NJISACF 2010 Seats Available
October 29, 2010 on 9:03 am | In Nuggets | No CommentsAll Free Screenings
Seats are available
Meet Seema Biswas in person
Details at www.NJISACF.org
Watch 16 films from 7 countries by 9 women filmmakers
Opening night film MIRCH starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Boman Irani on October 29th at 8:00 PM
Festival Centerpiece LIFE GOES ON starring Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan, Om
Puri and Girish Karnad on October 30th at 2:15 PM
Closing night film COOKING WITH STELLA starring Seema Biswas co-written by
Deepa Mehta on October 30th at 8:20 PM.
YASMIN starring Emmy award-winning Archie Panjabi on October 30th at
Noon
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My sphere, My Community, My Durga Puja
October 20, 2010 on 5:33 pm | In Generic | 5 Commentsby Brinda Guha
Durga Puja is one of the most beloved times in our community - every year we get together, tempted to see all the people we haven’t seen in recent months, sometimes even years. I still remember coming to Puja since I was 4 and 5 years old, hoping to see all the Mashi’s and Kaku’s, finding every corner of the Ukrainian Center with friends to find the perfect place to play games. Then being rushed out by my parents to make sure I gave anjali, even though I had no clue what it was — I knew it made my folks feel good to know that they were giving me their blessings for another prosperous year. It was by far the most exciting time for the entire Indian community that I called “my sphere”.- Durga Puja 2010 : New Jersey Style
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October 20, 2010 on 3:19 pm | In Generic | 1 Commentby Sharmila Sen
This year Kallol celebrated Durga Pujo with a new committee and with a class structure. Unfortunately, some of the enforcers of this class system had none of their own. As one long time member expressed disappointedly, “Green tag gulo holo citizender jonno aar aamra bakira holam bratyo.” Life members, other members, and those who attend the Pujo celebrations at Kallol regularly, were treated with disdain and contempt, if they had not paid up for the venerable “green card.” One attendee asked, “Amaar $150er kono daam nei?” There was no answer.
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October 20, 2010 on 2:22 pm | In Generic | No Commentsby Pronoy Chatterjee
Gayatri Memorial Awards have been established by Ananda Mandir (Somerset, NJ) to recognize authors who have demonstrated excellence in writing through their published essays, poems, short stories or plays. The awards have been made possible through a significant contribution from Jerry GaMarsh, husband of late Gayatri GaMarsh. Gayatri was an accomplished author and artist – and a key member of the editorial team of Ananda Sangbad and Anandalipi, publications of Ananda Mandir. The Gayatri Award is administered through the Awards & Recognition Subcommittee of Ananda Mandir.
Two cash awards will be given each year to recognize outstanding works published in North America-based literary magazines within the last five years. One award will be given to an author of Bengali works, and another will be given to an author in English. Each award will consist of $400 in cash and a certificate.
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NJISACF 2010 : South Asian Women Filmmakers Reshaping Their Identities
October 18, 2010 on 9:42 pm | In Events | 1 CommentSouth Asian Women Filmmakers Reshaping Their Identities
9 Women Filmmakers
16 Extraordinary Films
From 7 Countries
1 North America Premiere, 6 East Coast premieres, 4 NJ Premieres
Opening Night film MIRCH
A STAR-STUDDED MASTERWORK with Konkona Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Boman Irani
NOT TO BE MISSED
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
Festival Centerpiece LIFE GOES ON
Memorable performances by Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan, Om Puri, Girish Karnad
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
Closing Night film COOKING WITH STELLA
A Delicious Comedy written by DEEPA MEHTA
A BRAVURA PERFORMANCE BY SEEMA BISWAS OF THE BANDIT QUEEN FAME
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
YASMIN
An award-winning performance by the Emmy award winner ARCHIE PANJABI (the primetime TV serial THE GOOD WIFE)
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest (NJISACF), 2010, is all about women; their lives, journeys and achievements. This precocious spectacle presents South Asia’s most radical, crucial and underrepresented voices. The festival features a mélange of avant-garde documentaries, mindboggling shorts and a dynamic selection of feature films that evince exuberance, resilience and imperium of the South Asian cinema. NJISACF 2010 through its dynamic ensemble of movies wants to bring to the fore, a new perspective about South Asian women in cinema, who are breaking free from the shambles of culture, religion and sexuality; these women are challenging common perceptions and converging towards an affirmation of identity and rights.
