Om Puri film screenings
| Event I: Film Screening: East is East
Date: Saturday, 25 February 2017 Time: 5:30 p.m. onwards In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children. Rating: (15+) This event is closed to under-15s. ______________________________ Event II: Film Screening: West is West Date: Saturday, 4 March 2017 Time: 5:30 p.m. onwards An immigrant father decides to take his truant son back to the old country. Rating: (15+) This event is closed to under-15s. ______________________________ Event III: Film Screening: The Mystic Masseur Date: Saturday, 11 March 2017 Time: 5:30 p.m. onwards In 1950s Trinidad, a frustrated writer supports himself as a masseur and soon becomes a revered mystic and politico. Rating: Parental guidance is recommended for under-18s ______________________________ |
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| Registration fees: Free
Venue: Registration Details:
1) Participant’s name Om Puri is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE. Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana. His father worked on the railways and served in the Indian Army. Puri graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. He is also an alumnus of the 1973 class of National School of Drama. He has worked in numerous Indian films and in many films produced in the United Kingdom and the United States. |
