Adil Hussain's 'Mukti Bhawan' opens Dharamsala film festival
Dharamshala
November 2, 2017
With a picturesque venue between the lush green mountains of
Mcleodganj here, the sixth edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival
(DIFF) opened with critically-acclaimed actor Adil Hussain's "Mukti Bhawan" to a
full house.
Taking place at Tibetan Children's Village here, cinema
lovers hailing from Himachal Pradesh, different parts of India and some from
different parts of the globe, flocked to watch the opening film directed by
National Award winner Shubhashish Bhutiani with Adil present at Hermann Gmeiner
auditorium,A on Thursday.
Before the screening began, DIFF opened with a
Tibetan song sung by children from the school aged 10-16.
Adil also
introduced the audience to Barry John, a well known theatre director and teacher
of talents like Adil, Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee among others, who was
sitting among them.
"Mukti Bhawan" is based on the tale of a 77-year-old
man, who wakes from a strange nightmare convinced that his time is up and that
he must go to Varanasi to die and gain salvation.
About his experience on
filming for a subject of death, Adil said: "We have to die at some point no
matter who we are or where we are and is the only inevitable fact...Going to
Varanasi for the coming was very enlightening for me because I actually walked
around the burning bodies. That sort of fortified my belief in death."
The four-day long extravaganza, will also have film screenings at the city's new
multiplex with two auditoriums at Gold Cinemas in Lower Dharamsala.
The
offbeat film fest is organised by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam.
There will also be a special screening of the critically acclaimed "A Death
in the Gunj", which will be presented by director Konkona Sen Sharma.
The
line-up also includes two award-winning documentaries -- Kirsten Johnson's
"Cameraperson" and Rahul Jain's "Machines".
Other films screening here
include" Newton ", "Turup", "What Will People Say", "Ajji" and "Heidi", among
others.
The festival will end on November 5 with Rima Das' "Village
Rockstar" as the closing film.
Dharamshala
November 2, 2017
With a picturesque venue between the lush green mountains of
Mcleodganj here, the sixth edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival
(DIFF) opened with critically-acclaimed actor Adil Hussain's "Mukti Bhawan" to a
full house.
Taking place at Tibetan Children's Village here, cinema
lovers hailing from Himachal Pradesh, different parts of India and some from
different parts of the globe, flocked to watch the opening film directed by
National Award winner Shubhashish Bhutiani with Adil present at Hermann Gmeiner
auditorium,A on Thursday.
Before the screening began, DIFF opened with a
Tibetan song sung by children from the school aged 10-16.
Adil also
introduced the audience to Barry John, a well known theatre director and teacher
of talents like Adil, Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee among others, who was
sitting among them.
"Mukti Bhawan" is based on the tale of a 77-year-old
man, who wakes from a strange nightmare convinced that his time is up and that
he must go to Varanasi to die and gain salvation.
About his experience on
filming for a subject of death, Adil said: "We have to die at some point no
matter who we are or where we are and is the only inevitable fact...Going to
Varanasi for the coming was very enlightening for me because I actually walked
around the burning bodies. That sort of fortified my belief in death."
The four-day long extravaganza, will also have film screenings at the city's new
multiplex with two auditoriums at Gold Cinemas in Lower Dharamsala.
The
offbeat film fest is organised by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam.
There will also be a special screening of the critically acclaimed "A Death
in the Gunj", which will be presented by director Konkona Sen Sharma.
The
line-up also includes two award-winning documentaries -- Kirsten Johnson's
"Cameraperson" and Rahul Jain's "Machines".
Other films screening here
include" Newton ", "Turup", "What Will People Say", "Ajji" and "Heidi", among
others.
The festival will end on November 5 with Rima Das' "Village
Rockstar" as the closing film.
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