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‘India Sweets and Spices’: Geeta Malik, Manisha Koirala and Deepti Gupta on Women’s Empowerment, Challenging Indian Stereotypes
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For the cast and crew of “India Sweets and Spices,” the Tribeca Festival debut on June 12 served as a welcome reunion after a long year of What’sApp messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.

“A lot of our cast is scattered throughout the world, and it’s been tough with this Covid situation so we really missed them,” Malik tells Variety about celebrating without a few film family members. “It would have been really special to have them here.”

Malik joined the cast — including Deepti Gupta, Anita Kalathara, Reena Shah, Rupal Pujara, Christina Burdette, Kayan Tara, Moses Das, Indra Dattagupta, Vee Bhakta, Kamran Shaikh, Priya Deva, Jia Patel and Richa Chandra — for the comedy’s world premiere at Brookfield Place in New York City.

The film festival premiere served as a launching pad for the movie, which focuses on a young woman named Alia (Sophia Ali), who comes home for...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 6/22/2021
  • by Angelique Jackson
  • Variety Film + TV
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