Join us for the screening of, WHEN HARI GOT MARRIED a film by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam at Arthshila Goa.

 Film Curation by Ashok Vish

DETAILS:
Saturday, 1 Feb 2025
6.30 pm onwards
Running Time: 75 minutes
Languages: Hindi (Eng. Subtitles)
Venue: Arthshila Goa, Nachinola

Hari, a 30-year-old Indian taxi driver in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, prepares for his arranged marriage to a girl he has never met, but with whom he has fallen in love on the mobile phone. Outspoken, opinionated and funny, Hari expounds on love, marriage, the state of India and his own upcoming marriage as he drives his clients around town. Meanwhile, frantic preparations are afoot as his family make sure that the wedding goes off without a hitch. The film takes an intimate and humorous look at the changes that are taking place in rural India as modernity and globalisation meet age-old traditions and customs.

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About the Directors:

Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam have been working together for over thirty years. They have made several award-winning documentaries, feature films and video installations. Their documentary, The Sun Behind the Clouds (2009), won the Vaclav Havel Award at the One World Film Festival in Prague. Their Tibetan-language feature film, Dreaming Lhasa (2005), produced by Jeremy Thomas and Richard Gere, premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Their second feature film, The Sweet Requiem, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Their most recent short film, A Little Cloud, was part of the anthology, State of Statelessness, which premiered at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival. Their video installations have shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Savvy Contemporary (Berlin), Istanbul Biennale, Contour Biennale 8, Busan Biennale, Mori Art Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and Khoj Studios Delhi, among other venues.  Sarin and Sonam are also the founder-directors of the Dharamshala International Film Festival, one of India’s leading independent film festivals, now in its 13th edition.

Venue: Arthshila Goa
273, Nachinola, North Goa: 403508