NEW DELHI, :March 28 2006
PTI
A film by an Indian-American depicting the story
of a Sikh faced with the post 9/11 realities is being
appreciated in international movie circles.
The film "The Gold Bracelet" by Hollywood
based Indian actor and film producer Kavi Raz won
the best feature drama award at the Cinequest, ranked
among the top ten film festivals in the world, recently.
At a private screening at the academy of television
arts and sciences in Hollywood, Raz was given a standing
ovation for the film.
Written, produced, directed and also starring Raz
himself, the film pays tribute to the many victims
of the 9/11 aftermath. The movie stars sonny Mandal,
Archana Puran Singh, Mehrunissa Hassan, Arsh Singh,
Joseph Whipp, Ari Barak, and Ellen Geer.
Raz told PTI in an e-mail interview that they had
been invited to several other film festivals. "We
are currently in talks with mainstream Hollywood distribution
companies about a release of the film."
"We plan to release the film in India also,
but no distribution deals have been signed as yet,"
he says.
Set against the 9/11 tragedy, the story centres around
an American Sikh family as they come to terms with
being turban bearing Sikhs in America at a time when
the country is plagued with fears of terrorism.
