Theater releases
The 7th Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival of Boston will be held October 22nd, 23rd, and 24th in a hybrid mode, with a few selected feature films in Apple Cinemas, Cambridge and Oneil Cinemas, Littleton. and the rest virtually through our streaming partner site Festivee as in last year.
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 follow all applicable state and federal guidelines for Covid-19 events.
Please buy your tickets from the theater links below as early as possible for best choice of seats and availability.
Opening Film: Kalkokkho (House of Time) - North American Premiere
Language: Bengali
Directed by: RAJDEEP PAUL & SARMISTHA MAITI
Key Actors: Janardan Ghosh, Tannistha Biswas, Sreelekha Mukherjee
Date: Oct 22, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Apple Cinemas
Ticketing Link: https://www.applecinemas.com/
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Synopsis:
In the middle of a contagious pandemic an apathetic but adept doctor is taken hostage by a young woman in a desperate attempt to ensure the safety of her family. Captive in an almost desolate house inhabited by three women of three ages – the paranoid young woman, an amnesic old woman and a lonely young girl, the doctor discovers that forces beyond his comprehension are at play and he might be trapped not only in space but also in time.
The film explores the texture of time with a blend of magic realism and existential horror to express the sense of dread and temporal stasis generated globally by the Pandemic. Through mythological allegory and spiritual subtext, it explores eternal themes like reality and illusion, instinct and morality, love, loneliness and grief, the power of stories, nature of the feminine and the masculine, and the discriminations of ‘I’, ‘you’ and ‘they’ that has fragmented the world we live in to tell a tale of “longing for belongingness” which is the biggest crisis of human existence now and forever!
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Film: Searching for Happiness
Language: Bengali
Directed by: Suman Ghosh
Key Actors: Shahida Neera, Sudipta Chakraborty, Arindam Ghosh, Dipankar Das
Date: Oct 23, 2021
Time: 02:00 PM
Location: Apple Cinemas
Ticketing Link: https://www.applecinemas.com/
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Synopsis: A 4 year old child objectifies the elusive concept of happiness through something tangible and distributable. But once it leaves her surroundings, she is struck with fear of losing it and runs after it throughout a city, while experiencing a series of diverse encounters. Film will be followed with an in-person Q&A with attending director Suman Ghosh
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Film: Chal Mere Putt 2
Language: Punjabi
Directed by: Janjot Singh
Key Actors: Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal, Gurshabad, Hardeep Gill, Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti, Akram Udas, Zafri Khan, Amanat Chan, Rubi Anam, Garry Sandhu
Date: Oct 23, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Oneil Cinemas
Ticketing Link: Click Here
Synopsis: Chal Mera Putt 2 carries forward the unique essence of everlasting friendship and love between illegal immigrants struggling for their PR in UK. It is a tale of challenges they face and how they overcome it by coming together. They come across a few like-minded characters adding more fun to their journey, showing us that when it comes to the struggle of life, no border can divide human hearts and the love inside it. '
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Film: Dollu (The Drum) - World Premiere
Language: Kannada
Directed by: Sagar Puranik
Key Actors: Karthik Mahesh, Nidhi Hegde
Date: Oct 23, 2021
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Apple Cinemas
Ticketing Link: https://www.applecinemas.com/
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Synopsis: Dollu is the story of Bhadra, a Dollu drummer-dancer. Time puts his team to test as money becomes a bigger factor for the team while passion takes a backseat. The team leaves their village behind in search of greener pastures only to land in an unforgiving metropolitan city, Bengaluru.
Bhadra realizes that their temple's annual rituals would remain incomplete without the team's performance. He sets to reunite his team to keep the centuries’ old tradition alive. The hardships he faces and his path of realization that art isn’t defined by the constructs of the society forms the journey of Dollu.
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Film: AHR - North American Premiere
Language: Malayalam
Directed by: Sanal Kumar Sashidharan
Key Actors: Manju Warrier, Sonith Chandran, Bhupendra Khurana
Date: Oct 24, 2021
Time: 02:00 PM
Location: Apple Cinemas, Cambridge
Ticketing Link: https://www.applecinemas.com/
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Synopsis: A’hr (Kayattam) is about identity and how it influences our perceptions and relationship with each other. The lead character’s name is Maya and the story talks about the many interpretations of Maya in Hindu philosophy, and about the world as a kind of illusion. The entire story is set as a part of a mountain trek with breathtaking views.
Film: Avijatrik (The Wanderlust of Apu) - NorthEast Premiere
Language: Bengali
Directed by: Subhrajit Mitra
Key Actors: Arjun Chakraborty, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Arpita Chatterjee, Sreelekha Mitra
Date: Oct 24, 2021
Time: 07:00 PM
Location: Oneil Cinemas, Littleton
Ticketing Link: Click here
Synopsis: The sequel to Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar Trilogy after 60 years.