Toronto film fest promises a big slice of Indian films

Mumbai: The 32nd Toronto film festival which opened on Thursday, promises a substantial presentation of Indian films this year.

With as many as eight films with an Indian connection making it to the festival's various sections, many familiar filmi faces will be visible on the red carpet.

Shekhar Kapur's sequel to Elizabeth titled The Golden Age and Rituporno Ghosh's English film The Last Lear, both will be premiered in the Gala Presentations segment.

Ghosh's drama pertaining to the decadence of a Shakespearan actor stars Amitabh Bachchan, Priety Zinta and Shefali Shah.

"It was an incredible experience. The film took only 40 days to shoot as the actors had the dates, and the film just fell into place,” says Ghosh.

The Masters Section features Four Women, an experimental film by south Indian maverick Adoor Gopalakrishnan starring Nandita Das.

Santosh Sivan's Before the Rains makes it as Nandita's second film at Toronto this year.

Also starring Rahul Bose, this film deals with colonial life in Kerala and has been included in the festival's vision section.

The Masters section will also see renowned Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta's latest, The Voyeurs.

Frozen, a film chronicling the journey of a father, his son and daughter, will be shown as a special presentation. The film stars Danny Denzongpa.

And last but not the least, Bollywood filmmakers Vishal Bharadwaj and Farhan Akhtar will find fleeting space via AIDS Jaago -a project produced by Mira Nair that comprises four short films documenting AIDS in India.

And while commercial Indian films like Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Guru might premiere at Toronto, the lesser known experimental or non-commercial formula films are the ones which are representing India at the Toronto Film festival.

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