This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained slippery for a few days.
How wonderful it would be for all of us to watch the Oscar ceremony on March 2, 2025 and watch AWIAL win an Oscar, notes Aseem Chhabra.
It is the first Indian film in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 30 years.
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
'What the film shows is an India, which was headed in a completely different direction than where we are headed.'
'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
Aseem Chhabra is heartbroken that India overlooked the acclaimed film, The Lunchbox, as its Oscar nominee.
'67 years after India gained independence, its people still get offended by the slightest issues in films.'
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