16th Annual NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
May 7 - 14, 2016
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India West,
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 11:30 am
NYIFF to Kick Off With ‘Nachom-ia-Kumpasar’
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| The 2016 New York Indian Film Festival, to be held from May 7-14 at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City, N.Y., will screen Bardroy Barretto’s “Nachom-ia-Kumpasar (Let’s Dance to the Rhythm)” on the opening night. (Iaac.us photo) |
The 16th annual New York Indian Film Festival, presented by the Indo-American Arts Council, has announced that its opening night film will be “Nachom-ia-Kumpasar (Let’s Dance to the Rhythm),” directed by Bardroy Barretto. The festival will kick off May 7 at 5 p.m. at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City, N.Y., and continue until May 14.
Among the celebrities and guests that will grace the red carpet and cocktails event are Aparna Sen, Salman Rushdie, Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Arun Singh, Ambassador Vijay Nambiar, Madhur Jaffrey, Aasif Mandvi, Paul Williams, Tracey Jackson, Umesh Kulkarni, Suketu Mehta, Hansal Mehta, Sakina Jaffrey, Sarita Choudhury, Kalki Koechlin, Ayad Akhtar, Muzaffar Ali, Nasseredin Shah, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rekha Bhardwaj and Aditya Basu Bhattacharya.
Aroon Shivdasani, artistic and executive director of IAAC, will give the welcome address. Filmmaker Mira Nair and Singh will also give addresses.
A post-screening discussion with Barretto and the cast will be moderated by Aseem Chhabra. The evening will end with a gala benefit dinner and dancing at the Rosenthal Pavilion Penthouse.
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