Screening more films

This trimester has nearly come to an end, and everyone shall now soon be busy with studying for exams. Meanwhile the NLS Film Club has not been screening films regularly. Even EMC's Univ Week film-fest didn't happen this year. (Kudos to the Literary and Debating Society for having screened some films instead -- though they had nothing whatsoever to do with literature.)

Come next trimester, we should firstly try to have a meeting with all those interested in the Film Club project
attending. After that, depending on whether we decide on further themes (or discarding the very idea of "themes"), we should get down to screening more films.




So much for next trimester's plans. Tonight (or as soon as possible), M.V. Swaroop shall grace us with his presence and screen a Tamil film directed (and scripted) by Mani Ratnam, called Kannathil Muthamittal (translating to, "A kiss on the cheeks"). (Here's the IMDB entry.) It's a lovely movie about the life of a girl (Amudha, played expertly by P. S. Keerthana), following the revelation on her ninth birthday that she is in fact adopted. The film follows her quest to find her real mother through war-torn Sri Lanka. With brilliant acting by all, this is a film definitely worth watching. What's more, it unites Mani Ratnam's two favourite things: child-actors (Anjali) and strife-torn settings (Roja, Bombay, Dil Se). Do turn up!

P.S. Swaroop might even follow it up with a couple of Woody Allen films. So watch this space!