Quote: Sakti Sengupta, Director, NJISACF: “There exists a body of recent films by women filmmakers and screenwriters working in the UK, Canada, and the US, and representing South Asian communities and subjectivity in the West. It is a culturally hybrid cinema, which actively locates itself between Hollywood and Bollywood. The diasporic South Asians are not merely assimilating to their host cultures but they are also actively reshaping them through their own, new voices bringing new definitions of identity.”
This year NJISACF 2010 brings a cinematic extravaganza from nine women filmmakers, with 16 features, shorts and docs from seven countries on October 29 and 30 at Big Cinemas, 1655 OAK TREE ROAD, Edison, New Jersey. For more information visit: www.NJISACF.org.
On Friday October 29, the festival opens with the New Jersey premiere of the new yet-to-be-released film “Mirch”, a masterwork and collage of four short stories about women’s empowerment and rights, and gender equality starring Indian heartthrobs Konkona Sen Sharma and Raima Sen.
Come join us also on Saturday October 30, as we showcase the New Jersey premiere of yet another unreleased film “Life Goes On” starring Sharmila Tagore (Satyajit Ray’s much-celebrated heroine from the Apu Trilogy), East Coast premiere of “Cooking with Stella” co-scripted by the Oscar-nominated (for her film “Water”) Canadian woman filmmaker Deepa Mehta, and “Yasmin”, where Archie Panjabi (Emmy Award winning actress from the primetime series The Good Wife) shows what it’s like being a Muslim and an Asian woman in a post 9/11 world, and documentaries like “Beyond Women’s Stereotypes” featuring Booker Prize winning author of GODS OF SMALLL THINGS Arundhati Roy, “Dishonored” the heart-rending story of the gang-raped Pakistani woman Mukhtar Mai (she won the Woman of the Year Glamour magazine award in 2005).
Where thought leaders, filmmakers, film personalities and scholars meet, exchange of ground breaking discussions ensue. NJISACF 2010 will host two panel discussions; Changing Representations of Women in South Asian Cinema, and South Asian Women reshaping their identity: A discussion on South Asian diasporic women filmmakers, along with Q & A sessions after each film screening.
Women filmmakers, and especially, South Asian women filmmakers, from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora, are one of the most under-represented in the history of cinema, at film festivals and at all other exhibition venues. Women’s film festivals are only about 2% of more than 5,000 film festivals held in North America. And, how many South Asian Women’s film festivals are there in North America? We counted about 3 only!
The NJISACF is presented by the Asian American Film and theater Project, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit arts organization. The organization promotes and recognizes the talents of the new, the established, the underrepresented, the best and the brightest Independent South Asian filmmakers from across the globe.
Pls contact:
Sakti Sengupta (Festival Director)
732-310-0236
OR
Neha Mahajan (Marketing Co-ordinator)
732-500-8844
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None FoundNJISACF 2010 : South Asian Women Filmmakers Reshaping Their Identities
October 18, 2010 on 9:42 pm | In Events | 1 Comment| October 29, 2010 | ||
| 8:30 pm | to | 10:30 pm |
| October 30, 2010 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
South Asian Women Filmmakers Reshaping Their Identities
9 Women Filmmakers
16 Extraordinary Films
From 7 Countries
1 North America Premiere, 6 East Coast premieres, 4 NJ Premieres
Opening Night film MIRCH
A STAR-STUDDED MASTERWORK with Konkona Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Boman Irani
NOT TO BE MISSED
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
Festival Centerpiece LIFE GOES ON
Memorable performances by Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan, Om Puri, Girish Karnad
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
Closing Night film COOKING WITH STELLA
A Delicious Comedy written by DEEPA MEHTA
A BRAVURA PERFORMANCE BY SEEMA BISWAS OF THE BANDIT QUEEN FAME
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
YASMIN
An award-winning performance by the Emmy award winner ARCHIE PANJABI (the primetime TV serial THE GOOD WIFE)
WATCH IT FOR FREE ONLY AT NJISACF
New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest (NJISACF), 2010, is all about women; their lives, journeys and achievements. This precocious spectacle presents South Asia’s most radical, crucial and underrepresented voices. The festival features a mélange of avant-garde documentaries, mindboggling shorts and a dynamic selection of feature films that evince exuberance, resilience and imperium of the South Asian cinema. NJISACF 2010 through its dynamic ensemble of movies wants to bring to the fore, a new perspective about South Asian women in cinema, who are breaking free from the shambles of culture, religion and sexuality; these women are challenging common perceptions and converging towards an affirmation of identity and rights.
