India Kaleidoscope to highlight Indian regional cinema at NYC

The first edition of 'India Kaleidoscope', a new film festival to be held in New York in December, will focus on Indian regional cinema.
The four day festival, which is a collaboration between the Museum of the Moving Image and The India Center Foundation, will showcase films in 6 different Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Manipuri, Tamil and Kannada.
It will present film lovers with a chance to immerse themselves in the unique sights and sounds that make up the Indian regional, independent film landscape.
The Opening Night film, "India in a Day", directed by Richie Mehta, is a documentary comprised of images shot by thousands of people throughout India, while Buddhadheb Dasgupta's "Tope" (The Bait) will close the film festival.

Other highlights include a pairing of "Ghatashraddha" (The Ritual) by pioneer Kannada director Girish Kasaravalli with "Harikatha Prasanga" (Chronicles of Hari), the directorial debut of Ananya Kasaravalli, Priyadrashan's new film "Sila Samayangalil" (Sometimes), Bauddhayan Mukherji's "The Violin Player".