In an effort to bring Indian culture closer to the Ecuadorian public, the Embassy of India and India Ecuador Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the School of International Studies of the Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES), present the Indian Film Fest 2024, the first Indian film festival in Samborondon. This free event will take place from September 27-29 at the Honoris Causa Hall of UEES, Samborondón.
Over the course of three days, attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy four of the most representative productions of Bollywood, the world's largest film industry. The films will be screened with dubbing or subtitles in Spanish, allowing the entire audience to enjoy the experience, with genres ranging from drama, action, suspense and comedy.
Inauguration of the Festival
The official inauguration of the festival will be on Friday, September 27 at 11:00 am at the UEES Star House, with the presence of representatives of the Embassy of India, UEES authorities, and prominent members of the Indian community in Ecuador.
The Indian Film Fest 2024 offers a unique opportunity for the people of Guayaquil to get to know the richness of Indian culture through its cinema, which combines vibrant narratives and captivating characters. “We want to invite you to a wonderful experience: Bollywood in Guayaquil. Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world and produces films of outstanding quality. This festival is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in Indian culture and become a loyal follower of its cinema, not to be missed!” said Hector Cueva, former Ambassador of Ecuador to India.
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Indian Film Fest 2024 Program:
Friday, September 27th
RRR
Black
Ki & ka
Saturday, September 28th
Black
Baji Rao Mastani
Ki & Ka
Sunday, September 29th
RRR
Baji Rao Mastani
Synopsis of Movies
Black
Black is a dramatic film from the cinema of the India, written, produced and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Amitabh Bachchan y Rani Mukerji. Based on the autobiography of Helen Keller The story of my life, Black tells the story of a girl deafblind and his teacher alcoholic. Black set a new record for Filmfare Awards, winning 11 awards in 2006.
RRR
It is a film dramatic from action epic india in language telugu of 2022 led by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film, produced by DVV Entertainment's D. V. V. V. Danayya, stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody y Olivia Morris. It focuses on two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), and his fight against the British Raj. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period of their lives when both revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before beginning the fight for their country.
Ki and Ka
Ki & Ka (translated by She and Him) is a 2016 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film written, directed and produced by R. Balki. The film stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor in the lead roles. It released in theaters on April 1, 2016 to mixed reviews and became a hit grossing over Rs. 100.33 crores (US$12 million) worldwide. Kia is a motivated woman who aspires to succeed in the business world and also wants more women to aspire to thrive in their careers. Kabir is the quiet son of a successful building constructor who has no desire to take over his father's company or inherit his wealth.
The pair meet, quickly become friends and gradually fall in love. They realize that Kabir's preference to stay at home fits perfectly with Kia's desire to move up the corporate ladder.
Baji Rao Mastani
It is a epic film India of romance and history, from 2015, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who also composed the music for the film. It is jointly produced by Bhansali and Eros International.
It stars Ranveer Singh like Bajirao I y Deepika Padukone like Mastani, with Priyanka Chopra as Bajirao's first wife, Kashibai. Tanvi Azmi, Aditya Pancholi, Vaibbhav Tatwawdi and Milind Soman also appear in supporting roles. Based on the novel Marathi, Raau written by Nagnath S. Inamdar, the film narrates the story of the peshwa from Maratha Empire Bajirao I (1700-1740) and his second wife Mastani.
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