Quote: Sakti Sengupta, Director, NJISACF: “There exists a body of recent films by women filmmakers and screenwriters working in the UK, Canada, and the US, and representing South Asian communities and subjectivity in the West. It is a culturally hybrid cinema, which actively locates itself between Hollywood and Bollywood. The diasporic South Asians are not merely assimilating to their host cultures but they are also actively reshaping them through their own, new voices bringing new definitions of identity.”
This year NJISACF 2010 brings a cinematic extravaganza from nine women filmmakers, with 16 features, shorts and docs from seven countries on October 29 and 30 at Big Cinemas, 1655 OAK TREE ROAD, Edison, New Jersey. For more information visit: www.NJISACF.org.
On Friday October 29, the festival opens with the New Jersey premiere of the new yet-to-be-released film “Mirch”, a masterwork and collage of four short stories about women’s empowerment and rights, and gender equality starring Indian heartthrobs Konkona Sen Sharma and Raima Sen.
Come join us also on Saturday October 30, as we showcase the New Jersey premiere of yet another unreleased film “Life Goes On” starring Sharmila Tagore (Satyajit Ray’s much-celebrated heroine from the Apu Trilogy), East Coast premiere of “Cooking with Stella” co-scripted by the Oscar-nominated (for her film “Water”) Canadian woman filmmaker Deepa Mehta, and “Yasmin”, where Archie Panjabi (Emmy Award winning actress from the primetime series The Good Wife) shows what it’s like being a Muslim and an Asian woman in a post 9/11 world, and documentaries like “Beyond Women’s Stereotypes” featuring Booker Prize winning author of GODS OF SMALLL THINGS Arundhati Roy, “Dishonored” the heart-rending story of the gang-raped Pakistani woman Mukhtar Mai (she won the Woman of the Year Glamour magazine award in 2005).
Where thought leaders, filmmakers, film personalities and scholars meet, exchange of ground breaking discussions ensue. NJISACF 2010 will host two panel discussions; Changing Representations of Women in South Asian Cinema, and South Asian Women reshaping their identity: A discussion on South Asian diasporic women filmmakers, along with Q & A sessions after each film screening.
Women filmmakers, and especially, South Asian women filmmakers, from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora, are one of the most under-represented in the history of cinema, at film festivals and at all other exhibition venues. Women’s film festivals are only about 2% of more than 5,000 film festivals held in North America. And, how many South Asian Women’s film festivals are there in North America? We counted about 3 only!
The NJISACF is presented by the Asian American Film and theater Project, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit arts organization. The organization promotes and recognizes the talents of the new, the established, the underrepresented, the best and the brightest Independent South Asian filmmakers from across the globe.
