Court (India)
(116 min; 2014; with English subtitles)
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane
Multiple award winner including Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film, National Film Awards, India 2015; Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film & Venice Horizons Award for Best Film, Venice Film Festival 2014; Best Film Award – International Competition, Best Actor Award, FIPRESCI Prize (Competition) & Signis Award, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, 2015; Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film & Silver Screen Award for Best Director-Asian Feature Film, Singapore International Film Festival 2014; among others
The film will be introduced by Apar Gupta, lawyer, and writer on democracy and technology
Narayan Kamble, an ageing folk singer is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited a sewage worker to commit suicide. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.
Date & Time: 17 May 2024, 06:30 pm
Program Type Films and Exhibitions
Venue: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building