Glasgow fest to focus on Indian filmmaking

MUMBAI: In a special strand titled ‘Beyond Bollywood‘, the Glasgow Film Festival this year has chosen to focus on Indian filmmaking.

“India is experiencing an amazing blossoming of independent filmmaking. Beyond all the celebrated traditions of Bollywood, there is a whole generation determined to reflect all the different aspects of Indian life in their stories and films,” says Allan Hunter, co-director of the festival.

The highlights of the festival include the British premiere of Dev Benegal‘s Road, Movie and Ritwik Ghatak‘s Titas Ekti Nodir Naam (A River Called Titas).

Also scheduled to screen at the festival are India‘s 2010 Oscar entry Harishchandrachi Factory and Autograph, a rework of Satyajit Rays classic Nayak.

The Glasgow Film Festival runs from 17 to 27 February.