Pls contact:
Sakti Sengupta (Festival Director)
732-310-0236
OR
Neha Mahajan (Marketing Co-ordinator)
732-500-8844
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None FoundGarden State Cultural Association Durga Puja 2010
October 13, 2010 on 9:25 pm | In Events | 1 CommentGarden State Cultural Association
invites you, your family and friends to join in the celebration of
DURGA PUJA
at
Plainfield High School,
950 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
on
Saturday, October 16,
& Sunday, October 17, 2010
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None FoundGarden State Cultural Association Durga Puja 2010
October 13, 2010 on 9:25 pm | In Events | 1 Comment| October 16, 2010 | ||
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Garden State Cultural Association
invites you, your family and friends to join in the celebration of
DURGA PUJA
at
Plainfield High School,
950 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
on
Saturday, October 16,
& Sunday, October 17, 2010
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None FoundKallol Durga Puja 2010
October 13, 2010 on 9:19 pm | In Events | 1 Comment
New Jersey Durga Puja Committee of Kallol
Cordially invites you with your family and friends to participate in our 2010
Durga Puja Celebration
Durga Puja will be held on October 15, 16 & 17, 2010
At the Ukranian Church and Cultural Center in Somerset, New Jersey
Registration Information
Over the last several years we have had a large increase in the number of people attending Kallol’s Durga Puja which we are very happy about. Unfortunately, as you know, the Ukranian Center Hall has limited accommodation in the main hall. We have had to restrict entry in the main hall in the previous years in compliance with township rules and fire codes. So like the last few years we are introducing an online registration system to provide you with an opportunity for pre-registration which will guarantee entry. We may not be able to admit you without pre-registration if we reach capacity. Online registration will begin on September 20, 2010 at http://www.kallol.com
Suggested Donations
Kallol Member’s: $60.00
Non- Member’s: $65.00
Student with ID: $40.00
Children [12-18 YRS]: $30.00
Children [Below 12 YRS]: Free
Patrons: $200 includes 2 badges
Sponsors: $500.00 includes family bagdes upto 4
Grand Sponsors: $1000.00 includes family bagdes upto 4 & complimentary 2 nights hotel room
(Reserved seating area for Patrons, Sponsors & Grand sponsors)
Program Schedule
Friday, October 15, 2010
Mahasasthi and Mahasaptami
Puja: 2:00 p.m. Anjali: 5:00 p.m.
Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Cultural Program: 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Mahaashtami & Sandhi
Puja: 10:30 a.m. Anjali: 2:00 p.m.
Dinner: 5:00 p.m. Cultural Program: 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mahanabami & Mahadashami
Puja: 11:00 a.m. Anjali: 2:00 p.m.
Dinner: 5:00 p.m. Cultural Program: 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Kojagori Lakshmi Puja
Puja: 3:00 p.m.
Anjali : 4:00 p.m.
Vijaya Sammelani & Cultural Program : 6:30 p.m.
Dinner : 9:00 p.m.
Cultural Program Highlights*
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Fri, Oct 15, 2010: |
Parthasarathi Desikan ~ Classical Vocal |
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Sat, Oct 16, 2010: |
Jolly Mukherjee from Bolloywood and Koel Mukherjee of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Fame |
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Sun, Oct 17, 2010: |
Anirban Dasgupta & Sasha Ghosal |
*Subject to change
Venue & Directions
Venue
Ukranian Cultural Center, 135, Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873
Directions
From Interstate 287 North
Take exit 10 (Rt. 527 / Easton Avenue)
Go right towards Bound Brook and turn left at the first traffic light onto Davidson Avenue
The Ukranian Cultural Center and parking will be to your right
From Interstate 287 South
Take exit 10 for New Brunswick / Easton Avenue
Turn left onto Easton Avenue and go underneath the highway I-287
Turn left at the first light onto Davidson Avenue
The Ukranian Cultural Center and parking will be to your right
From Route 18
Take Route 18 from Rt 1 towards New Brunswick past the Raritan River and after the bridge, make a left at the first traffic light onto River Road
Go to the junction of I-287 and enter onto I-287 North
Then follow directions from above
Hotel Information
Kallol of NJ’s official partner for Durga Puja 2010 is Madison Suites Hotel. The hotel is located at about 5 minute driving distance from the venue and features spacious rooms with microwave and refrigerators in all rooms and the rate below also includes free continental breakfast. Follow details below to make your reservations with the hotel directly. In order to get Kallol’s discounted rate you will need to mention “Kallol DP 2010” during reservations and show them a copy of your registration during check in.
11 Cedar Grove Lane
Somerset, NJ 08873
Official Hotel of Kallol’s New Jersey Durga Puja 2010
For reservations please call (732) 563-1000. Be sure to mention “KALLOL DP 2010” in order to receive this discount. You can visit them on the web athttp://www.madisonsuitesnj.com
Special Rates:
Oct 15 & 16, 2010
$60 + tax Standard rooms
$80 + tax Bi-Level Suites
Oct 14 & 17, 2010
$55 + tax Standard rooms
$75 + tax Bi-Level Suites