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| MAHINDRA INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL (MIAAC) FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 11-15, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| ANTAHEEN (The Endless Wait)
: Closing Night Screening
5 pm November 15, 2009 at Walter Reade Theatre, NYC. By invitation only. 9 pm November 15, 2009 at Quad Cinemas, 34 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011. Tickets: $15 each. Phone: 212 255 8800. www.quadcinema.com |
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| Synopsis: Abhik Chowdhury is an IPS officer with a heart -- honest, upright, yet laidback. Having lost faith in the real relationships that he sees around him, Abhik seeks solace in the virtual world. While navigating through this virtual world, Abhik develops an online relationship with a young woman, Brinda, without knowing anything about her. Brinda is a young, dynamic television journalist. For both Abhik and Brinda, who do not know each other's real names or whereabouts, this online communication soon becomes an increasingly intense relationship, more real than virtual. Ironically the virtual lovers, Abhik and Brinda have an acrimonious first meeting in the real world - at the launch of a controversial mega project of a big-time real estate entrepreneur, V.K. Mehra. Unaware that she knows Abhik so well on the Internet, Brinda, gets into a bitter exchange of words with him. Before leaving in a huff, she overhears a piece of conversation about Mehra's project, which gives her a lead to a potentially big scoop. Ranjan and Paromita, an estranged couple, become the bridge between Brinda and Abhik. Ranjan is Abhik's cousin, but he is more a friend, philosopher and guide. A stock market addict, Ranjan leads a lonely life after having separated from Paromita a few years ago. Paromita, is a senior marketing executive with the television channel where Brinda is a colleague and a friend. Ranjan and Paro still care deeply for each other, but they have separated because they feel togetherness would spoil that very love and tenderness. It is an irony they live through, each alone. As the film progresses, we follow the lives of these characters as they discover themselves and also each other; and when the credits roll up we see love is fragile, yet it continues endlessly, linking us to eternity. |
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