Over 40 award-winning films by directors like Rituparno Ghosh, Anurag Kashyap and Pakistan's Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will be showcased at the five-day event.
Celebrities like actress Kareena Kapoor, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, author Salman Rushdie, director Mira Nair and model and television host Padma Lakshmi are expected to grace the film festival.
The fest will pay a special tribute to the legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand and showcase the colorized version of his cult hit `Hum Dono’. Regional-language films in Tamil, Bengali, and Marathi will also be showcased. Bedabrata Pain's directorial debut ‘Chittagong’ will open the festival while Anurag Kashyap`s `Gangs of Wasseypur` will be the closing film.
New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the longest-running showcase of Indian films in the United States. For ticket details and more information visit www.iaac.us.
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