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The incredible London Indian Film Festival, UK and Europe’s largest South Asian Film Festival, continues to screen upbeat movies on the last Sunday of each month. Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE, Executive & Programming Director of Liff says, “After a challenging few months, we are bringing some much needed uplifting entertainment and as always our quality films offer fresh views of India and South Asia; movies that may even challenge and certainly leave you thinking.”

Featuring, as always, some brilliant films, the 3rd film in the festival’s Spring online programme is the much-loved festival hit and award-winning (32 International Awards) Hotel Salvation. The screening, for UK viewers, will take place on Sunday 25 April on Liff’s hybrid platform, www.loveliffathome.com.

A heart-warming comedy, Hotel Salvation, also known as Mukti Bhavan is a gentle charmer focussing on 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar, played by Lalit Behl, who has an ominous dream convincing him that his end is near.

The UK & Europe’s largest South Asian film festival is back, kicking off with a series of upbeat movies, online on the last Sunday of each month, ahead of our June festival in London, Birmingham and Manchester, and online at LoveLIFFatHome.

Evening Shadows + Q&a

12A | Hindi with English subtitles | Available in the UK only

Sunday 28th February | 3Pm – 7Pm

Marking LGBT+ History Month, multi award-winning Evening Shadows (12A) is a tender heart-warming story, set in a small town in Southern India, where a young man comes out to his mother and the upheaval it causes with the traditional family and society around it. The sensitively handled film, directed by award winning Indian filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan, underlines the challenges gay men continue to face in India to come out to their family, as well as question the dominant patriarchal social mores.

The film is 102 mins long and...

The outstanding London Indian Film Festival is back! Now in its 12th edition, Liff is springing forward with some very special screenings all leading up to the Summer film festival in June!

Liff, which is the UK & Europe’s largest South Asian film festival, will begin with a series of upbeat movies, online on the last Sunday of each month at www.loveliffathome.com along with much more.

Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE, Executive & Programming Director of Liff says,

“After a challenging few months we are bringing some much needed uplifting entertainment and as always our quality films offer fresh views of India and South Asia; movies that may even challenge and certainly leave you thinking.”

First up in the series of films and marking LGBT+ History Month, Evening Shadows is a tender heartwarming story, set in a small town in Southern India, where a young man comes out to his...

Inspired by the successful limited theatrical release of the film Evening Shadows in India on January 11th where several of the shows were sold out, the makers are now organizing a limited theatrical release in the world?s gay capital San Francisco beginning February 21st. To be screened at the iconic theaters of the city - Landmark Theater and Roxy Cinema, this multiple award winning feature film from India is all set to woo Lgbtq and South Asian audiences there.

Sridhar Rangayan, who just yesterday received the Honour Award at Zinegoak Lgbtq film festival in Bilbao, Spain said, ?Evening Shadows has been touching hearts and creating a very important bridge between Lgbtq communities and their families across the world. We are happy to continue not only its film festival run, but also continue to explore its exhibition at mainstream platforms".

Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali, one of the main producers of the film,...

Set in South India and Mumbai, ‘Evening Shadows (Surmaee Shaam)’, directed by Sridhar Rangayan, is a tender heartwarming story about a mother-son bond that has to withstand the ravages of time, distance and truths. On a road trip that the mother & son take, truth spill out, ripping the ties apart. The film stars Mona Ambegaonkar, Ananth Mahadevan, Devansh Doshi, Arpit Chaudhary, Yamini Singh, Abhay Kulkarni, Veena Nair, Disha Thakur, Kala Ramnathan.

This important film has screened at over 35 international film festivals and earlier this month ‘Evening Shadows’ was screened as the Opening Film at the Lonavala International Film Festival on Sept 7th and had an encore screening on Sept 8th. The festival held at Triose Plaza attracted houseful audiences for the film – from media personalities to students to general audiences.

Eminent actor Shabana Azmi had tears in her eyes after watching the feature film ‘Evening Shadows’ at Lonavala International Film...