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A white American man’s experiences in India
It’s Seabiscuit meets RRR, your classic boy-in-love-with-horse-meets-freedom-fighters movie. Check out our review of Azaad, streaming now on Netflix.
One day a stablehand messes with the daughter of the zamindar, the local landowner, and is forced to run away. He runs into some rebels who are trying to take down the zamindar and the British rule…I loved the historical elements. This is not a documentary, but it touches on real life things that were happening at that time.
Attention, people of Earth: the FIIG Film Festival launched yesterday. The nine outstanding films by award-winning Fulbright alums will be available for viewing online through May 2, 2025.
Access to view them is FREE but you must register to get the password at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18NbITo8lL3h6S4uuN_86IY8shWjvT7UNUKkKom2LK30/viewform?edit_requested=true .
To join us on May 3 for panel discussions with the filmmakers, register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eN6KgrhDSpCH0j6vdaV3lg#/registration . I was one of the curators of the nine films and will be hosting one of the panel discussions along with my esteemed colleagues.
Hope to see you there!
What a great experience serving on the advisory committee for the CFCCF 2025 Film Festival, and addressing the audience and filmmakers in such great company today, including filmmaker Debasish Sen Sharma, Lapaataa Ladies writer Biplab Goswami, performance artist and storyteller Dr. Janardan Ghosh and UEM Chancellor Prof Dr. Satyajit Chakrabarti.
Congratulations to the winners for their outstanding short films.
Cannes Film and Content Creators Festival & Award ceremony.
Our latest review is live! This month, we review the action romantic-comedy Dhoom Dhaam (meaning Fanfare), rated UA 13+, streaming now on Netflix.
With me, the comedy is the test is always, is it funny? Did I laugh? And the answer is yes. My favorite part is when they find out where Charlie is hidden . . . And there’s the scene where the groom has to fill in for a dancer at a bachelorette party. I’d never seen that in a movie before.
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