“Social Dramas and Shimmering Spectacles” Film Festival

The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC), in collaboration with IAAC and the Indian Consulate, presents Social Dramas and Shimmering Spectacles: Muslim Cultures of Bombay Cinema from May 19-27, 2010. The series, curated by Richard Allen and Ira Bhaskar, displays the extraordinary richness of Bombay cinema by highlighting classic films that showcase Muslim themes, performance idioms, and lyric traditions. Check out classics like Pakeezah and Mughal-e-Azam as well as modern classics like Jodhaa Akbar. Topics range from imperial Mughal romances to poignant stories of inequality in post-partition India. The festival is a cross-section spanning nearly 70 years and drawn from India’s biggest blockbusters as well as prime examples of the Indian New Wave. These are films that look at the history, the fantasy and the reality of the Muslim presence in India.

“This beautifully curated series offers a fresh and fascinating perspective into that treasure chest that is the Bombay cinema,” says Richard Peña, program director. “Exploring the many ways that cinema has depicted India’s Muslim minority, Richard Allen and Ira Bhaskar add to and deepen a discussion that has relevance not only for India but for America as well.”

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