By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
November
02,
2006
Lage
Raho
Munnabhai
was
the
opening
film
at
the
University
of
Southern
California's
first-ever
Indian
film
festival.
The
film
was
screened
before
a
capacity
audience
at
the
Frank
Sinatra
Auditorium
on
27th
October
to
a
rapturous
response.
Students
and
faculty
of
the
prestigious
university
clapped
for
minutes
after
the
screening.
A
lively
question
and
answer
session
followed
with
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra,
Rajkumar
Hirani
and
Abhijat
Joshi,
the
producer-director-writer
trio
of
the
film.
Almost
all
questions
were
prefixed
with
heartfelt
praise
for
the
film,
with
one
member
of
the
audience
pointing
out
that
the
film
was
in
the
tradition
of
the
great
films
of
Charlie
Chaplin
in
its
capacity
to
make
people
laugh
and
cry.
Gurinder
Chadha
also
attended
the
screening
and
spoke
glowingly
about
the
film.