Indian Film Festival Day 2!

So, in case you follow me on Twitter of on my Facebook, you are already aware of my adventures in this years Indian Film Festival (IFFLA).  I'm getting a chance to volunteer this year in many different areas of the festival...which adds even more excitement to my life!  Plus I got to see Omi Vaidya {From 3 Idiots!} but I got too nervous to approach him...oh, well...he'll probably come back for the 3 Idiots screening on Friday night!

The festival has been hosted every year at the fabulous Arclight theater, located in the heart of fabulous Hollywood, CA.  For any of you unlucky people whom have never been inside and experience the magic of this theater, let me tell you there's none like it.

Most of the Hindi films I have watched have been in the local theater which are the most beautiful theaters and sound and picture quality are just good.  So, to see them in this theater was just AMAZING!  I'm starting to sound like an ad...oh Gosh!  Now onto the films!  I actually didn't think I would get a chance to watch any films based on my volunteer hours...so when I was told I could...I was just ecstatic to say the least.

The first film I really wanted to see was Harishchandrachi Factory.  This was the first ever Marathi film I ever saw, and it was fantastic to say the least.  I have never laughed so much in my life, this was a great film to start off my festival experience with.

The story of H. Factory is that of Dadasahed Phalke, also known as the Father of Indian Cinema, and his struggles of creating the first ever Indian film, the epic story of Raja Harishchandra.  The movie follows him and his family as they struggle to pursue this dream and all the craziness that follows from trying to find and shoot in exotic locations to casting the main 'female' lead of the film.

I would say that the only fault in this film is that everything happened too quickly in that there was no real struggle in getting the money for the film, the actors, etc., there was always way in which the main character just got everything very easily.  This really keeps the film from actually being realistic, but overall an absolutely  fantastic film.

 Next movie I saw was Road Movie, with my newest obsession Abhay Deol *swoon*, unfortunately I missed the first 15 minutes so I need to find an online link and watch to truly feel like I have watched the whole thing, soo I will post up my thoughts once I get to that.

In case there are any of you Los Angelenos {?} that are not aware of the festival, hurry up! There's still time to buy tickets, but I will warn that most of the Bollywood films are getting sold out very quickly!!! As of right now there are still tickets available for tonight's Bollywood film, Kaminey.  So enjoy!

It's Showtime Indeed...

 A review of Prince: It's Showtime...

I will go on record and say that I really liked this film.  I guess, being one of the very few fans of Race...I would be one of the few who actually enjoyed this film.

There where 3 main things that really pulled me into watching this film:

1.  Was Prince Vivek Oberoi:   If any of you are on twitter and you follow him,  then you'll clearly understand what I mean.  Jeez, this guy is soo likable and especially if you you watch any of his interviews...OMG!!! I Love him!

Unfortunately, he only smiled for about 10% of the film, which was a bit of a downer, but I wouldn't be smiling either if I had no recollection of my memory.  I think that the on time he did smile was when he was being seduced by Nandana Sen and I know... who could resist that! ;-)

2.  The fantastic soundtrack was the best part of this film!  This has got to be one of the best soundtracks of the year.  Obviously everyone has a favorite but for me it's gotta be Tere Liye, I'm a sucker for romance!

What I also noticed was the marketing for this film using this song.  Especially the video in which all three heroines of the film are picturized in the song, but during the film the songs comes up after he realizes only one of them is his true soulmate.  I was all waiting to see him seduces all three of the girls, but I was completely in the wrong, and I'm glad I was.  But I really wish they had at least shown the the video used for the promos with all three seducing Prince.

3.  Probably the last 10% of encouragement I needed to watch this film was that it was done with the writers from Race.  So I knew that I was in for lots of WTF moments, which is one of the things I really enjoyed about both films.

Overall, it was a fun ride...but mostly because when I went to go see it there were about 5 people in the whole theater {including me and my friend}, so we got a chance to talk more while the film was on.  One thing I really really liked after watching the film was Nandana Sen, she was my favorite by far.  She is my evil right hand dream girl.  She totally kicked a$$.

But, unless you enjoyed Race or you one of those Vivek Oberoi fan girls then this film is probably not for you.