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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD 'Saawariya' to be opening film at MIAAC Fest in the US09th Oct 2007 14.01 IST By Agencies Sanjay Leela Bhansali 's Saawariya has been chosen as the opening night film for the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival held in the US. The screening will be followed by a star-studded reception at Madame Tussauds. Also, Rituparno Ghosh 's The Last Lear starring Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta will be the closing night film at this festival that will be held in New York from 7-11 November 2007.
Gearing up for its seventh year, MIAAC Film Festival promotes, showcases, and celebrates the unique voices and talent of filmmakers' that tell compelling stories about the South Asian subcontinent to a broad audience. ‘Saawariya’, which is released by Sony Pictures is the first Indian movie produced by a Hollywood production house. The movie is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, ‘White Nights’. The film marks the debut of Ranbir Kapoor ( Rishi Kapoor 's son) and Sonam Kapoor ( Anil Kapoor 's daughter) and also stars Salman Khan and Rani Mukherjee . Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton says, "India has a rich and a prolific film history. We at Sony Pictures recognize the potential and importance of the Indian market. This historic co-production encourages the integration of two of the world's biggest and dynamic film production communities and offered an excellent opportunity for the enormous talent in India to interact with a premiere Hollywood studio." MIAAC festival director Pooja Kohli Taneja adds, "‘Saawariya’ indicates Sony's recognition of the importance of the Indian market and its desire to team up with the film industry in India. This is an important milestone for the Indian film industry and it is our honor to showcase it as the opening night film for this year's film festival." The film is scheduled for a Diwali release in India. Related Sanjay Leela Bhansali Saawariya Rituparno Ghosh The Last Lear Amitabh Bachchan Preity Zinta Ranbir Kapoor Rishi Kapoor Sonam Kapoor Anil Kapoor Salman Khan Rani Mukherjee | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ The Bachchans in a magical fable ~ 'Rang Rasiya' adds Indian color to Cannes ~ Steamy roles not a taboo for Tabu ~ Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones to shoot in India ~ 'Friend' slaps Jannat actress publicly ~ 'Drona' not to clash with 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' ~ Shah Rukh Khan to sport a spiky look in 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' ~ Ugly Aur Pagli : Movie Preview / Slideshow ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Irrfan Khan wants to do a variety of roles ~ Paris museum to celebrate Bollywood stars ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Jannat, Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Mr. White Mr. Black, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Ugly Aur Pagli , Woodstock Villa , Sarkar Raj , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic MUSIC Woodstock Villa , Tashan 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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