Nandita Das's Manto opens Singapore South Asian International Film Festival at Carnival Cinemas

The 2nd edition of the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2018 (SGSAIFF) kicked off with an opening ceremony and a screening of Nandita Das' much-acclaimed film Manto starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film was presented by writer-director Nandita Das and the screening at SGSAIFF 2018 marks the film's South East Asian premiere.

Nandita Das

The opening ceremony which was held at Carnival Cinema in Singapore on 5th Oct 2018 was attended by actors Anshuman Jha, Sharib Hashmi and Inaamulhaq - the lead actors of Midnight Delhi and Nakkash which are having its World Premieres at SGSAIFF 2018 and Kenneth Tan - Chairman of Singapore Film Society. The 2nd edition of the festival is being held from 5th to 14th October 2018. This year the festival will include five World Premieres, two Special Screenings, eight Feature Films and nine short films In Competition.

Nandita Das

Writer-director Rima Das' Village Rockstars which is India's official entry to Oscars 2018 has been chosen for the Feature Film Showcase section at SGSAIFF 2018.

Sharib Hashmi , Inaamulhaq

Actor-director Nandita Das whose film Manto opened the 2nd edition of the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival said, “I am delighted that Manto is the opening film at the SGSAIFF. Such festivals give us the opportunity to celebrate our identity as South Asians and I think who could be better than Manto to kick off the festival. He was truly a South Asian writer, who went beyond the national and religious identities. I look forward to sharing my passion and my concerns through my film with the Singaporeans.”

The Festival has a fascinating mix of features, shorts and documentaries curated from South Asia. Of the eight fiction features, four are world premieres – Reunion, Video Parlour, Midnight Delhi and Mulshi Pattern.

Nandita Das

These films have vividly different themes. While Murari M Rakshit's Reunion (which stars two fantastic actors, Parambrata Chatterjee, well known for his Hindi work, Kahani, and Moon Moon Sen's daughter, Raima Sen) plots Kolkata's Left campus politics, Pravin Tarde's Mulshi Pattern is the story of an affluent Maharashtrian farmer, Rakesh Rawat's Midnight Delhi talks about the tragic destinies of several people in Delhi on a night of strange happenings and Video Parlour takes us to a nostalgia revolving around a video parlour.

Nandita Das

The other movies in the Festival have been picked from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, and includes India's Oscars offering, Village Rockstar, helmed by Rima Das.

All the films are being showcased at Carnival Cinemas, Shaw Tower and Golden Mile Cinemas

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