It's a Bollywood bonanza at Doris Duke Theatre
Advertiser Staff
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Melodrama, comedy, much song and dance fill the second annual Bollywood Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts, today through Jan. 11
Tickets are $7 general, $6 students, seniors and military; $5 museum members; $3 children under 12.
The films:
Directed by Farah Khan; India, 2007, 168 minutes; in Hindi with English subtitles
Superstar Om (Shah Rukh Khan) looks for the truth about his previous life and love in 1970s Bollywood.
12:30 and 6:30 p.m. today
Directed by Shimit Amin; India, 2007, 149 minutes; Hindi/English with English subtitles
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is Kabir Khan, a disgraced Indian field hockey champion who's given a second chance — as coach of the Indian Women's National hockey team.
12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday
Directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra; India, 2006, 157 minutes; Hindi/English with English subtitles
A tragedy prompts fun-loving group of young men, recruited for a film about India's independence, into deeper passions than partying.
12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani; India, 2006, 128 minutes; Hindi with English subtitles
Bombay hustlers Munna and Circuit return in this sequel to the 2003 hit "Munnabhai MBBS."
6:30 p.m. Monday; and 12:30 p.m. Tuesday
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee; India, 2006, 135 minutes; Hindi with English subtitles
Property swindler Kishan Khurana (Boman Irani) usurps a plot of land purchased by soon-to-be-retiring K.K. Khosla (Anupam Kher), whose family fights back.
6:30 p.m. Tuesday; and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday
Directed by Chandan Arora; India, 2005, 138 minutes
A short middle-class husband is jealous of the attention given to his taller, sophisticated wife. Enter a new neighbor, the cigarette-smoking, guitar-playing, whiskey-drinking Akash.
6:30 p.m. Wednesday; and 12:30 p.m. Thursday
Directed by Yash Chopra; India, 2004, 192 minutes; Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi with English subtitles
An Indian version of Romeo and Juliet.
6:30 p.m. Thursday; and 12:30 p.m. Jan. 9
Directed by Neeraj Pandey; India, 2008, 100 minutes; Hindi with English subtitles
A Bollywood thriller: Mumbai's tough police chief tries to track down a possible bomber.
6:30 p.m. Jan. 9; and 12:30 p.m. Jan. 10
Directed by Sanjay Gadhvi; India, 2006, 152 minutes; English/Hindi with English subtitles
Dance and music, comedy and romance fill a story about museum heists and the inspector who follows the trail of the thieves.
3 p.m. Jan. 10
Directed by Aamir Khan; India, 2007, 164 minutes; Hindi/English with English subtitles
A children's film that's for adults, too. A dyslexic 8-year-old is sent to a boarding school, where his secret talent is unveiled.
12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11
