Indian film fest in New York kicks off with 'Do Dooni Char'

New York, May 5, 2011: The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival kicked off in spectacular fashion with the US premiere of the Delhi-set comedy "Do Dooni Chaar," Disney's first live-action Hindi film.The star-studded red carpet premiere Wednesday night at Manhattan's prestigious Paris Theatre, was attended by special guests Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh Kapoor along with writer/director Habib Faisal.

Also attending the premiere were Pulitzer Prize winner author Siddhartha Mukherjee, Aparna Sen, Madhur Jaffrey, Aditya Bhattacharya, Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti, Meetu Chilana, Rehana Mirza, Sarita Choudhury, Ami Sheth, Poorna Jagannathan, and many other actors and filmmakers whose films will play festival through closing night May 15.

Following the screening of "Do Dooni Chaar" was a discussion with Faisal and the Kapoors moderated by festival director Aseem Chhabra. A gala benefit dinner followed at the opulent Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South. ....IANS

Do Dooni Chaar is a 2010 Hindi film produced by Arindam Chaudhuri, directed by Habib Faisal

• Starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev and Archit Krishna in lead roles.
• The film is about a middle-class school teacher who tries keep his wife and children happy in inflationary times and dreams of buying a car.
• The directorial debut film was the first Hindi film to be distributed by Walt Disney in India.
• Rishi Kapoor teaches at a school for a living, lives in a DDA flat in Delhi and is coping with the double digit inflation rates and single digit increments in his salary.