7TH ANNUAL INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES (IFFLA)
SALUTE TO BOLLYWOOD LEGEND ANIL KAPOOR
CLOSING NIGHT GALA WITH DR. KIRAN BEDI AS GUEST OF HONOR followed by the premier of her achievements film YES MADAM, SIR
The 7th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) will salute to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star and Bollywood legend Anil Kapoor on the opening day. On closing night there will be a Gala with Dr. Kiran Bedi, India’s first and highest ranking woman officer of the Indian Police Service, attending as a special Guest of Honor on Sunday, April 26. The film festival will be held April 21-26, 2009, at ArcLight Hollywood.
The salute to Kapoor will include screenings of his classic films LAMHE (1991) and VIRASAT (1997) as well as the world premiere of the English language version of GANDHI, MY FATHER (2007). Kapoor produced the film, which explores the cost Mahatma Gandhi’s own family bore due to his efforts to free the nation of India.
Kapoor first appeared on the big screen in HAMHARE TUMHARE and since then has appeared in over 100 movies. Now as the dynamic game show host in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE he has become popular in USA too. His other notable films include CHAMELI KI SHAADI, MR. INDIA, RAM LAKHAN, EESHWAR, TAAL and PUKAR. Upcoming films include the action thriller RACE 2.
YES MADAM, SIR is the new Hollywood film profiling Dr. Kiran Bedi, the first woman to join the Indian Police Service and a controversial and inspiring figure in India.; directed by Megan Doneman. A former professional athlete with interests in social issues, Dr. Bedi’s career has been marked by moments of physical courage, institutional innovation, and patriarchal prejudices. She also worked as advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations at UNO. Doneman’s film recently won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Adelaide International Film Festival as well as Best Documentary and the Social Justice Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival receive Gala presentation at IFFLA -
Hosted by Malibu Family Wines with Chakra Cuisine providing its celebrated authentic dishes reinventing classic Indian cuisine for the most sophisticated palate, the Closing Night Gala will feature a performance by Project Pulse, a Bay Area based performing arts company known for creating expressive sequences fusing Bollywood, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, and Contemporary dance into their performances.
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