Program


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…


KHAL NAYAK - Tuesday 10. 10. at 17.00, cinema Aero
 
Director: Subhash Ghai

Info: DVD, 1993, 190 minuttes

Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher








Crowds cheered when Khalnayak, almost banned by the Indian Censor Board, finally hit film screens in India, and the controversial song „Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai?“ (What is Behind the Blouse?“ ensured the film’s entry in India’s hall of fame.


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.


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.


NO ENTRY - Thursday 12. 10. v 17.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall
 
Director: Anees Bazmee

Info: DVD, 2005, 158 minuttes

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol


Prem’s attempts to „spice up“ his friend’s married life, backfire when Kishen’s suspicious wife accidentally meets Bobby the call girl.


SWADES - Thursday 12. 10. at 20.30, cinema Světozor - big screening hall
 
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Info: DVD, 2004, 210 minuttes

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Raja Awasthi


Mohan is a successful engineer working for NASA. His life takes an unexpected turn when he falls in love with a local school teacher in his native village in India.


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.


HAMARA DESH and THE ELEPHANT RISES - Friday 13. 10. at 20.00, cinema Světozor - small screening hall

- HAMARA DESH

Director: Radim Špaček 

Info: DVD, 2004, 28 minuttes

We take a retrospective look at the 2004 Prague Bollywood festival and the South Asian community living in Prague.


- THE ELEPHANT RISES

Director: Peter Sackman

Info: DVD, 2005, 58 minuttes

A documentary film maker from the Netherlands returns to India to explore the location he filmed ten years ago.


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.


Paheli - Saturday 14. 10. at 17.00, cinema Světozor - big screening hall

Director: Amol Palekar

Info: DVD, 2005, 140 minuttes

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher 




A colorful tale of love, money, and ghosts all set in the Rajasthan…


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.


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.
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