Indian Embassy film festival

The Indian Embassy will host an Indian Film Festival from January 27 to February 6 at Nay Pyi Daw Cinema in Yangon. Moviegoers are invited to enjoy seven superhits from Indian cinema, with each film being screened twice except for “Nehru”.
The film festival is open to all and free of charge. Admission tickets are available on request at the Indian Embassy from January 21 onwards. For inquiry about tickets, please call the Embassy on 243972, 388412 or 391219
Dates and viewing times for the festival are as follows:
“Parineeta” — musical drama January 27 (6:30pm) and February 1 (3:30pm)
“Hum Saath-Saath Hain” — drama January 28 (6:30pm) and February 2 (6:30pm)
“Rain Coat” — drama January 29 (6:30pm) and February 3 (6:30pm)
“Dhadkan” — romantic drama January 30 (6:30pm) and February 4 (6:30pm)
“Phir Milenge” — musical January 31 (3:30pm) and February 5 (6:30pm)
“KHAKEE” —action drama January 31 (6:30pm) and February 6 (6:30pm)
“Nehru” —documentary February 1 (6:30pm)
One film of particular interest is “Nehru”, a biographical film about Pandit Jawaharlal Nheru, who was the first Prime Minister India upon its independence from Britain.

Comic serial to screen soon

A comic serial directed by Htin Htinn will start screening from February 1. The serial will be shown on state-run Myawady Television channel every Monday after the news at 6pm.
“A 20 minute short series once a week aims to make people laugh and will help ease their tension,” director Htin Htinn said.