4.10.2010

PRESS RELEASE

Mere days till the start of the 8th Prague Indian Film Festival!

A lot has changed in 8 years since the festival’s first year. Bollywood has now become a hip trend. Even those who have never seen a single Hindi film seem to have an opinion to express about their dancing, the stories and length. Alongside Bollywood’s growing popularity, India itself now seems poised to claim superpower status. Hindi film stars move just as easily in Prague as they do in London, Sydney or New York. The South-Asian film industry, a substantial rival to the American Hollywood industry, keeps proving that it has lots to offer.
On the 11th to the 16th of October, the Prague Indian Film Festival will present not only Bollywood hits, but also short documentary films that depict the life of ordinary people in India. These films are also in competition for the “Best documentary” audience award (find out more about the non-Bollywood program here). 
Our selection of Tamil, Marathi and Bengali films, be they feature or documentary films, should make it clear, that India isn’t just about Bollywood …
The official opening ceremony will take place on Monday (the 11th) at 8:15pm, but the first film will start at 5:15pm in the large hall at the cinema Světozor. The program is very varied and everyone should find their cup of “masala”.

Film tips
Some of the featured films are: 

Wednesday 5:15pm – Large hall
Wanted

This typical “masala movie” doesn’t lack drama, action, music and of course dance acts. Police inspector Talpade meddles in the love-story between gangster Radhe and young and innocent Jhanvi, which gives way to a love triangle. This happens as Mumbai reels under bloody gang wars, and as the police vows to make the city crime-free. The protagonist of this Bollywood action thriller is Salman Khan, girls’ and women’s heartthrob!

director: Prabhu Deva
cast: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi, Vinod Khanna

Thursday 5pm – Large hall
Don

Bollywood connoisseurs will have the chance to compare two megastars – today’s most popular Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan plays Don in this remake of the 1978 epic film starring superstar Amitabh Bachchan. 
As the world drug trade spirals out of control, the Malaysian Intelligence and Anti-Narcotic Department believes that capturing the dangerous and elusive Don is the only way to end the crisis. In the meantime, dissent brews in Don’s ranks as Roma, recent recruit, conspires to kill him …

director: Farhan Akhtar
cast: Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal

Friday 8:30pm – Large hall
Dil Bole Hadippa / Heart Says Hurray

This fun Bollywood extravaganza, follows Veera a young woman who lives in a small village but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Rohan, an accomplished captain of a county cricket team in England comes to India to fulfill his father’s wish: to see the 8-time losing India Tigers team win against the Pakistan Champs. Rohan holds try outs to select the best players. This is when he meets Veera, disguised as “Veer”, a young man determined to play on the team no matter what.

director: Anurag Singh
cast: Rani Mukherjee, Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher

Saturday 6:30 – Large hall
Love Aaj Kal / Love These Days

This ‘super-duper’ funny-yet-thoughtful Bollywood hit, compares the story of 2 couples from different generations. How people from the younger generation perceive life (a London-based modern Indian couple - they are in love but their respective careers are more important and they end up splitting ways) vs. how the older generation sees life (love at all costs). 
One of the main roles is interpreted by Brazilian model Giselli Monteiro, whom even Indians could barely recognize as non-Indian.

director: Imtiaz Ali
cast: Rishi Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone

The extensive and detailed program is available on www.bollywood.cz
Prague Indian Film Festival
11th – 16th October 2010
Prague, cinema Světozor, Vodičkova 41, www.kinosvetozor.cz

Entry
Large hall: 120CZK
Small hall feature film: 100CZK
Small hall documentary film: 60CZK

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Press material (previous PR, downloads) here: Bollywood

Festival trailer: HERE

Kontakt pro další informace: www.bollywood.cz                             		Jan Těšitel pr@bollywood.cz