Prabhudheva-starrer to have its world premiere in Los Angeles
Los Angeles
March 28, 2017
Prabhudheva-starrer "Mercury" will have its world premiere at The Indian Film
Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) next month. A masterclass with "The Big Bang
Theory" star Kunal Nayyar will also be held at the fest.
The 16th edition
of the annual festival will take place between April 11-15 here.
Best
known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali on "The Big Bang Theory", Nayyar's
career has spanned television, features and the stage. He is also known for
doing voice work in the animated feature films "Trolls" and "Ice Age:
Continental Drift".
Nayyar will discuss his career beginnings, his path
to stardom on American television's popular comedy, and to advise the next
generation of artistes on how to gain a foothold in a competitive industry.
The masterclass will be presented with support from the India Center
Foundation and will take place on April 12.
Director Karthik Subbaraj's
forthcoming silent thriller "Mercury" focuses on five long-time friends, all of
whom are maimed as a result of their town's mercury poisoning, who come together
for their high school reunion. But a moment of mischief and misfortune during
the after-party puts them on a one-way road to hell.
"Mercury" will be
screened on April 12.
An impressive panel of jurors will preside over
IFFLA's features and shorts competitions.
The features jury will include
director Haifaa Al-Mansour, film critic Carlos Aguilar and actress Sujata Day.
The shorts jury will include religious scholar and writer Reza Aslan, and
director Aneesh Chaganty, and screenwriter Guinevere Turner.
The fest's
full line-up will include opening night gala film "In the Shadows" with
Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee in attendance, closing night gala "Village
Rockstars" directed by Rima Das, Hansal Mehta's "Omerta" with the director in
attendance, Naseeruddin Shah-starrer "The Hungry", and a memorial tribute
screening of the late star Sridevi's 1989 hit "Chandni".
Los Angeles
March 28, 2017
Prabhudheva-starrer "Mercury" will have its world premiere at The Indian Film
Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) next month. A masterclass with "The Big Bang
Theory" star Kunal Nayyar will also be held at the fest.
The 16th edition
of the annual festival will take place between April 11-15 here.
Best
known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali on "The Big Bang Theory", Nayyar's
career has spanned television, features and the stage. He is also known for
doing voice work in the animated feature films "Trolls" and "Ice Age:
Continental Drift".
Nayyar will discuss his career beginnings, his path
to stardom on American television's popular comedy, and to advise the next
generation of artistes on how to gain a foothold in a competitive industry.
The masterclass will be presented with support from the India Center
Foundation and will take place on April 12.
Director Karthik Subbaraj's
forthcoming silent thriller "Mercury" focuses on five long-time friends, all of
whom are maimed as a result of their town's mercury poisoning, who come together
for their high school reunion. But a moment of mischief and misfortune during
the after-party puts them on a one-way road to hell.
"Mercury" will be
screened on April 12.
An impressive panel of jurors will preside over
IFFLA's features and shorts competitions.
The features jury will include
director Haifaa Al-Mansour, film critic Carlos Aguilar and actress Sujata Day.
The shorts jury will include religious scholar and writer Reza Aslan, and
director Aneesh Chaganty, and screenwriter Guinevere Turner.
The fest's
full line-up will include opening night gala film "In the Shadows" with
Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee in attendance, closing night gala "Village
Rockstars" directed by Rima Das, Hansal Mehta's "Omerta" with the director in
attendance, Naseeruddin Shah-starrer "The Hungry", and a memorial tribute
screening of the late star Sridevi's 1989 hit "Chandni".
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