Opening the festival is the ensemble powerhouse "Angry Indian Goddesses," directed by Pan Nalin. Anu Menon's poignant "Waiting," starring Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin, closes the festival on April 10.
Highlights include Hansal Mehta's critically acclaimed and socially relevant "Aligarh," Deepa Mehta's gangster drama "Beeba Boys," Sundance Film Festival's sex comedy "Brahman Naman," the world premiere of radical and hilarious "CRD" by Kranti Kanade; Rinku Kalsy's documentary "For the Love of the Man," on South Indian superstar Rajinikanth's fans; Ruchika Oberoi's genre-bending "Island City," Neeraj Ghaywan's directorial debut "Masaan," which took home two awards at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival; Leena Yadav's "Parched," a story of four women in patriarchal culture; Prashant Nair's Sundance winner "Umrika," and "Visaraanai," the Tamil gripping tale of the tentacles of systemic corruption in rural India.
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