Date:13/01/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/13/stories/2006011301380200.htm

New Delhi

Taking cinema seriously

Lakshmi B. Ghosh

NEW DELHI: From bunking classes to catching the latest movies in town to bringing the best of unseen works to the campus, Delhi University's students sure are taking cinema seriously these days. And as colleges try to outdo each other with their festivals and packages of films, students are perhaps walking out the happiest.

This coming week will see the Wide Angle Film Society of Kamala Nehru College host the Jeevika Film Festival, the annual South Asian Livelihood Documentary Festival curated by the Centre for Civil Society. A competitive festival that will premiere at India Habitat Centre, it will also be held at the college.

While over 85 entries were received from student and professional film-makers in various countries including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Serbia, nearly 34 films were those of students. To be held on January 27 and 28, the festival will take off with the screening of Lalitha Krishnan's "Sea City". Also to be screened on the same day will be "Refugee of War" by M.W. Geethani Senavirathna, "Pretty Dyana" by Boris Mitic, "Treacling Down" by Upali Gamlath and "Of Hawks and Hawkers" by Shankar S.

Shown on the second day will be "A Page from the Red Data Book" by Saurav Dey, "Life on Four Wheels" by Anshuman Jha, "In Search of the Job" by Mrinal Talukdar and "Lakshmi and Vishwakarma" by Vasudha Joshi. The festival will close with the screening of "One Show Less" by Nayantara C. Kotian, which has won the first prize at the festival.