Following a hurried crowd funding campaign recently organized by the MAMI, the Mumbai Film Festival has successfully avoided falling short of the budget necessary to open its 2014 edition, bound to take place from October 14 to 21. The support of the festival's friends but also that of the Indian film industry played a pivotal role in recovering the odds of enjoying one of the city's flagship events.
The proof is in the opening of seat reservations at the MFF official website to
enjoy the refined and eclectic selection of films screened in cinemas
across Mumbai from more than 65 countries. Events and celebrities
present for the festival (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Catherine Deneuve,
Helen, Kalki Koechlin, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan and
Ranbir Kapoor among others) are also testimony to the relevance and
influence of the festival.
Among the highly promising or already internationally acclaimed Indian
films featured in the festival, the Hindi Cinema Blog recommends
watching out for the following 10 films to experience a representative
portrayal of current trends in Indian cinema:
1 The Fort
(Killa) by Avinash Arun
2 Coffee
Bloom by Manu Warrier
3 The
Master Shyam Benegal by Khalid
Mohammed
4 Buddha
In a Traffic Jam by Vivek Agnihotri
5 Amar
Akbar & Tony by Atul Malhotra
6 Amma
& Appa by Franziska Schönenberger,
Jayakrishnan Subramanian
7 Banished
(Nirbashito) by Churni Ganguly
8 Honeycomb
Lodge by Lesley Manning
9 Perariyathavar by Dr. Biju
10 Echoes by Rajesh Shera
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