Photo credit: a shot from Karen Oganesyan's fantastic comedy Terrible Dad / Grandfather Expert / youtube.com
More than 1,300 people got acquainted with Russian cinema as part of the Russian Film Festival (RFF) in India, TASS reports. It was held in Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the country. The festival was timed to coincide with the meeting of the G20 Ministers of Culture, which took place in Varanasi on August, 26.
There were many young people among the audience, who were joined by filmmakers, critics, and journalists. Representatives of the authorities also visited the cinema.
The festival program included five films. Among them are two comedies by Nikita Vladimirov - "High Security Parents" and "I'm on Rewind!". The audience was also shown Karen Hovhannisyan's Terrible Dad. Its main character is Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who finds himself in the modern world.
''Chuk and Gek. The Big Adventure" by Alexander Kott was screened for family audiences. The film is based on Arkady Gaidar's story. Kids were invited to watch the ''Buka. My favorite monster" cartoon. It is among the top three highest-grossing Russian films abroad last year.
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Films were shown in Russian with Hindi and English subtitles, animations were shown with English dubbing and Hindi subtitles.
According to the organizers, domestic cinema is very popular in India, it was received very warmly. The greatest interest among the public was caused by Terrible Papa and Buka. My favorite monster." The audience thanked the organizers for bringing Russian cinema back to India.
Roskino, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, held several events aimed at developing ties with India in the field of cinema. In the spring, a group of Indian producers visited Russia to get acquainted with the filming locations. Indian filmmakers were participants in the business program of the International Moscow Film Festival, met with Russian colleagues. Roskino also organized the Days of Indian Cinema in Moscow, showing films from India to the Russian audience.
