Screened  Shows

Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth

Links

Mira Nair: Harvard Arts Medalist 2003

Yahoo Review: Mississippi Masala

Mira Nair's Films

Mississippi Masala at Amazon.com

Mississippi Masala at Blockbuster.com

Harvard Film Archive on Mira Nair

Biography of Mira Nair, Articles on Mira Nair

Awards won at Venice Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

External Links

Shree 420: A Classic by Raj Kapoor

Raj Kapoor: A producer, director, actor, editor, musician and a story- teller

Raj Kapoor: Bollywood's original showman

Raj Kapoor: A pioneer of Indian Cinema

Biography of Raj Kapoor

Filmography of Raj Kapoor (IMDB)

Blockbuster.com

Links

Pyaasa: Guru Dutt's masterpiece

Sensitive, Poetic, Magical. These and more words have described the genius of Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt: The man who could not digest failure

Book: Guru Dutt-A Life in Cinema (Oxford University Press)

http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Pyasa/

Blockbuster.com

Do Bigha Zameen: A Classic by Bimal Roy

Hrishikesh Mukherjee's: Bawarchi

Based on a Novel by Hanif Kureishi

External Links

CNN Review: On the surface, Udayan Prasad's new film  is a touching.......But there's much more to it than that

A moving and unconventional love story: By Harvey Thompson

Journal of Religion and Film: My Son the Fanatic Review by Dan Clanton

For Hanif Kureishi, Love Weighed More Than Ideology

Cinephiles Film Review: My Son the Fanatic

Prasad, for whom My Son the Fanatic, is his second feature film, does a phenomenal job.

Amazon.com,  Blockbuster.com

http://www.hanifkureishi.com/

Starring: Amol Palekar, Tina Munim

Baton Baton Mein

Dir: Basu Chatterjee October 4th

An all time favorite classic comedy

Other masterpieces by Basu Chatterjee include: Chameli ki Shaadi, Chitchor, Shaukeen, Choti Si Baat, Safed Jhoot, Swami, Laukhen Ki Baat, Khatta Meetha. 

Mr and Mrs Iyer

Dir: Aparna Sen

27th September

External Links:

Time.com review: In Aparna Sen's new film, a Hindu and a Muslim come together in an India sundered by religious strife

Mr and Mrs Iyer wins two awards at Locarno

Mother-daughter bag awards for 'Mr and Mrs Iyer' at 50th National Film Awards

Indian Film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Traveling Thru US

Best Director and best Actress Award for Mr and Mrs Iyer

World's Best Tabla Player 'Zakir Hussain' composes music for Mr and Mrs Iyer

External Reviews:

Why Sholay is a cult Classic (Review at Rediff.com)

Sholay: The most successful milestone of Indian Cinema

A detailed Independent review

Blockbuster.com