Last year, the Indian Film Festival celebrated its 20th year and this year it enters its third decade of this amazing adventure, regularly bringing the best and most interesting of Indian cinema to audiences.

The stars (not only) of Bollywood’s silver screen will shine at Cinema Světozor from October 31 to November 2, 2024.

“Due to organizational reasons, we had to shift the date a bit and it falls on India’s most important festival Diwali (November 2). That’s why we also included the immortal hit Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham, which shows the celebrations of this festival in a truly lavish way and is still played by Indian families on these festive days,” says Radim Špaček, the festival’s artistic director.

In addition to these classics, you can look forward to current films telling interesting stories that you will remember for a long time.

A diverse range of genres will be represented, for example, by Srikanth, a biographical drama based on a true story about a blind boy who wants to become the President of India and has so far made it to become a wealthy businessman and influential philanthropist.

“My personal pick is the gritty thriller Joram about a rural man’s escape from political gangsters and corrupt cops, all the while with his baby in his arms,” adds Špaček. Laapataa Ladies is an emotionally charged story of two brides mistaken on a train. Crew, on the other hand, is an action comedy about a trio of stewardesses who embark on a crime spree.

And finally, the award-winning drama 12th Fail – again based on a true story – describes the tribulations of young students with high school entrance exams, as this film thematizes the pervasiveness of corruption and dishonesty in state institutions and private enterprises.

The atmosphere of India and especially the festival of Diwali will be highlighted during the festival by the decoration of the cinema hall by Sanu Babu and complemented by food from an Indian restaurant or the offer of the traditional drink “masala chai”.

The Bollywood dance party in particular has become a tradition. This year’s will be hosted by DJ Deepak at the Chapeau Rouge club on November 2.

The festival also has a Facebook event where interesting facts and details about the films.

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