04 May 2013, 05:30 am
Two documentary films

Maha The Springfield Story (Australia)
(25 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Director: Donald Johannessen

Film on Australian businessman of Indian origin, Maha Sinnathamby who is responsible for creating the Greater Springfield Project, which received the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Award for World's Best master Planned Community 2010. Maha Sinnathamby has recently been recognized as one of the "100 Influential Indians in the World" by Global Indian Origin

At 19:00
Malegaon Times (27 min; 2012; DV; English subtitles)
Directors: Ruchika Negi & Amit Mahanti who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Malegaon Times is about the idea of "˜performance' in the working class power-loom town of Malegaon in Maharashtra. Malegaon thrives on power-looms, cloth and cinema, which are all inextricably linked to each other. The film moves between these worlds with Asif Albela - a stage performer, mimic and an actor whose specialty lies in comedy