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UK Asian Film Festival Unveils Lineup With Shabana Azmi & Karisma Kapoor Set To Be Feted


UK Asian Film Festival has unveiled lineup with Shabana Azmi & Karisma Kapoor set to be feted and multiple premieres.

Themed ‘Climate of Change,’ the festival will open with the premiere of Minimum at the BFI IMAX in London, while Lord Curzon Ki Haveli will close out the event at the Regent Street Cinema. Meanwhile, the festival will celebrate 50 years of Azmi’s projects with screenings of her most well-known films, including her debut, Ankur, Deepa Mehta’s pioneering 1996 romance Fire and her most recent outing, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. Director Molla, actors Saba Azad and Namit Das, along with producer Shiladitya Bora, will be in attendance for the screening of Minimum, which follows newlywed Indian woman Fauzia travelling to Belgium following an arranged marriage over the phone where she finds herself trapped in a web of lies and embarks on a journey of self discovery.

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