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‘Dear Jassi,’ ‘Mrs’ to Bookend New York Indian Film Festival, Lineup Includes Mira Nair, Shabana Azmi Conversation
Tarsem Singh Dhandwar's 'Dear Jassi' and Arati Kadav's 'Mrs' will open and close this year's New York Indian Film Festival.
Tarsem Singh Dhandwar’s “ Dear Jassi ” and Arati Kadav’s “Mrs” will open and close this year’s New York Indian Film Festival. Punjabi and English-language “Dear Jassi,” a tale of star-crossed lovers based on a true story, arrives in New York after a glittering festival run that began in 2023, at Toronto, where it won the Platform Prize. Program highlights of the narrative features selection include Prasanna Vithanage’s Busan winner “Paradise”; Jayant Digambar Somalkar’s Toronto-winning “Sthal”; Kanu Behl’s Cannes-debuting “Agra”; Jayant Rohatgi’s Tokyo and Palm Springs player “Sumo Didi”; Suman Ghosh’s Busan selected “The Scavenger of Dreams”; Srijit Mukherji’s biopic of auteur Mrinal Sen “Padatik”; Wendy Bednarz’s Cinequest winner “Yellow Bus”; and Pooja Kaul’s “The Umesh Chronicles,” headlined by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan.
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