Dukhtar, Margarita With A Straw and Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain among outstanding schedule of independent South Asian films to be screened as part of 17th annual Laff.
Organizers have announced the full roster of films and special events for this year’s London Asian Film Festival (Laff) – Europe’s oldest showcase for South Asian cinema.
The Festival takes place across London from 19 March to 28 March and features a string of exciting and acclaimed independent feature films, master classes, special screenings, debates and the Festival’s celebrated short films competition.
This year’s Festival highlights include critically acclaimed films such as Margarita With A Straw, Bhopal – A Prayer for Rain, Dukhtar, Rang Rasiya, The World Before Her and Haider.
The 17th edition London Asian Film Festival is once again organized by Tongues on Fire, which has built an unparalleled reputation for promoting independent cinema as well as providing a showcase for female filmmakers.
Organizers have announced the full roster of films and special events for this year’s London Asian Film Festival (Laff) – Europe’s oldest showcase for South Asian cinema.
The Festival takes place across London from 19 March to 28 March and features a string of exciting and acclaimed independent feature films, master classes, special screenings, debates and the Festival’s celebrated short films competition.
This year’s Festival highlights include critically acclaimed films such as Margarita With A Straw, Bhopal – A Prayer for Rain, Dukhtar, Rang Rasiya, The World Before Her and Haider.
The 17th edition London Asian Film Festival is once again organized by Tongues on Fire, which has built an unparalleled reputation for promoting independent cinema as well as providing a showcase for female filmmakers.
- 3/18/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Actor Feryna Wazheir has already marked her presence in films like Ketan Mehta’s Rang Rasiya with Randeep Hooda and Raj Kanwar’s Sadiyaan opposite Luv Sinha. In these couple of films, she has already had the chance to work with veteran actors like Rekha, Rishi Kapoor and Hema Malini, who costarred in the films with her. Besides working in acclaimed films, Feryna was a part of the popular play The Vagina Monologues by award- winning play-writer Eve Ensler.
It might not be a very large repertoire of work, but Feryna’s already got noticed not only by the critics but also the audience. And now sources tells us that the British- Asian actress has started taking Hindi Devanagari classes for her upcoming films.
A source close to the actress revealed, “Feryna is already proficient in Hindi and has shot for her much acclaimed film Rang Rasiya in sync sound.
It might not be a very large repertoire of work, but Feryna’s already got noticed not only by the critics but also the audience. And now sources tells us that the British- Asian actress has started taking Hindi Devanagari classes for her upcoming films.
A source close to the actress revealed, “Feryna is already proficient in Hindi and has shot for her much acclaimed film Rang Rasiya in sync sound.
- 1/8/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Director Cary Rajinder Sawhney is getting ready to embark on his next short film. Starring Feryna Wazheir, A Secret of the Heart is a mystery romance set in East London. A young African-British guy meets the girl of his dreams, but as past and present collide her strange secret is uncovered.
A Secret of the Heart is written and directed by Cary. The shoot is planned for October and will be set to release in 2014. This mystery romance is aimed to be a ‘tear-jerker’.
Apparently, A Secret of The Heart is inspired by the great British classic ‘A Matter of Life & Death’ (aka Us title ‘A Stairway to Heaven’), by Powell and Pressburger, and also the serious illness of one of Cary’s family members.
A Secret of the Heart covers one human lifetime and a love that is timeless. The gentle love story also jumps the traditional boundaries of race and class,...
A Secret of the Heart is written and directed by Cary. The shoot is planned for October and will be set to release in 2014. This mystery romance is aimed to be a ‘tear-jerker’.
Apparently, A Secret of The Heart is inspired by the great British classic ‘A Matter of Life & Death’ (aka Us title ‘A Stairway to Heaven’), by Powell and Pressburger, and also the serious illness of one of Cary’s family members.
A Secret of the Heart covers one human lifetime and a love that is timeless. The gentle love story also jumps the traditional boundaries of race and class,...
- 9/13/2013
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Going on in the UK now and running through the 25th of July is the fabulous London Indian Film Festival. This festival showcases a world of Indian independent films that according to actress and brand ambassador Feryna Wazheir, ‘breaks new ground with its programme, giving young talent a real platform to showcase their work and for audiences to see another side of Indian cinema.‘ You have seen the British-Asian actress, who just signed a cool two-film deal with iRock in India, in the fabulous Sadiyaan – the Bollywood film on the India-Pakistan partition, that also starred Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Rekha. In her second year, Feryna Wazheir says she is ‘delighted and honoured’ to be brand ambassador for Liff. See what else the lovely actress told us in this exclusive interview including her top 5 films she is most excited to see at Liff and more!
Is acting something you always wanted to do?...
Is acting something you always wanted to do?...
- 7/19/2013
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Well, we have had a roller coaster of an Easter Weekend - it all started on Easter Friday when we sat in for Nihal and then hot footed it to the suburbs of Harrow to watch Raj Kanwar's Sadiyaan. We have to say that although the reviews have been mixed, for us it was an absolute pleasure to see to divatastic legends - Hema Malini and Rekha on screen. They were simply superb.
Director Raj Kanwar revealed that the film was inspired by true events told to him by his late mother - a partition tragedy made good. He is a very passionate director who believes that Indian values of emotionalism are the key the success of Bollywood cinema. We were impressed by the candour of the newcomer and leading man Luv Sinha - he seems very focussed and looking forward to developing his craft further and is positive taking all the criticism.
Director Raj Kanwar revealed that the film was inspired by true events told to him by his late mother - a partition tragedy made good. He is a very passionate director who believes that Indian values of emotionalism are the key the success of Bollywood cinema. We were impressed by the candour of the newcomer and leading man Luv Sinha - he seems very focussed and looking forward to developing his craft further and is positive taking all the criticism.
- 4/8/2010
- Bollyspice
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