Screening:Saturday Nov. 17 7:00 PM
GSU-Cine Fest Auditorium
Cast:Indira Somani

Synopsis:“Crossing Lines” is about an Indian American woman’s struggle to stay connected to India after the loss of her father. Like most second-generation ethnic Americas, Indira Somani has struggled with identity issues, since her parents migrated to the U.S. in the 1960s. Being born and brought up in the U.S. Indira led an American life, but at home, her home was Indian because of her father’s immense love for India and Indian culture. This film takes you on a journey to India, where Indira tries to stay connected to Indian culture and her extended family, despite loss of her father. It is a story of how one daughter pays tribute to her father in all that he’s taught her about Indian culture and family. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Screening:Sunday Nov. 18 1:00 PM
GSU-Cine Fest Auditorium
Cast:Prasad Ook, Subodh Bhave, Deepa Parab, Arun Nalavade

Synopsis:Vihanga Pradhan…. a fresh voice on the horizon of Gazhal music. A voice that has mesmerized innumerable hearts…a voice that creates a longing in many loving hearts…. and a voice that soothes the wounds of broken ones. In a span of two years, Vihanga has made a place for himself. He is a poet but nobody knows the source of his inspiration. The inspiration is Nilambari, with whom he fell in love during his college days, but who now is happily married to a successful businessman, Nikhil Adhikari. Three years later, Vihanga and Nilambari meet accidentally at a holiday resort and old memories get revived... 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening :Sunday Nov. 18 5:00 PM
GSU-Cine Fest Auditorium
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Synopsis:Tow young boys growing up in the sylvan, serene and scenic surroundings of Orissa discover the medium of art to express their aesthetics and adolescent angst. Challenged by their inability to speak or hear, they eloquently grab their thoughts and ideas in a riot of colors and paint a world view of their own. In the process they find a bond with the traditional art forms of Orissa and their studio serves as a fillip to revive these vanishing wonders. It’s a story of two talented but unknown young artists whose creativity has been nurtured by a caring and a motherly mentor and whose life can serve as an inspiration to other aspiring young youth all over the world. 

                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening :Sunday Nov. 18 5:00 PM
GSU-Cine Fest Auditorium
Cast:Usha Rani Elizabeth, Kantharaj Kasthuri, Kupusamy Krishnamurthy and Sundaram Pushpa.

Synopsis:"Mathamma" is a short film shot on locations in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a story of one woman's struggle against the terrible tradition of Mathamma worship, where low-caste village girls are thrown into religious prostitution. 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Sunday Nov. 18 7:00 PM
GSU-Cine Fest Auditorium
Cast:Rutvik Nadkarni, Pratiksha Lonkar, Ashok Shinde, Harsh Chhaya, Shibani Sengupta, Vidya Patwardhan, Madhav Vaze, Arya, Ananya

Synopsis:Estranged from her husband, Shakun had preferred to live in Pune for many years now. Besides her job only one thing mattered to her the most, Bunty, her 11 year old son, her only solace in this world.

Bunty too lived a happy life with his mother on one side and Aatyabai (his caretaker) on the other. He was lost in his world of paintings, flowers and butterflies. He had accepted the bitter past of his parents and was content meeting his father once a month. But with time Bunty’s world changed. Both his parents had found their respective companions and were resettling in life. Bunty could not accept another man in mother’s life, or come to terms with another woman in his father’s world.

Which of the two worlds would he choose? Which world did he belong to? Restless and unhappy with both homes, Butny is eventually sent to study in a hostel. Slowly he comes to terms with life and starts building his own world. 

                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Saturday Nov. 18 1:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
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Synopsis :Aal Kaap is a form of traditional folk theatre from rural West Bengal. "Aal Kaap" goups travel around and perform during various festivals and events. The acting, in which men play female roles, is based on a storyline with no script allowing performers to improvise. Song and dance play a vital role in Aal Kaap plays. Aal Kaap has won BFJA Award for Best Documentary. 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Saturday Nov. 18 1:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast:

Synopsis: This docu-fiction on female infanticide and foeticide tries to make the viewers aware of a terrifying social evil that has taken a deep root in the Indian society. A social evil unless promptly dealt with could lead to unimaginable consequences.

In the film a small girl named Tamanna acts as a pivotal point in conveying the message interspersed with interviews.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Screening:Saturday Nov. 18 1:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
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Synopsis: National Award winner for best Children's Film). The story centers on a simpleton villager Damu who promises a little girl that he would get her an elephant. He takes the little savings he has and sets out in search of an elephant. 

