Gandhi, My Father

The Kaur Foundation Presents Award-Winning Film AMU
Indian Visions 2007 Centerpiece Screening

...because you cannot make a future without knowing the past.

A film by Shonali Bose

Writer-director Shonali Bose's sensational feature debut, banned from television in India and censored by the Indian government, works both as a probing emotional drama and a riveting political thriller.

Kaju (Konkona Sensharma), a 21-year-old Indian American woman, is visiting India to get in touch with family and learn about her roots. But she is blocked at every turn when she begins asking simple questions about her past. Aided by Kabir, a young man who is deeply attracted to her and her quest, she embarks on an unstoppable journey to seek the truth. She soon learns that a genocide in the capital city from 20 years ago might hold the key to her mysterious origin.

With standout performances by National Award winner Konkona Sensharma and activist Brinda Karat, this film has been praised by critics and audiences alike in its theatrical release in India, Canada, and the United States. Writes David Noh of Film Journal International: "suspenseful, moving and powerful, every character is given the benefit of Bose's all-encompassing Satyajit Ray-like empathy and humor."

10 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

50 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS

Amu		Shonali Bose _____________________ Shonali Bose grew up in Kolkata, Bombay, and Delhi. She has been an activist since her student days at Delhi University (BA History Honors) and Columbia University, New York (MA Political Science). Shonali worked as an organizer at the National Lawyer's Guild, and directed live community television in Manhattan before embarking on the MFA Directing Program at UCLA. Her short narrative films (THE GENDARME IS HERE and UNDOCUMENTED) and her feature-length documentary (LIFTING THE VEIL) have screened in festivals throughout the world. AMU is her feature film debut, which she wrote, produced, and directed. Bose has won ten national and international awards for AMU, including the FIPRESCI Critics Award and the National Award for Best Film and Best Director--India's highest cinematic award.
2005, 102 min, color, English, Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi with English subtitles Friday, September 7, 2007, 7:30 pm, Landmark E Street Cinema Followed by Q&A with writer-director Shonali Bose and producer Bedabrata Pain The Kaur Foundation Presents Award-Winning Film AMU Indian Visions 2007 Centerpiece Screening ...because you cannot make a future without knowing the past. A film by Shonali Bose Writer-director Shonali Bose's sensational feature debut, banned from television in India and censored by the Indian government, works both as a probing emotional drama and a riveting political thriller. Kaju (Konkona Sensharma), a 21-year-old Indian American woman, is visiting India to get in touch with family and learn about her roots. But she is blocked at every turn when she begins asking simple questions about her past. Aided by Kabir, a young man who is deeply attracted to her and her quest, she embarks on an unstoppable journey to seek the truth. She soon learns that a genocide in the capital city from 20 years ago might hold the key to her mysterious origin. With standout performances by National Award winner Konkona Sensharma and activist Brinda Karat, this film has been praised by critics and audiences alike in its theatrical release in India, Canada, and the United States. Writes David Noh of Film Journal International: "suspenseful, moving and powerful, every character is given the benefit of Bose's all-encompassing Satyajit Ray-like empathy and humor." 10 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 50 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
Credits	Cast
Writer/Director/Producer: Shonali Bose Executive Producers: Bedabrata Pain, Gurdip Singh Malik Associate Producers: Geetha Ravishankar, Uma Chakravarthi Co-Producers: Aidan Hill, Atiya Bose Director of Photography: Lourdes Ambrose Production Designer: Ayesha Punvani Film Editor: Bob Brooks Sound: Resul Pookutty	Konkona Sensharma as Kaju, the female protagonist Ankur Khanna as Kabir, the male protagonist Brinda Karat as Keya, the mother Yashpal Sharma as Gobind, the cafe owner Lovleen Mishra as Leelavati, the cafe owner's talkative wife Choiti Ghosh as Tuki, Kaju's cousin Ganeve Rajkotia as Shanno Kaur, Amu's mother
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Amu

Shonali Bose

2005, 102 min, color, English, Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi with English subtitles Friday, September 7, 2007, 7:30 pm, Landmark E Street Cinema Followed by Q&A with writer-director Shonali Bose and producer Bedabrata Pain

Credits

Cast

Photos

2005, 102 min, color, English, Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi with English subtitles
Friday, September 7, 2007, 7:30 pm, Landmark E Street Cinema
Followed by Q&A with writer-director Shonali Bose and producer Bedabrata Pain