MAINE PYAR KIYA - Monday 9. 10. at 17.00, cinema Aero  Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya Info: 35 mm, 1989, 192 minuttes Starring: Salman Khan, Bhagyashree, Rajeev Verma In an epic of Bollywood dimensions, star crossed lovers battle for their happiness against family restrictions. |
PARDES - Monday 9. 10. at 20.30, cinema Aero  Director: Subhash Ghai Info: DVD, 1997, 180 minuttes Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath To ensure cultural continuity in his family, a wealthy business man living in the United States attempts to arrange a marriage for his son and the daughter of a friend living in India. He sends foster son, Arjun (Shah Rukh Khan) to finalize the marriage plans… |
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SHOLAY - Tuesday 10. 10. at 20.30, cinema Aero  Director: Ramesh Sippy Info: 35 mm, 1975, 204 minuttes Starring: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri The most successful Indian film of all time, Sholay inspired a whole generation of youth India – and reified Amitabh Bachchan’s reign over Hindi cinema for decades to come. |
KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL - Wednesday 11. 10. at 17.00, cinema Aero  Director: Mani Ratnam Info: 35 mm, 2002, 123 minuttes Starring: Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das Film director Mani Ratnam revolutionized Tamil cinema with his substantive stories. Here, he tells the story of an adopted daughter searching for her mother in violence ridden Sri Lanka. |
NUMAFUNG - Wednesday 11. 10. at 20.30, cinema Aero  Director: Nabin Subba Info: DVD, 2001, 180 minuttes Nabin Subba’s debut film follows the life of a young woman coming of age in a conservative community in a rural Nepali village. |
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Cricket and the Meaning of Life - Special Program on Diaspora - Thursday 12. 10. at 13.30 - small screening hall Director: Sanjay Talreja Info: BETA, 2005, 51 minuttes When Sanjay Talreja moved to Canada he expected to put away his youthful passion for the game of cricket. Far away from the troubled politics of his old hometown in Mumbai, he discovers a small and thriving Toronto community of South Asian and Caribbean cricket players… |
SANGAM - Thursday 12. 10. at 17.00, cinema Světozor - small screening hall  Director: Raj Kapoor Info: 35 mm, 1964 Starring: Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Vyjayantimala Raj Kapoor’s color film debut, Sangam follows two childhood friends as they compete for Radha’s love. |
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BARSAAT - Friday 13. 10. at 17.00, cinema Světozor - small screening hall  Director: Raj Kapoor Info: 35 mm, 1949, 171 minuttes Starring: Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Premnath, Nimmi Two friends decide to take a holiday in a village in India, not expecting to meet the love of their lives. |
BANDIT QUEEN - Friday 13.10. at 17.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall  Director: Shekhar Kapur Info: DVD, 1994, 119 minuttes Starring: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Manoj Bajpai Shekhar Kapur’s controversial film tells the story of Phoolan Devi, a woman who fought against the harshness of her socially defined fate. |
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WATER - Friday 13. 10. at 20.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall  Director: Deepa Mehta Info: DVD, 2005, 117 minuttes Starring: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Sarala Czech premiere of Deepa Mehta’s most recent film explores the hardships of Indian widows in the 1930s. |
KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL - Saturday 14. 10. at 14.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall Director: Mani Ratnam Info: 35 mm, 2002, 123 minuttes Starring: Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das Film director Mani Ratnam, revolutionized Tamil cinema with his substantive stories. In this film he tells the story of an adopted daughter searching for her mother in violence ridden Sri Lanka. |
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UNTIL VANISHING 1 – INSIDE/OUT - Saturday 14. 10. at 17.30, cinema Světozor - small screening hall Director: Kaspar J. Saxena Info: Beta SP/DVD, 92 minuttes At the heart of Until Vanishing are films by South Asian Canadian video and filmmakers who embarked on diasporic journeys that are neither ideal nor quintessential. Their trajectories explore unfamiliar territory, pursuing seductive images that don’t exist or no longer exist. |
UNTIL VANISHING 2 – STAR LIGHT - Saturday 14. 10. at 20.00, cinema Světozor - small screening hall Director: Kaspar J. Saxena Info: DVD, 97 minuttes Part of two of Until Vanishing continues to explore the relationship between diasporic longing, dream-border crossing, illusion and loss. Both parts are curated and presented by media artist Kaspar J. Saxena. |
KOI... MIL GAYA - Saturday 14. 10. at 20.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall  Director: Rakesh Roshan Info: 35 mm, 2003, 171minuttes Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha Bollywood’s foray into the world of science fiction featuring popular Hindi film hero Hrithik Roshan… |
HUM TUM - Sunday 15. 10. at 14.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall  Director: Kunal Kohli Info: DVD, 2004, 142 minuttes Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Abishek Bachchan Rhea and Karan’s friendship takes on global dimensions as they traverse the world to find the a path to each other’s hearts. |
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Runaway Grooms - Special Program on Diaspora - Sunday 15. 10. at 15.00 - small screening hall Director: Ali Kazimi Info: 2005, 52 minuttes Through the stories of two women Namita Jain and Sonia Kaur, Ali Kazimi traces a distressing trend of emigrant South Asian men who use Western marriage laws to extort large dowries from families in India. While doing a fitting job in exposing the grooms and their families, Runaway Grooms, which won the 2006 Gemini Award for Best Social/Political Documentary, is equally incisive in exposing the underpinnings of gender and global inequality that make this alarming exploitation possible. Cricket and the Meaning of Life - Special Program on Diaspora - Sunday 15. 10. at 16.00 - small screening hall Director: Sanjay Talreja Info: BETA, 2005, 51 minuttes When Sanjay Talreja moved to Canada he expected to put away his youthful passion for the game of cricket. Far away from the troubled politics of his old hometown in Mumbai, he discovers a small and thriving Toronto community of South Asian and Caribbean cricket players… |
KAL HO NAA HO - Sunday 15. 10. at 17.00, cinema Světozor - big screening hall  Director: Nikhil Advani Info: DVD, 2003, 186 minuttes Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan Set in New York, this film deals with a love triangle between Naina, Rohit and their new mysterious neighbor Aman. |
NUMAFUNG - Sunday 15. 10. at 16.30, cinema Světozor - small screening hall Director: Nabin Subba Info: DVD, 200, 180 minuttes Nabin Subba’s directorial debut follows the life of a young woman coming of age in a conservative community in a rural Nepali village. |
YOURS EMOTIONALLY! - Sunday 15. 10. at 20.00, cinema Světozor - small screening hall  Director: Sridhar Rangayan Info: DVD, 2006, 86 minuttes Starring: Premjit, Jack Lamport In a film that explores contrasting values within Indian & Western gay sub-cultures, two Brits travel to India and meet Murthy and Anna an older gay couple. The story unfolds… |
TAAL - Sunday 15. 10. at 20.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall  Director: Subhash Ghai Info: DVD, 1999, 179 minuttes Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor A runaway hit and heart wrenching love story, this film features the amazing score of Indian film music maestro AR. Rahman. |
