Films of Nandita Das, Benegal to be shown at London festival

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The festival, organised by the British Film Institute (BIF), will screen over 180 feature films from more than 40 countries from 15 to 30 October.

Starring Shreyas Talpade and Amrita Rao, 'Welcome to Sajjanpur' is the story of an educated village youth who instead of fulfilling his ambition to become a novelist starts writing letters to earn a living.

With Naseeruddin Shah and Deepti Naval in the lead roles, 'Firaaq' is set against a backdrop of 2002 communal riots in Gujarat and its aftermath which alters the lives of its characters. This film has also been nominated for the FIPRESCI Critics Award.

The other Indian films are Satosh Sivan directed 'Tahaan', Ketan Mehta's 'Colours of Passion', Shashank Ghosh's 'Quick Gun Murugan' and Atul Sabharwal's short film 'Midnight Lost and Found'.

The festival will also screen Mehreen Jabbar's 'Ramchand Pakistani', a film which depicts a Pakistani Hindu father and son who are arrested as they accidentally cross the border into India.

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