Theater releases
The 6th Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival of Boston will be held November 6th, 7th, and 8th in a hybrid mode, with a few selected feature films in Lexington Venue Theater in Lexington Venue 1794 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, MA 02420, and the rest virtually through our streaming partner site Festivee.
Below you will find the listed films playing in both. Please note that there is no overlap of theater and online films being screened. For physical screening tickets, we will publish a link to the theater web site. For online, there will be a single festival pass which you can purchase to obtain access to all feature and short films.We fully understand that in today’s environment, our audience will want reassurance about theater safety. Caleidoscope and the theater will not only follow all applicable state and federal guidelines for Covid-19 events, but will limit attendance further than whats allowed. The theater at Lexington Venues has 175 seats and is a large hall. Both doors will be kept open. We do believe that social distancing will be possible and a mask will be required for every attendee at all times. Furthermore, the theater will only be screening our films, so there will be the ticket holders of Caleidoscope Films only on premises. There are a number of parking lots nearby and on street parking is also available.
Winners of 2020
Best Short Film:Transistor directed by Prem Singh
$125
Award for Technical Excellence:
Hellaro directed by Abishek Shah
$125
Best performance by an Actor:Paran Banerjee as "Suku" in Barunbabur Bondhu$125Best performance by an Actress:Kani Kusruti as "Khadeeja" in Biriyaani$125Best performance in a Negative Role:Nalneesh Neel as "Chamku" in Bhor$125Most Impactful Film:
Bhordirected by Kamakhya Narayan Singh$125Audience Choice Award
Ranjan Ghosh for Ahaa Re
$125
Best DirectorAbishek Shah for Hellaro$250Best Feature Film:Biriyaani directed by Sajin Babu
$500
Film: Hellaro
Language: Gujrati
Directed by: Abhishek Shah
Key Actors: Shraddha Dangar, Jayesh More, Tejal Panchasara
Date: Nov 07 11/7
Time: 07:00 PM
Location: Lexington Venue
Synopsis: A group of suppressed women from a village in Gujarat find someone in the desert and their lives are changed forever.
Film: Barunbabur Bondhu
Language: Bengali
Directed by: Anik Dutta
Key Actors: Paran Banerjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Barun Chanda, Soumitra Chatterjee
Date: Nov 06 11/6
Time: 07:00 PM
Location: Lexington Venue
Synopsis:Life gains some pace in the life of an strong willed octagenerian as a old friend writes to him about visiting the former's house .
Film:Achcham Madam Naanam Parirppu (World Premiere)
Language: Tamil
Directed by: Raja Ramamurthy
Key Actors: Akshara Haasan, Usha Uthup, Anjana Jayaprakash
Date: Nov 07 11/7
Time: 03:00 PM
Location: Lexington Venue
Synopsis: A coming of age story about a quintessential good Tamil girl.
Film: The Parcel
Language: Bangla
Directed by: Indrasis Acharya
Key Actors: Anindya Chakraborty, Saswata Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta
Date: Nov 08 11/8
Time: 03:00 PM
Location: Lexington Venue
Synopsis: Parcel is story of a doctor couple and Nandini the female protagonist suddenly starts receiving some unanimous mysterious parcels with some of her older and recent photographs.
Film: Raahgir
Language: Hindi
Directed by: Gautam Ghose
Key Actors: Adil Hissain, Neeraj Kabi, Tillotama Shome, Omkar Das Manikpuri
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Synopsis: The Wayfarers (Raahgir) The Wayfarers is an emotional portrayal of encounters between poverty-stricken strangers that, in order to find new economic opportunities, have to traverse the vast country of India by foot. One fateful morning, Nathuni (Tillotama SHOME) is on her way, when she runs into Lakhpati (Adil HUSSAIN, known for his major role in Life of Pi, 2012), a born wanderer that accompanies her on her journey.