In light of the pandemic, London Indian Film Festival have moved online and will be broadcasting a plethora of South Asian stories from March to May. This week, LIFF sees the release of ‘T for Taj Mahal’, the story of a young man’s journey to bring literacy to his village through a unique social enterprise.
In the film, Bansi played by Subrat Dutta, is concerned that another generation of villagers will grow up without a proper education and get ridiculed and duped as he has been, he hatches a unique social enterprise idea offering tourists who eat his food an option to pay their bill by teaching the local youngsters.
This eye-opening film features an outstanding cast of both international and Indian actors including Ali Faulkner, Pitobash and features a cameo from Bollywood star, Raveena Tandon.
Speaking about LIFF’s online festival, Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE, Programming Director of LIFF, stated, “After a challenging few months we are bringing some much needed uplifting entertainment and as always our quality films offer fresh views of India and South Asia; movies that may even challenge and certainly leave you thinking.”
The film screens on Sunday 28 March and will be available from 3pm till 7pm and £3 tickets can be booked at loveliffathome.com. The film will be accompanied by an exclusive Q&A between Head of Cinema, Birmingham Indian Film Festival, Dharmesh Rajput and the film’s director, the multiple award winner Kireet Khurana who also directed Toonpur Ka Superhero, India’s first live-action and 3D animation film.
Films will continue on the online platform till the end of May and you can also catch up with a series of exclusive ‘In Conversations’ with director and producer Anurag Kashyap, and Deepa Mehta whose film Funny Boy was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film for this year’s Oscars.
