Click to play videoLondon: Two Indian films have made quite an impression in the first week of the London film festival. Nandita Das's directorial debut, Firaaq as expected got rave reviews.
The film, starring Naseeruddin shah, Deepti Naval and Paresh Rawal, takes place in Gujarat a month after the 2002 riots. A story about prejudice, fear, love and hope, this movie is due for release in India in January
“I have shown it in Toronto, Chinese, Americans, Asians and Turks they have all seen it and what I am pleased about is that even though it's an Indian film, everyone connects,” says Director, Nandita Das
And the audiences have connected with quite a different Indian movie as well. The spoof Tamil Western Quick gun murugan by director Shashank Ghosh has 9 rebirths, McDosas and a south Indian cowboy.
“It's a tribute to south Indian genre. We have used a south Indian cowboy and made him a bit 'western style' to make it modern. Am interested in seeing how the western audience reacts to it,” says Shashank Ghosh.
Other Indian films in the festival include Santosh Sivan';s Tahaan, Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya and Shyam Bengal's Welcome to sajjanpur.
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