‘Not Just Bollywood‘ is, as the title suggests, a season of films and other events presented at HOME in Manchester, celebrating the diversity of Indian film culture after 70 years of independence. Curated by our esteemed colleague Omar Ahmed, it offers films from ‘Hindie’ or ‘independent Hindi cinema’ as well as titles using Marathi and Assamese languages. Omar will be offering a ‘1 hour intro’, there will be a panel discussion on Indian Independent Cinema plus a Q&A with one of the directors featured and an introduction to the Assamese film.

The programme starts on 14th September with The Lunchbox (India, Hindi 2013), followed by:

16th September: One Hour Intro to New ‘Hindie Cinema’ followed by Newton (India, Hindi 2017)

20th September: Ankhon Dekhi (India, Hindi 2013) + Q&A with director Rajat Kapoor

24th September: The Cinema Travellers (India, Hindi, Marathi, 2016)

The prosecutor in COURT

26th September: Court (India, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, English, 2014) + Panel Discussion on Independent Cinema

30th September: Kothanodi (India, Assamese, 2015) + Introduction

Full details of the programme and each screening/event are available from HOME: Not Just Bollywood.

I’ll be there for most of the dates. If you can get to Manchester, please come and join us – you won’t be disappointed!