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HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL 2014 May 9-18 A pick of the Best of Indian Cinema 2013-14 | Retrospective of actor - director Aparna Sen MAY 09 MAY 15 6:30pm | Ankhon Dekhi (Hindi/2014/108mins) Dir.Rajat Kapoor 6:30pm | Lucia (Kannada/2013/136mins) Dir.Pawan Kumar 9:00pm | Retro – Yugant (Bengali/1995/135mins) Dir.Aparna Sen 7:00pm | Dozakh (Hindi/2013/92mins) Dir.Zaigham Imam* MAY 10 9:00pm | Retro – Mr & Mrs Iyer ( English/Hindi/Tamil/Punjabi 11:00am | Retro – The Japanese Wife (Bengali/Hindi/Eng/Japanese/ /Bengali /Urdu/2002/120mins) Dir.Aparna Sen 2010/105mins) Dir.Aparna Sen MAY 16 2:00pm | Jayjaykar (Marathi/2014/124mins) 6:30pm | Crossing Bridges (Sherdukpen/2013/104mins) Dir.Sange Dir.Shantanu Ganesh Rode Dorjee Thongdok 4:30pm | Thanga Meengal (Tamil/2013/140mins) Dir.Ram 7:00pm | The Good Road (Gujarati/2013/92mins) Dir.Gyan Correa* 7:00pm | Apur Panchali (Bengali/2013/97mins) 9:00pm | Retro – Goynar Baksho (Bengali/2013/141mins) Dir.Kaushik Ganguli Dir.Aparna Sen 7:00pm | Dreamz (English/2014/108mins) Dir.Sumana Mukherjee* 9:00pm | Queen (Hindi/2014/140mins) Dir.Vikas Bahl MAY 17 9:30am | Repeat of Dozakh (Hindi/2013/92mins) Dir.Zaigham Imam MAY 11 11:00am | Homework (Kannada/2013/95mins) 11:00am | Yellow (Marathi/2014/130mins) Dir.Mahesh Limaye Dir.Ramadas Naidu PR 2:00pm | Paradesi (Tamil/2013/123mins) Dir.Bala 1:30pm | Soodhu Kavvum (Tamil/2013/136mins) 4:15pm | Baga Beach (Konkani/2013/103mins) Dir.Laxmikant Shetgaonkar Dir.Nalan Kumarasamy 6:15pm | Swapaanam (Malayalam/2013/149mins) 4:00pm | Fandry (Marathi/2013/104mins) Dir.Nagraj Manjule Dir.Shaji N.Karun 6:00pm | Retro – Interaction with Aparna Sen followed by 7:00pm | Khawnglung Run (Mizo/2013/102mins) screening of Iti Dir.Mapuia Chongthu* Mrinalini (Bengali/2010/128mins) Dir.Aparna Sen 9:00pm | Retro – Sati (Bengali/1989/140mins) Dir.Aparna Sen 7:00pm | RI – Homeland Of Uncertainty (Khasi/2013/116mins) MAY 12 Dir.Pradip Kurbah* 6:30pm | Astu (Marathi/2013/123mins) Dirs.Sumitra Bhave & 9:00pm | Nayika Sangbad (Bengali/2013/110mins) Dir.Bappaditya Sunil Sukhtankar Bandhyopadhyay 7:00pm | Crime No.89 (Malayalam/2013/80mins) Dir.Sudevan* MAY 18 9:00pm | Ship of Theseus (English/2013/143mins) 11:00am | Retro – Antaheen (Bengali/2009/120mins) Dir.Anand Gandhi Dir.Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury MAY 13 2:00pm | December One (Kannada/2014/100mins) 6:30pm | Shahid (Hindi/2013/123mins) Dir.Hansal Mehta Dir.P. Sheshadri 7:00pm | Paani ( Assamese/2013/85mins) Dir.Jadumoni Dutta* 4:00pm | Ayaal (Malayalam/2013/134mins) Dir.Suresh Unnithan 9:00pm | Retro - Parama (Bengali/1984/139mins) Dir.Aparna Sen 6:30pm | Sunglass (Bengali/Hindi/2013/98mins) MAY 14 Dir.Rituparno Ghosh 6:30pm | Drishyam (Malayalam/2013/120mins) Dir.Jeethu Joseph 7:00pm | Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (Tamil/2014/118mins) 7:00pm | Na Bangaaru Talli (Telegu/2013/110mins) Dir.SU Arun Kumar* Dir.Rajesh Touchriver 8:30pm | Dekh Tamasha Dekh (Hindi/2014/108mins) 9:00pm | Jatiswar (Bengali/2014/110mins) Dir.Srijit Mukherjee Dir.Feroz Abbas Khan * DVD screenings in Gulmohar/ Amaltas Supported by cinema of india Directorate of Film Festivals All screenings followed by Q & A with directors/producers The Festival is open to all. Passes available at the Programmes Desk Film schedule subject to change. For details on the films, log on to www.habitatfilmclub.com.

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