Mark the dates film buffs and get ready to feast your eyes on a wide variety of Indian gems to be screened at this year’s Habitat Film Festival.
The 11th Habitat Film Festival kicked off on May 7 and will screen an eclectic mix of films from all across the country.
From the Malayalam film Ennu Ninte Moideen, to Kaushik Ganguly’s much anticipated Bengali film Cinemawala, from the acclaimed Tamil film Visaranai to the Sanskrit film Priyamanasam, from Hansal Mehta’s Aligarh to Gurvinder Singh’s Punjabi film Chauthi Koot, there’s much to look out for at the week-long festival.
Take a look at the entire schedule of films playing from May 7-15:
May 7, 2016
11:00 am – Bajirao Mastani (Hindi/2015/158mins) Dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2:00 pm – Irudhi Sutturu (Tamil /2015/113mins) Dir. Sudha Kongara
2:00 pm – Priyamanasam (DVD/Sanskrit/2015/110mins) Dir. Vinod Mankara
4:15 pm – Ennu Ninte Moideen (Malayalam/2015/167mins) Dir. Vimal
4:30 pm – Naanu Avanalla…Avalu (DVD/Kannada/2015/115mins) Dir. Lingadevaru
7:15 pm – The Silence (Marathi/2015/92mins) Dir. Gajendra Ahire
7:00 pm – Life In Metaphors (DVD/English/2015/84mins) Dir. OP Srivastava
9:00 pm – Cinemawala (Bengali/2015/105mins) Dir. Kaushik Ganguly
May 8, 2016
11:00am – Visaranai (Tamil/2015/118mins) Dir. Vetrimaaran
11:00 am – Fisherwoman and Tuk Tuk (Animation/2015/15mins) Dir. Suresh Eriyat
11:30 am – Malettam (DVD/Malayalam/2015/82mins) Dir. Thomas Devasya
2:00 pm – Kudla Café (DVD/Telegu/2015/172mins) Dir. Surya Menon
2:00 pm – Pathemari (Malayalam/2015/109mins) Dir. Salim Ahmad
4:15 pm – Dr.Prakash Baba Amte (Marathi/2015 /137mins) Dir. Samruoddhi Porey
7:00 pm – Pahad Ra Luha (Oriya/2015/109mins) Dir. Sabyasachi Mohapatra
7:00 pm – A Far Afternoon- A Painted Saga by Krishen Khanna (English/2015/90mins) Dir.Sruti Harihara Subramanian
9:00 pm – The Violin Player (Hindi/2015/74mins) Dir. Baudhayan Mukherji
May 9, 2016
6:30 pm – Arunoday – Sunrise (Marathi/2015/85mins) Dir. Partho Sen Gupta
7:00 pm – Kattum Mazhayum (DVD/Malayalam/118mins) Dir. Harikumar
8:30 pm – Aligarh (Hindi/2016/114mins) Dir. Hansal Mehta
May 10
6:30 pm – Chauthi Koot (Punjabi/2015/115mins) Dir. Gurvinder Singh
7:00 pm – Thani Oruvan (DVD/Tamil/2015/158mins) Dir. Mohan Raja
7:00 pm – Tezpur 1962 (DVD/English/2015/57mins) Dir. Samujjal Kashyap. Collab: Films Division
9:00 pm – Lens (English /Tamil/Malayalam/Hindi/2015/109 mins) Dir. Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan
May 11
6:30 pm – Retro – Interaction with Helen followed by screening of film
7:00 pm – Capital I (DVD/Oriya/85mins) Dir.Amartya Bhattacharyya
9:00 pm – Retro – Howrah Bridge (Hindi/1958/153mins) Dir.Shakti Samanta
May 12
6:30 pm – Kothanodi (Assamese/2015/120mins) Dir.Bhaskar Hazarika
7:00 pm – Mari Kondavaru (DVD/Kannada/2015/136mins) Dir. K Shivarudraiah
7:00 pm – In Search Of A Fading Canvas (DVD/English/2015/88mins) Dir.Manohar Singh Bisht. Collab: Films Division
9:00 pm – Retro – To be announced
May 13
11:00 am – To be announced
2:00 pm – The Head Hunter (Wancho/2015/109mins) Dir. Nilanjan Datta
4:15 pm – Antareen (Assamese/2015/123mins) Dir. Monjul Baruah
6:45 pm – Opalaa (Bengali/2015/111mins) Dir.Satarupa Sanyal
7:00 pm – Saankal (DVD/Hindi/2015/99mins) Dir.Dedipya Joshi
7:00 pm – (Sang-e-Meel Se Mulaqat) Meeting A Milestone- On Bismillah Khan (DVD/Hindi/1989/90mins) Dir.Goutam Ghose
9:00 pm – X: Past is Present (2015/Hindi/105mins) Dirs.Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath, Suparn Verma
May 14
11:00 am – Kutrame Thandanai (Tamil/2015/98mins) Dir. M.Manikandan
11:00 am – Kima Lode – A Class Apart (DVD/Mizo/2015/75mins) Dir.Zuala Chhangte
2:00 pm – Dau Huduni Methai (Bodo/2015/87mins) Dir. Manju Borah
4:00 pm – Valiya Chirakulla Pakshika (Malayalam/2015/115mins) Dir. Dr.Biju
4:00 pm – Nodi Mathu Boi (DVD/Assamese/2015/111mins) Dir. Jhulan Krishna Mahanta
7:00 pm – Eibusu Yaohanbiyu (DVD/Manipuri/2015/106mins) Dir. Maipaksana
7:00 pm – The Man Who Dwarfed The Mountains (DVD/Hindi/English/2015/52mins) Dirs. Ruchi Srivastava & Sumit Khanna. Collab: PSBT
9:00 pm – Retro- To be announced
May 15
11:00 am – Lokmanya Ek Yug Purush (Marathi/2015/140mins) Dir.Om Raut
2:00 pm – Retro – To be announced
4:00 pm – Aruvi (DVD/Tamil/2015/127mins) Dir.Arun Prabhu
4:00 pm – Onaatha (Khasi/2015/107mins) Dir.Pradip Kurbah
6:00 pm – Rajkahani (Bengali/2015/160mins) Dir. Srijit Mukherji
7:00 pm – Retro – To be announced
9:00 pm – Angry Indian Goddesses (Hindi/121mins) Dir. Pan Nalin
Screening at Amaltas
Screening at Gulmohar
The festival will be held at the India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, Delhi. Entry is free.
Note: The information has been sourced from habitat film club (dot) com. For any other details, visit the site.
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