“Partition
and Aftermath”
The NCSU Dept. of Foreign
Languages and Literatures
Hindi-Urdu
Section presents the Fall 2005
South Asian
Film Festival
(Hindi-Urdu Movies on the
Big Screen)
|
Erdahl-Cloyd Theater D.H. Hill Library NCSU, Raleigh |
FREE ADMISSION ! |
Thursdays 7:00 PM |
|
Sept 1 |
Veer Zara (india) English Subtitles |
(Yash Chopra) Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee. Pakistani Zara and Indian Veer meet and fall in love, but the border and family opposition stand in the way. |
|
Sept 15 |
1947 Earth (india) |
(Deepa Mehta) Starring Aamir Khan, Nandita Das. A young girl growing up in Lahore witnesses the upheaval of Partition. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel “Cracking India” by Bapsi Sidhwa. |
|
Sept 29 |
Train to Pakistan |
(Pamela Rooks) Based on the novel by Khushwant Singh. A small Panjabi village and the refugee trains running through it are threatened by violence as Partition approaches. |
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Oct 27 |
Jinnah (pakistan) |
(Akbar Ahmed) Starring Christopher Lee, Shashi Kapoor. The founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, looks back on his life and controversial career. |
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Nov 3 |
Garm Hawa (Hot Wind) |
(M.S. Sathyu) Starring Balraj Sahni, Farooque Shaikh, Gita Siddharth, Shaukat Kaifi. A Muslim family in post-Partition Agra (India) faces discrimination, suspicion, and internal strife. Screenplay by Kaifi Azmi. |
|
Dec 1 |
Khamosh Pani |
(Sabiha Sumar) Starring Kiron Kher, Aamir Ali Malik. A woman living in 1979 Pakistan remembers her experiences during Partition as she sees her son being drawn towards fanaticism. |
For more info, call Afroz Taj at 515-9302
website: http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/fl/faculty/taj/hindi/filmfest.htm
HNOTE: If you want to receive announcements about South Asian films,
concerts, lectures and conferences, email
us at taj@unity.ncsu.edu and we will put you on our e-mailing list!
Co-sponsored by the NC Center
for South Asia Studies,
D.H. Hill Library, EKTAA and Geet Bazaar (Desi Radio, Sunday 10-12 AM)