Hindi
TZP, Honeymoon Travels to be screened at two US film fests
NEW DELHI: America is ready to showcase films like Taare Zameen Par and Honeymoon Travels Private Ltd at its two major events featuring Indian films held separately in New York and Los Angeles.
The first event, which is being held in New York, is called Engendered – Sex, Sexuality, Ritual and Religion. Organised by the Indo-American Arts Council, the event will begin on 18 April and continue till 20 April.
It will have films in two sections namely, “Dahleez: Beyond the Threshold” and “Pehchaan: I am not me.”
While Dahleez has screenings documenting sex workers‘ lives including Mira Nair‘s Indian Cabaret and Tales of the Night Fairies by Shohini Ghosh, Pehchaan has queer film screenings exploring “otherness,” like Honeymoon Travels Private Ltd by Reema Kagti, About Elsewhere by Priya Sen and Milind Soman Made Me Gay by Harjant Gill.
The second event is the sixth Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The festival, which will take place from 22 to 27 April, will have a combination of features, documentaries and shorts. Jury and audience choice prizes will be awarded to the best feature, documentary and short film.
The event will open with Richie Mehta‘s Amal while Mumbai Cutting…A City Unfolds by the ten Indian directors Sudhir Mishra, Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Dholakia, Ruchi Narain, Kundan Shah, Revathy, Shashank Ghosh, Jahnu Barua, Manish Jha and Rituparno Ghosh will close the event.
Aamir Khan‘s award-winning Taare Zameen Par will also be screened during the festival.
Aditionally, there will also be a tribute to Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit on 25 April. It will include a moderated discussion with the star followed by the screening of Mrityudand (The Death Sentence) by Prakash Jha. The second film of the tribute will be Dil To Pagal Hai (My heart is crazy) on 26 April.
Other films to be screened include Santosh Sivan‘s Before the Rains, A home in the Sky by Bipin Nadkarni, Adoor Gopalakrishnan‘s Naalu Pennungal (Four Women) and Kissing Cousins by Amyn Kaderali.
Other sections include “Youth Vision” which is a section of the programme that showcases feature-length and short family films for young and adult audiences in English and several Indian languages.
Hindi
Zee5 and Applause Entertainment team up for whodunnit ‘Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa’
Rajat Kapoor directs star-studded murder mystery streaming from 10 April.
MUMBAI: Zee5 is serving up another killer collaboration and this time, the murder mystery comes with a generous side of dark humour and family dysfunction. The streaming platform has partnered with Applause Entertainment and Mithya Talkies to bring Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa, a fresh, twisted whodunnit written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker and actor Rajat Kapoor. The film will stream exclusively on Hindi Zee5 from 10 April.
The movie reimagines the classic murder mystery genre with a contemporary, darkly comic edge. It revolves around a group of friends and family who smile, drink, and celebrate together until the silence snaps and long-buried secrets spill out. The stellar ensemble cast includes Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Waluscha De Sousa, Saurabh Shukla, Chandrachoor Rai, Neil Bhoopalam, Koel Purie, Palomi Ghosh, and Rajat Kapoor himself.
This latest offering continues the successful partnership between Zee5 and Applause Entertainment, which has previously delivered diverse hits such as Mithya, Bloody Brothers, and Jab Khuli Kitaab.
&TV Business Head of hindi Zee5 and chief channel officer Kaveri Das said, “Our collaboration with Applause Entertainment has consistently delivered distinct, high-impact storytelling. Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa is a natural progression, reinforcing our focus on genre-led content with a compelling whodunnit premise and a strong ensemble cast.”
Applause Entertainment business head for movies Sunil Chainani added, “This film adds yet another compelling layer to our slate with Rajat Kapoor’s unmistakable voice.”
Rajat Kapoor shared, “What interested me was not just the mechanics of a whodunnit, but the emotional violence that precedes physical violence. These are people who smile at each other, but there’s so much that is not said.”
The film promises razor-sharp writing, layered performances, and simmering tension, inviting viewers not just to solve the crime but to unravel the complex relationships at its heart.
If you love a good murder mystery served with wit and emotional depth, Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa looks set to be your next addictive watch. Mark your calendars, the whodunnit drops on Hindi Zee5 from 10 April.
