NYIFF
11 pieces
Film ‘Margarita With A Straw’ - Unexpected Brilliance – From India
New York, N.Y. The film Margarita With A Straw is so unexpectedly brilliant, on so many levels, that I was completely mesmerized. Focused on taboo within taboo, the fragi…
Immigration, Ambition, Identity Shape Film Miss India America
Dallas, Texas. Immigration, ambition and identity tend to be perceived as intertwined strands of the American DNA, and it always renews itself. It should come as no surpr…
Indian Award-Winning Documentary ‘Daughters of Mother India’ - Jarring Wake-Up Call for Men Like Me
With Jitin Hingorani. New York, N.Y. While living and working in my comfortable American cocoon in December of 2012, I vaguely remember hearing about an Indian girl named…
Untold South Asian Stories at IAAC Literary Festival in New York
New York, N.Y. Aroon Shivdasani, Executive and Artistic Director of the Indo-American Arts Council ( IAAC ), did not sleep much last month - though she seldom does. Aroon…
Bollywood's Economic Impact - on New York
I first met New York-based music composer Wayne Sharpe two years ago at the New York Indo-American Film Festival ( NYIFF ). He was the first American I had ever encounter…
Next Generation of Global Indian Cinema
New York, N.Y. I recently attended Ticket2Bollywood ( T2B ) sponsored by Molecule Communications . I had the opportunity to interview its director Ajay Shrivastav and his…
NY Indian American Film Festival Triumphant in 13th Year
New York, N.Y. The New York Indian Film Festival ( NYIFF ) announced the winners of its competition categories at a ceremony at NYU’s Skirball Center last week, in the fi…
A "Gandhi" for our Age: Indian Film Chittagong
New York, N.Y. Using visual cues from the paintings of Caravaggio, Indian filmmaker Bedabrata Pain has produced a triumphant film, Chittagong , that screened in New York…
Indian Film Festival Thrills New York - Again
New York, N.Y. Over fifty Indian features, documentaries and short films screened over Memorial Day Weekend as the 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival ( NYIFF ) pla…
New York Indian Film Festival 2012 Premieres
Aseem Chhabra, director of the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) with Aroon Shivdasani, founder/di rector of the Indo-American Arts Council. Photo courtesy of Archana…
Eleventh Annual New York Indian Film Festival Triumphant!
New York, NY. I enjoyed this year’s Indian Film Festival so much! Opening Night I saw the Disney-backed film Do Dooni Chaar , directed by Habib Faisal, then Iti Mri…