Three Indian movies will be screened at the 38th Hong Kong
International Film Festival here March
27 March-April 7.
Amit Kumar's Bollywood film "Monsoon Shootout" and
Farida Pacha's Swiss-Indian documentary "My Name Is Salt" will have
their Asian premiere at the fest. Richie Mehta's Indo-Canadian feature
"Siddharth" will also be screened at the gala.
Anurag Kashyap-backed "Monsoon Shootout",
featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee, was earlier screened
at the Cannes International Film Festival.
"My Name is Salt", an observational documentary,
shows how India's monsoon rains flood the salt fields of Gujarat and make
thousands of salt workers descend on the desert to harvest one of the world's
greatest commodities.
"Siddharth" is about Mahendra, a south Delhi
street vendor on the run to search for his missing 12-year-old son.
The Hong Kong international Film Festival is organised by
Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, an NGO aimed at discovering and
promoting creativity in the art and culture of film.
