The
17th
annual
Indian
Film
Festival
of
Los
Angeles
will
open
with
the
screening
of
Andhadhun
paired
with
a
tribute
and
moderated
discussion
with
its
star,
Tabu.
One
of
the
most
talented
actors
in
Hindi
cinema,
Tabu
is
known
for
her
masterful
performances
in
films
such
as
Astitva,
Maqbool,
Haider,
The
Namesake
and
Life
of
Pi.
Andhadhun,
the
latest
from
thriller
master
Sriram
Raghavan,
won
rave
reviews
and
box
office
success
upon
its
release
last
year
in
September.
The
film
revolves
around
Tabu's
Simi,
a
desperate
small
time
actor-turned
trophy
wife
who
is
caught
disposing
of
her
husband's
body
in
front
of
a
presumably
blind
pianist
Akash
(Ayushmann
Khurrana).
The
story
follows
Simi,
Akash,
and
Akash's
suspicious
girlfriend
(played
by
Radhika
Apte)
in
a
wicked
story
of
ambition,
romance
and
organ
harvesting.
"We
have
discussed
honoring
Tabu
for
a
long
time,
and
this
year
felt
like
the
right
time," said
Christina
Marouda,
IFFLA's
Executive
Director.
"Her
work
and
personality
embody
everything
that
IFFLA
is
about
-
being
fearless,
versatile,
independent
in
spirit,
unwilling
to
compromise,
brilliant
in
the
range
of
her
performances,
and
simply
beautiful.
With
half
of
the
festival's
2019
line-up
directed
by
female
filmmakers,
this
couldn't
be
a
stronger
celebration
of
women
in
Indian
cinema,"
Marouda
said.
The
line
up
of
the
festival,
which
runs
from
April
11-14,
includes
Ritesh
Batra's
Photograph,
director
Ronny
Sen's
feature
debut
Cat
Sticks,
Safdar
Rahman's
Chippa,
Bengali
film
Jonaki,
Love
Goes
Through
Your
Mind
and
Anamika
haksar's
Taking
the
Horse
to
Eat
Jalebis.
The
festival
will
also
screen
Kashmir-set
feature
and
short
films
-
Widow
of
Silence
and
Nooreh
besides
The
Sweet
Requiem,
centering
on
Tibetan
refugees
living
in
Delhi,
and
Circle,
about
domestic
violence.
Credits
-
PTI