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India Now and “Waitress” give the city a (short) breather from TFF - Indiewire
May 04 2007
"India Now" at the MoMA
Last week saw the opening of MoMA‘s India Now film program, a survey of modern Indian art cinema. Far from the average Bollywood fare, India now features that other side of what the largest film industry in the world has to offer.
Opening night was Rahul Dholakia‘s "Parzania", a gritty historical drama - powerful and graphic. Filmed in English and centering itself on the controversial story of a Hindu pogrom against Muslims in the Western Indian State that ended in over 1000 causalities. Belonging much more to the Paul Greengrass camp than the traditional song and dance, "Parzania" firmly plants "India Now"‘s roots, proclaiming its independence from Bollywood once and for all.
David Donihue, the writer of "Parzania" was in attendance, providing the audience with a heartfelt introduction. "This story changed my life," he said, "not just in the facts, but in the minutia as well." He wasn't kidding. Chalked full of important details that make the film come alive, "Parzania" is one of the most powerful and effective offerings to come out of India in years. Perhaps to a fault, even, since there were a few walkouts due to the intensity of the content. The festival continued through the weekend with a plethora of other Indian films including Kolkata's prolific auteur Buddhadev Dasgupta‘s fantastic new work, "Memories in the Mist".
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