Ishqiya to be screened in Indian Film Festival London
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
The
opening
edition
of
the
Indian
Film
Festival
of
London
(IFFL)
is
going
to
screen
the
critically
acclaimed
Bollywood
film
Ishqiya.
The
IFFL
will
take
place
from
August
25
to
29.
This
film
by
Vishal
Bharadwaj
opened
with
below
average
response.
However,
it
earned
lots
of
good
reviews
and
good
word
of
mouth
promotion
thus
doing
much
better
box
office
business
than
expected.
Directed
by
Abhishek
Chaubey,
Ishqiya
stars
veteran
actor
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Vidya
Balan
and
Arshad
Warsi.
Shemaroo
Entertainment
and
Vishal
Bharadwaj
produced
film,
which
has
music
by
Vishal
Bharadwaj
himself.
In
a
press
statement,
director
of
Shemaroo
Entertainment
Hiren
Gada
said,
“We
are
very
proud
to
know
that
Ishqiya
will
be
screened
at
IFFL.
The
film
has
probably
been
successful
to
gain
the
love
of
international
audience
as
well
and
continues
to
become
popular
by
each
passing
day".
IFFL
will
screen
several
popular
and
offbeat
Bollywood
as
well
as
regional
movies.
The
festival
is
organized
with
an
aim
to
create
a
strong
bridge
between
the
Indian
and
British
film
industries.
The
London
festival
will
also
organize
a
retrospective
to
honor
the
work
of
Indian
filmmaker
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra.
The
movies
of
Chopra
that
are
to
be
screened
here
include
3
Idiots,
Eklavya:
The
Royal
Guard,
1942:
A
Love
Story
and
the
award
winning
1989
film
Parinda.