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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Indian film festival opens in Canada18th Aug 2006 18.32 IST By Agencies A film festival highlighting the social, cultural and political themes of emerging India and offering an insight into the Indian way of life, began in Canadian capital Ottawa today. The festival, organised by the Indian High Commission in cooperation with the Canadian Film Institute to commemorate the 59th anniversary of India's Independence, is attracting substantial attendance by Canadians, apart from the Indo-Canadian segment.
Films screened would include commercially and critically successful Bollywood movies like Amitabh Bachchan – Hema Malini starrer Baghban , Amol Palekar 's Paheli , noted South Indian actress-director Revathy 's Phir Milenge that deals with HIV/AIDS, and Mahesh Manjrekar 's Viruddh . 'Titli', the Bangla film by Rituparno Ghosh , Sudhir Mishra 's Chameli , and Jahnu Barua's Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara will also be shown at the festival. Opening the festival, Shyamala B. Cowsik, the High Commissioner of India to Canada said, "India is more relevant to Canada than ever before. India's emergence as a knowledge power and excellence in the field of hi-tech areas could help Canadian firms increase their global competitive edge." She noted that the on-going expansion and intensification of the bilateral India-Canada relationship would further accelerate economic and trade relationship between the two countries. In a special gesture, Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli declared August 15, 2006 as 'India Day'. This was also the seventh year running that the city hall in Ottawa was made available to the India-Canada Association for the celebration of India's Independence Day. The festival concludes on August 26. Related Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Baghban Amol Palekar Paheli Revathy Phir Milenge Mahesh Manjrekar Viruddh Rituparno Ghosh Sudhir Mishra Chameli Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Jennifer Aniston steps in the pool with beau ~ Akshay Kumar-John Abraham to team up again? ~ Himesh Reshammiya wants to cut a dash as an actor ~ When Shah Rukh Khan played host to the Great Khali ~ Madhuri Dixit wanted to have a dozen kids ~ Madhuri Dixit wanted to have a dozen kids ~ This Sikander hopes to conquer hearts ~ Akshay Kumar loves to flirt with fear ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Dharmendra against film stars joining politics ~ Nagesh Kukunoor doesn't want to be slotted in particular bracket ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Mr. White Mr. Black, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Sarkar Raj , Jannat , Woodstock Villa , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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