| www.ptinews.com Indian Film Festival begins from Wednesday November 9, 2009 by Betwa Sharma |
| New York, Nov 9 (PTI) A non-profit organisation that promotes Indian and cross-cultural arts forms in the US is organising a film festival here this week. Celebrated Indian artists including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Sharmila Tagore will attend the MIAAC (Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council) Film Festival that kicks off on Wednesday, with 47 screenings. The show begins with 'Today's Special' staring Shah, Madhur Jaffrey and Daily Show actor/correspondent Asif Mandvi who plays a cook in a comedy about food and friendship set in Jackson Heights, which is a South Asian hub in the Queens borough. "This is a story about an immigrant family who happen to be Indian and Muslim, and it's a story about a father and a son," Mandvi told PTI. "Even in America, people who don't know Indians know Indian food. |
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