Film

UK Asian Film Festival (March 14-25) – Awards for stars Amy Jackson, Mahira Khan, Meera Syal and Anita Anand among others at launch event

Festival brochure now available – special event and awards ceremony to kick off packed festival, including talks and concerts… BRITAIN’S…

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‘Garbage’ – cult director Q’s latest transgressive work will upset many (he hopes…) as it enjoys world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival 2018

Berlinale screens controversial film which is unlikely to ever get a cinema release in India… HIS FIRST film was banned…

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Waris Hussein breaking through BFI Season – Emmy and BAFTA winning director talks about ‘Doctor Who’, Richard Burton and ‘A Passage to India’ and ‘Edward & Mrs Simpson’

One of the first British Asian directors – if not the first of real prominence in the modern era –…

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‘Pad Man’ (review) – Indian ‘Superhero’ film is Bollywood’s most feminist and a great watch (shame about Sonam character)

Is it the most feminist film Bollywood has ever made? We review the unlikely ‘chick flick’ that will strike a…

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‘Pad Man’ – Time for change, Twinkle Khanna and Sonam Kapoor say their film is part of turning up gender equality…(Bollywood’s first feminist film?)

Stars Twinkle Khanna and Sonam Kapoor tell acv what it meant to be part of a film that is challenging…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2018: film stars Mahira Khan and Simi Garewal and broadcaster Anita Anand to grace fest

Festival marks 20 years of existence since creation as Tongues on Fire, originally – now renamed UK Asian Film Festival…

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‘Lies We Tell’ – A difficult love letter to Bradford…

New film is honest portrayal of society in flux says man who grew up there… MITU MISRA is not your…

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‘Around India with a Movie Camera’ – Old film tells hidden tales: Empire and new beginnings

A new film using just archive footage tells the story of the Brits in India and what life was like…

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‘Padmaavat’ our verdict …. Dazzling film should be cause for celebration as it was in Paris some years back in different guise…

Film has aroused strong passions in India, sparking strife and vandalism in some parts – but has been something the…

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Anoushka Shankar talks about her musical score to Shiraz (1928)

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