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Opening Night Film of Habib Faisal’s “Do Dooni Chaar”. Starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh Kapoor Directed by Habib Faisal India, 2010, 120 Minutes , Hindi (with English subtitles), US Premiere. Life is tough for Mr. Duggal who works at school as a Math teacher, lives in a government allocated two room apartment in Delhi and is coping with double digit inflation rates and single digit increments in his salary. Add to that, a teenage daughter with high living ambitions, a fast-track son and a wife who loves the good life. The life in the Duggals household passes by in care of the basics and surviving from month to month. Until one day, they decide to dream to own a car and move up in life from a two –wheeler to a four-wheeler. A dream that’s not easy by any stretch of imagination for the single income family. Mr. Duggal however, has made up his mind - and his male ego will not let him change his promise to his family. What follows is a comic journey of chaos, realizations, calculations, confrontations and bonding. Join the journey that will drive them, and you, pretty much nuts. Habib Faisal is a successful Indian director and screenwriter. He has co-written Siddharth Anand's ‘Salaam Namaste.’ He has also written director Shaad Ali's ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ starring Abhishek Bachchan and Preity Zinta, and Siddharth Anand's ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum’ starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee. He also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the acclaimed December 2010 film ‘Band Baaja Baaraat.’ He has directed several television serials for ZeeTv and worked with New Delhi Television as a camera person.   Habib was brought up in Delhi, and is an alumnus of the Kirori Mal College and MCRC Jamia Millia. He lives in Mumbai with his wife Shahla and daughter Sheena. CREW: Director: Habib Faisal. Produced by: Arindam Chaudhuri. Story: Habib Faisal. Screenplay & Dialogues: Habib Faisal and Rahil Qaazi. Music Directors: Meet Brothers and Anjan   OPENING NIGHT GALA CELEBRATIONS: NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL MAY 4, 2011 Tickets on sale now Opening Night NYIFF: Paris Theatre & Essex House, NYC US Premiere of Disney’s first live action Indian film followed by a Gala Benefit dinner!   6 pm Red carpet at Paris Theatre 7 pm Welcome - Aroon Shivdasani, IAAC Executive & Artistic Director Opening Address - Ambassador Meera Shankar Introduction Jason Reed, Disney Executive VP/GM International Productions Screening of Habib Faisal’s “ Do Dooni Chaar”. Starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh Kapoor Post-screening discussion with Director and cast moderated by Aseem Chhabra, Film Festival Director 9:30 pm Gala Benefit Dinner at Jumeirah Essex House    Individual Tickets: $500 red carpet screening, post-screening discussion w/Director & cast, and Gala Benefit dinner $150 screening and post-screening discussion w/Director & cast. Tables of 10: Reserved seating (Red carpet screening, discusson & Gala Benefit dinner) Emerald Table of 10 $25,000 ($23,000 tax deductible) Ruby Table of 10 $20,000 ($18,000 tax deductible) Sapphire Table of 10 $15,000 ($13,000 tax deductible) Diamond Table of 10 $10,000 ($8,000 tax deductible) Friendship Table of 10 $5,000 ($3,000 tax deductible)   Please send ticket/table request details(# of tickets, table denomination, return address) with your cheque to:   Indo-American Arts Council, 517East 87th St., Suite 1B, New York, NY 10128. Phone: 212 594 3685. TICKETS ON SALE NOW PATANG (THE KITE) AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL WORLD NARRATIVE COMPETITION After four sold out screenings at the Berlin Film Festival, PATANG (The Kite) will make its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival as one of 1 of 12 features in the World Narrative Competition. TICKETS Tickets on sale now!  Select screenings have already sold out. Purchase your tickets today. Click here to buy tickets. LIKE us on FACEBOOK to win 2 tickets to the PATANG's U.S. premiere and invitations to our after party!  (5 lucky winners will be selected). Prashant Bhargava has “a sure hand with his actors, immeasurably enhanced by Biswas' motherly presence whose underlying bittersweetness is salved by a palpable warmth of heart.” -VARIETY "Bhargava knows when to stop and catch the right, fleeting expressions and gestures. There’s a gentleness in this snapshot of a family and all its baggage that seems almost effortless.” -HOLLYWOOD REPORTER “PATANG is a visually stunning film... Bhargava handles the subject in a quiet gentle way, but shows the tension with his hand held camera and quick edit cuts.  Biswas is fantastic as the central figure in the film and truly standsout as the moral compass of the story.” -INDIA ABROAD ABOUT PATANG (THE KITE) A poetic journey to the old city of Ahmedabad, PATANG (The Kite) weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India's largest kite festival. Every year a million kites fill the skies above Ahmedabad–dueling, soaring, tumbling and flying high. When a successful Delhi businessman takes his daughter on a surprise trip back to his childhood home for the festival, an entire family has to confront its own fractured past and fragile dreams. Music and fireworks, food and laughter, a kaleidoscope of color and light, the magic of the kite flying high – a traditional recipe of healing and renewal. With naturalistic performances from actors and non–actors alike, bold, lyrical editing, vibrant cinematography and a kinetic score, Patang delights the senses and nourishes the spirit. Six years in the making, PATANG's cast includes national award winning actress Seema Biswas (Water, Bandit Queen) alongside actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Peepli Live, Dev D. Firaaq) and Sugandha Garg (Tere Bin Laden, My Name is Khan, Janne Tu Ya Janne Na), Mukund Shukla, Aakash Maherya and Hamid Shaikh. Produced by Jaideep Punjabi.  Executive Produced by Vijay Bhargava and Jaideep Punjabi. Written, Directed and Edited by Prashant Bhargava. New York Crew: Sound Design by Abigail Savage, Digit Audio (Chop Shop, Sugar, Half Nelson) Sound Supervision and Re-recording Mixing by Tom Efinger, Digit Audio (Inside Job, Sugar, Chop Shop) Consulting Editor - Joe Klotz (Rabbit Hole, Junebug, Precious) Music Composed by Mario Grigorov (Precious, Taxi to the Dark Side) Colorist - Blase Theodore, Contact DI Visual Effects and Title Design by Geoff Albores and Dan DiFelice Music Supervision by Doug Bernheim, Sound Pictures (Half Nelson, Solitary Man) Visit us at www.patang.tv ABOUT THE DIRECTOR PATANG (The Kite) is Prashant Bhargava's first feature film. His short film SANGAM premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, garnering several awards and distinctions. The film was distributed by Film Movement and Mubi and broadcast on Arte/ZDF, The Sundance Channel and PBS. Prashant started out in the arts as a graffiti artist in his hometown of Chicago. He went on to study computer science at Cornell University and theatrical directing at The Actors Studio MFA program. For the past fifteen years, he has directed and designed commercials, music videos, title sequences and promos. PUBLIC SCREENINGS Thursday, April 21, 8:30pm, CCC Screen 4 Sunday, April 24, 9:00pm, CCC Screen 7  Monday, April 25, 7:00pm, CCC Screen 5  Friday, April 29, 10:30pm, CCC Screen 9 Saturday, April 30th, 9:00pm SVA Screen 2 Beatrice - NEW SCREENING ADDED Each screening will be followed with a Q&A with director Prashant Bhargava. Shows are selling out!  Buy now. School of Visual Arts Theater (SVA) 333 West 23rd St, (between 8th and 9th Avenues), New York NY Clearview Cinemas Chelsea (CCC) 260 West 23rd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), New York, NY PRESS SCREENINGS (For Tribeca Film Festival Accredited Press Members ONLY) Friday, April 22, 1:30pm, CCC Screen 9  Wednesday, April 27, 12pm, CCC Screen 7

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