To understand the wide range of films to be shown at the third edition of the ongoing South Asian International Film Festival in New York, you have to see just two or three of them.
Jaan-E-Mann, the romantic musical starring Preity Zinta, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar ends the festival on October 8. The budget of that one film, shot mostly in New York, could cover the entire budget of at least 10 other feature films being shown at SAIFF's newest festival.
SAIFF, which opened on October 4, was supposed to premiere the miniscule budget Anwar, the second film by Manish Jha (Matruboomi: A Nation Without Women). Twenty one films including Jaan-E-Mann will have their world premieres and 11 North American premieres. The films are in more than a dozen languages, including Tamil, Bengali and English. A substantial number of films, especially documentaries and short films, are made by people who are in their late 20s.
But due to some technical difficulties, Anwar could not feature at the festival. Instead, it was replaced by the critically-acclaimed Omkara, directed by Vishal Bharadwaj.
Source: Rediff
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