                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening :Saturday Nov. 17 7:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast:Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Vinay Pathak, Sarika and Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Synopsis : The movie "Manorama Six Feet Under" is about an amateur detective in a small town who finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit and murder. SV (Abhay Deol) is a government engineer but it has always been his real dream to write a detective fiction.

But his first attempt, a novel called Manorama, sank without a trace.And as a result he has been reduced to writing for cheap pulp magazines.

But things take an interesting turn in SV's life when the wife of a powerful local politician arrives at his doorstep with an irresistible offer for SV to play a real life detective. All he has to do is spying on her husband. SV happily accepts the enticing offer. But things take a new turn when he comes to know after completion of his assignment, that the woman who appointed him for the job is not who she claims to be. The situation get further complex when she is killed in a mysterious accident. SV smells something fishy and starts investigating her death only to discover that nothing is what it seems to be and that redemption doesn't come easy…. 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Saturday Nov. 17 5:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast:Ravi Kale, Malavika, Tara, Rangayana Raghu, Usha Bandari

Synopsis : The film is an attempt at authentically capturing the human drama that ensued in the last twenty days of the lives of the LTTE assassins. Upon arrival in Bangalore, Sivarasan, Subha, and their gang gate crashed into the house of a long time LTTE sympathizer, Ranganathan, and his innocent wife Mridule, situated at the suburban Puttenahalli. The story is woven around what begins as fear of the Sivarasan-Subha gang (comprising karate master Suresh, Amman, Nehru, Keerti, Driver Anna & Jemila) turning to curiosity and then slowly converting to compassion towards them and for the Ranganathan couple. 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Sunday Nov. 18 1:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast:Sanjay Malhotra, Liyakat Khan Pathan, Charu Gupta and Kamal Daruwala

Synopsis : The film Chath is inspired by true stories of homeless people in America. It delves into the dynamics of the relationships between 3 homeless Indians in USA. These homeless beings are hungry not only for bread but for love, naked not only for lack of clothing but naked for human dignity and respect, homeless not only for want of a room of bricks - but homeless because of rejection. They come from entirely different backgrounds but share the same conditions. The different personalities clash and this raises pertinent questions about life and existence, and about dealing with life\'s failures. We have tried to imbibe the realistic side of the homeless into the dramatic side of \"Chath\" by exploring actual conditions in shelter homes with respect to food, shelter and hygiene. The fact that homelessness is more of an emotional and mental phenomena rather than an economic condition has been duly represented in the form of a very captivating and dramatic screenplay.

“Chath” stars Sanjay Malhotra, Liykhat Khan, Charu Gupta, Shayna Glassman, Sarah Tyler and is written/directed by Hyder Bilgrami and Tirthankar Das. 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Sunday Nov. 18 4:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast: Barbara Williams
 
Synopsis : Barbara Williams delivers a touching performance as a lonely, volatile, nagging mother to Teetu, a frustrated adolescent boy with dreams and fantasies, poignantly played by Brian Titshaw. Film explores the idea that, 'People are always changing. When you leave someone, you will not find the same person again'. 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Sunday Nov. 18 4:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast:Linda Arsenio, Krishna, Aadhithya, Y. Gee Mahendra and Baby
 
Synopsis :Mellisa’s father is a business man and travels all over the world. She likes Indian culture and decides to get education in Chennai, India. Madan is a multi millioner and has an eye on Mellisa. In her self defense Mellisa kills Madan and is in big trouble! Can she come out of it? 
                                                                                                                                                                   

Screening:Sunday Nov. 18 7:00 PM
GT-Student Center Auditorium
Cast:Linda Arsenio, Krishna, Aadhithya, Y. Gee Mahendra and Baby
 
Synopsis : Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma) , one of India''s most famous "Mahatmas" or spiritual guides, is known internationally for her charitable donations, fight for peace, and work with illiteracy. In 2002, she won the Gandhi King Prize for her work, joining a prestigious group of winners that include, Nelson Mandela and Khofi Annan. Here is a chronicle of her journey throughout India, traveling with her inner circle to visit with her disciples. “Darshan: The Embrace” is a glowing introduction to the life and work of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the so-called hugging saint. Jan Kounen’s awestruck film follows the mahatma from one jam-packed event to another, eavesdropping as she offers advice on everything from caring for a skin condition to the correct way to feed an elephant. (The elephant, unbelievably, looks ecstatic.)