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17th Annual NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
April 30-May 7, 2017

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The 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival Enthralls Everyone
May 12, 2017
 
The 17th Annual New York Film festival concluded on a very high note on Sunday. The prestigious awards ceremony was followed by closing night film - THIS IS MY SUNDAY. The week long event created a lot of buzz after premiering 85 short documentaries and feature films from Indian Subcontinent in Hindi, English and seven regional languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali). Check out the winners list:

  • Best Film - MUKTI BHAWAN (HOTEL SALVATION)

  • Best Director - Konkona Sen Sharma (A DEATH IN THE GUNJ)

  • Best Screenplay - P. Balachandran (KAMMATTIPADAM)

  • Best Actor - K. Kaladharan (THE NARROW PATH)

  • Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma (LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA)

  • Best Documentary - AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN

  • Best Short - AABA

Along with film premieres, this festival featured a sidebar programming with the sibling filmmakers (Deepa & Dilip Mehta), Purple Pebble Productions (Ventilator, Saravan), A tribute to Om Puri, Mobile Bollywood 'Shoot a Short Film' workshop, industry panelists (CAA's Short Film Initiative), nightly networking events, red carpets and a gala. More than 40 filmmakers attended and participated in a riveting Q&A session after their films.
 
 

Alankrita Shrivastava (center), Aahana Kumra (left), lead actor of the movie, "Lipstick Under My Burkha" and moderator Aseem Chhabra,during a Q & A session after screening of the movie at 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival

 Aroon Shivdasani, Executive and Artistic Director and National Award-winning actor Konkona Sen Sharma  during an after screening discussion of her directorial debut of the movie, "A Death In The Ganj" at 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival
   

Maya Mirchandani, director of documentary film, "Weapons of War: Women of Bastar" at red carpet walk of 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival
Alankrita Shrivastava, Rahul Bose & Aahana Kumra
 

Economist Kaushik Basu (left) and Suman Ghosh, director of the documentary film, The Argumentative Indian, during a Q & A session after screening of the movie at 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival
Salman Rushdie & Kiran Desai
   

Actor turned director, Konkona Sen Sharma receives best actress award for her film "Lipstick Under my Burkha"from Actor, Mukti Bhawan fame Adil Hussain at  17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival
Riva Ganguly & Rahul Bose
   
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