India Government and large private conglomerates of India to promote independent cinema. India was full of creative and excellent filmmakers and they only needed an integrated effort in funding, encouragement, marketing/promotion, exposure in global avenues, and organization of world-level film festivals in India, Rajan Zed, who is chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, added.

Belgrade International Film Festival, launched in 1971, has had four million visitors and shown 3,800 international films. Its main feature is its “openness to films from all parts of the world”. Darjan Mihajlovic is president of Festival Board.

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