Program

“How can we best comment on issues relating to Bollywood?” we asked ourselves as we organized the fourth year of the Prague Bollywood Festival. There was, we decided, no better way than to allow the films and their makers speak for themselves. Unlike other years, when we focused explicitly on acquainting Czech audiences with India’s prolific commercial film industry, this year’s festival takes a more critical look at current trends in Mumbai (Bombay) and how these are in turn affecting the ways in which Bollywood is perceived within South Asia and abroad. Films selected for this year’s festival both extol and critique current trends within the industry. Our guests are all filmmakers that engage with Bollywood: Subhash Ghai is a Bombay film industry mogul, Nabin Subba advocates an entity for Nepali film under Bollywood’s shadow, and Canada based Kaspar Saxena brings to bear the ways in which Bollywood influenced Indian diasporic filmmakers. The guests will each present their own work and will also dialogue with each other in open panels during the festival.


Festival will take place at cinema Aero and Světozor from 9. till 15. 10. 2006.

All films are with English subtitles.

CINEMA AERO

Monday 9. 10.
17.00 - MAINE PYAR KIYA
20.30 - PARDES

Tuesday 10. 10.
17.00 - KHAL NAYAK
20.30 - SHOLAY 

Wednesday 11. 10.
17.00 - KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL
20.30 - NUMAFUNG

CINEMA SVĚTOZOR

Thursday 12. 10.
13.30 - Cricket and the Meaning of Life - small screening hall
17.00 - SANGAM  - small screening hall
17.30 - NO ENTRY - big screening hall
20.30 - SWADES - big screening hall

Friday 13. 10.
17.00 - BARSAAT  - small screening hall
17.30 - BANDIT QUEEN - big screening hall
20.00 - HAMARA DESH , THE ELEPHANT RISES - small screening hall
20.30 - WATER - velký sál

Saturday 14. 10.
14.30 - KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL - big screening hall
17.00 - PAHELI - velký sál
17.30 - UNTIL VANISHING 1 – INSIDE/OUT - small screening hall
20.00 - UNTIL VANISHING 2 – STAR LIGHT - small screening hall
20.30 - KOI... MIL GAYA - big screening hall

Sunday 15. 10.
14.30 - HUM TUM - big screening hall
15.00 - Runaway Grooms, Cricket and the Meaning of Life - small screening hall
17.00 - KAL HO NAA HO - big screening hall
16.30 - NUMAFUNG - small screening hall
20.00 - YOURS EMOTIONALLY! - small screening hall
20.30 - TAAL - big screening hall

Related Events:

14. 10. at 22:00 - BOLLYWOOD PARTY - p.m. klub (Trojická 8, Praha 2)
Featuring dance hits from Bollywood Films - DJ MUNICH MASALA (MUENCHEN) and DJ IDLY - a Bollywood dance show, song-and-dance video clips

Exhibition of Bollywood film posters at Kino Aero (1. - 11. 10. 2006) and Kino Světozor (1. - 15. 10. 2006)

Indian cuisine at Kino Aero (Beas) and Kino Světozor (Punjabi Food) for duration of the festival

SPECIAL PROGRAM ON DIASPORA
Friday 13. 10. - Učebna U2, FAMU, Smetanovo nábřeží 2, 116 65 Praha 1

10.00 - Panel Discussion: What is Bollywood? What is its influence?
Discussion with Prague Bollywood Festival guests and organizers

17.00 - Visual presentation on realism vs. fantasy- Autobiography and Indian diasporic films in Canada
Kaspar Saxena

Entrance:
kino Aero: 90 Kč
kino Světozor: 100 Kč
Bollywood party (p.m. klub): 100 Kč

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