DDV: Monday, November 2, Sun n Sand, Juhu
The Affair: Mumbai Film Festival party
Header: British blast off
Party meter: One and a half (Conversational!)
Pix: Milind Shelte
Sarah McKenzie and the UK Film Council threw a bash to celebrate British talent at the MAMI festival and to launch the 'From Blighty with Love' project which will screen British films in the city next year. Among those who made it to the venue by the poolside were Ketan Mehta and Deepa Sahi, Amol Palekar and Sandhya Gokhale, Anurag Kashyap, Amit Khanna, Uma da Cunha, Gerson da Cunha and Paul Schrader among others. A number of representatives from overseas film industries were present and they were happy to discuss current and future projects with the Indian directors. The party went on till the wee hours of the morning and into another day at the Mumbai Film Festival.