 The New York Indian Film Festival wrapped up five days of screenings in splendid fashion — on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore — with a Closing Evening that included Indian film luminaries, along with Salmon Rushdie and Ambassador Prakash Shah, among others.
Festival awards went for Best Picture — Sthaniya Sambaad (Spring in the Colony); Best Director — Aparna Sen for Iti Mrinolina; Best Actor — Rishi Kapoor in Do Dooi Chaar; Best Actress — Konkona Sen Sharma in Iti Mrinolini; Best Screenplay — Mohan Raghava T.D Dasan Std. VI B; Best Documentary — Bhopali (Max Carlson); Best Short Film — Just That Sort Of Day.
Photographs: Stephen Wise
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