The 13th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is taking place at Arclight Hollywood April 8-12.
Festival highlights include the Los Angeles premiere of Academy Award-winner Danis Tanović's latest feature film "Tigers", a political thriller about a salesman taking on a multinational pharmaceutical corporation guilty of marketing a baby formula that caused hundreds of infant deaths
Other films featured are "Miss India America" -- the story of a woman's plan to win the crown after her boyfriend runs off with the former Miss India America; "Jai Ho" -- a documentary feature on one of the greatest musicians in the world, A.R. Rahman; and the world premiere of "One Crazy Thing" -- a comedic story about a man who meets the girl of his dreams, but struggles to find a way to tell her how he became an internet sensation after a leaked sex tape, the film features BAFTA ‘Breakthrough Brit’ winner Ray Panthaki and Daisy Bevan ("The Two Faces of January").
The Opening Night film will feature the World Premiere of Shlok Sharma’s debut feature film "HARAAMKHOR", starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and produced by Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur) and Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox).
Nagesh Kukunoor’s "DHANAK (RAINBOW)" will be Closing Night film. The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Berlinale where it won Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for best feature-length film.
The festival is widely recognized as the premiere showcase of groundbreaking Indian cinema and if you haven't attended before, there's no better time to go than this year, as the program is our most impressive ever. The 19 films in the slate reflects the rich diversity of Indian cinema, as well as the future of Indian filmmaking, with cutting-edge filmmakers bringing their acclaimed films to Los Angeles. In fact, many of the films have been making waves at top-tier festival around the world, such as Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance.
See you at the festival!
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