Marathi Film Festival Paris

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6^th ETE INDIEN (Indian Summer) Programme at Auditorium of Guimet Museum, Paris honours

MARATHI CINEMA

This is part of 6^th Eté indien (Indian Summer) programme, organised by the Auditorium of Guimet Museum, Paris, comprising 7 Marathi and 8 Malyalam films.

Organizer:

• Auditorium of Guimet Museum under responsibility of its Artistic Director Hubert Laot

Curator films Indian Summer, Auditorium Guimet, Paris:

• Ms Martine Armand

With support from:

• Embassy of India
• Air India

and, for the 6^th Eté indien programme:

• Maharashtra Mandal France (MMF)
• India Tourist Office, Paris
• National Film Archives of India (NFAI), Pune

With special collaboration of Dr. Mohan Agashe and Dr. Shashi Dharmadhikari

Venue:

Auditorium of Guimet Museum

6, Place d’Iéna

75016 Paris

tel: 01 40 73 88 18

Programme:

• Monday 7^th September, 12h15 Opening of Mahotsav

Sant Tukaram (1936), V. Damle and S. Fathelal

• Wednesday 9^th Semptember, 12h15

Conference by Ms Martine Armand on Marathi and Malyalam Cinema

• Monday 14^th September, 12h15

Kunku (1937), V. Shantaram

• Wednesday 16^th September 12h15

Umbartha (1982), Dr. Jabbar Patel

• Friday 18^th September 12h15

Maati May (2007), Chitra Palekar

• Monday 21^st September 12h15

Devrai (2004), Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar

• Wednesday 23^rd September 12h15

Valu (2008), Umesh Kulkarni

Dr. Mohan Agashe, veteran actor and famous psychiatrist, will introduce the films Devrai and Valu, and also participate in open discussion with the public

• Friday 30^th October, 20h30

Harishchandrachi Factory (2008), Paresh Mokashi

India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars Awards in 2010.

For this special closing ceremony, the Embassy of India, Air India, India Tourist Office, personalities from Paris cultural scene, VIP and media will be invited

• For closing ceremony advanced reservation (Tel 01 40 73 88 18) is recommended

For this special programme with 7 unreleased films from Maharashtra with French subtitles, the Guimet Auditorium and Maharashtra Mandal France thank followings for their generous support:

India Tourist Office, Paris

Pramod Chaudhari, Pune

Pratap Pawar, Pune

Kishorilal Dhoot, Aurangabad

Sunil Pawar, Pratibha Shipping, Mumbai

P. P. Chhabria, Pune

Makarand Moghe, Mumbai

Special thanks to Vijay Jadhav, director of NFAI and Mrs. Arti Karkhanis, Head of Research and Documentation, NFAI, Pune, and to Mrs. Saroja Mugunthan and Raymond Doctor of CDAC for the French subtitling work.