Name: Uma
Start: 2018-05-12T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-05-12T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Auditorium 2, Village East Cinema

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Uma 2017 | India | 148 mins | Bengali (with English subtitles) Directed by - Srijit Mukherji Cast - Jisshu Sengupta, Sara Sengupta, Srabanti, Anjan Dutt, Rudranil Ghosh, Anirban Bhattacharya.
North America Premiere Trailer: <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLGZC9V_gY" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLGZC9V_gY</A> Synopsis: Uma is a story about a young girl who is fighting a terminal disease, a father who is struggling to make his daughter`s dreams come true and about a director whose past haunts him. It starts off with Uma, a young girl brought up in Austria, being recognised with a terminal disease and goes on about how Himadri, her father takes her to Kolkata to fulfil her dream by setting up a fake Durga Puja, the most celebrated festival of the Bengalis. Director: Srijit Mukherji, one of the leading filmmakers of India, is known for his critical as well as commercially successful films like ‘Autograph’, ‘Baishe Srabon’, ‘Jaatishwar’, ‘Chutoskone’ and ‘Rajkahini’, among others. A director, screenwriter and lyricist, Srijit Mukherji's experiments with various genres and layered narrative, have won him numerous accolades across critics and popular mass. Mukherji has become the face of contemporary Bengali cinema with his compelling choice of subjects and brilliant execution in each of his films. He has been honored with ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Original Screenplay’ awards for his film ‘Chotuskone’ at the 62nd National Film Awards. His film ‘Jaatishwar’ won 4 National Awards at the 61st National Awards.   Mukherji's film ‘Rajkahini’ had been chosen as an official selection at 16 International Film Festivals (IFF) including Indian Panorama at IFFI 2015, IFF of Kerala (Competition Section), IFF Mumbai and Imagine India IFF at Madrid. It was also screened at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. He was directed Vidya Balan and Naseeruddin Shah for the Hindi remake of ‘Rajkahini’, titled ‘Begum Jaan’. His film ‘Yeti Obhijaan’ in September 2017 became the highest grosser in Bengal during Pujas. Social Media Handle: <A HREF="http://facebook.com/SVFsocial" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">facebook.com/SVFsocial</A>

Auditorium 2, Village East Cinema

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