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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                            NOVEMBER 24, 2023  |      The Indian Eye 30



                     Award Winning Mukesh Modi Releases



          Bollywood Film “Political War” Poster on Times



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        OUR BUREAU                        power to each man and woman - pow-
                                          er of ‘right to vote’ and a‘right to se-
        New York, NY
                                          lect their leader.’ Leaders are to serve
             tars lined up to show their sup-  the best interests of the nation and its
             port for theposter release of   citizens. They are the hope of a better
        SBollywood  film  “POLITICAL      life and future. However, with passing
        WAR” starring Lulu Lopez,  Marisa   of time, some politicians changed the
        Roper, LiannaPirrglia, Bill Mcan-  meaning of politics.
        drews, DOP Ketak Dhiman, and oth-     Present  politics turned out to
        ers at Times Square in New York City   be a battle- “A Battle for a Throne”.
        on November 13, 2023              Some politicians today want to enjoy
              The Indian election is coming   authority over peoplewhile collecting
        up and corrupt politicians are rais-  loads of wealth during their reign.
        ing funds from outsiders who are not     “Political War” is showcasing a
        aligned with the agenda of growing   story for the 2024 Indian election of   realized a major gap in the process   films for audiences who have grown
        India into a prosperous nation. Poli-  how conspiraciesare made in country   that oftentimes leaves filmmakers at   tired of the same collection of films
        ticians will go to any extent to win the   and how foreign support is taken to-  a loss from distribution to return on   available on mainstream platforms.
        election - lie to people, create fear,pro-  turn citizens against their own nation   investment. While studios have been   Modi has continued his hard
        voke them on the basis of fake news   while putting the country at stake.  backlogged with a long list of films to   work  after  making  his  first  feature
        - which you will all witnessin Political   “They” are planning to overthrow   be released, independent filmmakers   film “The Elevator” and has made a
        War. The film is a political fiction sto-  the ruling government. Will the rul-  are finding themselves at a deficit be-  web series “Mission Kashi” in Hindi
        ry where we get to see the corrupt side   ing government be able to swiftly re-  tween securing distribution, financing,   which was released in October 2022
        of politics starring Prashant Narayan,   spond, or will they taste a failure from   placement/release, and giving away a   on IFW. Modi’s has 3 more films in
        Seema Biswas, Rituparna Sengup-   the opposition?  How are the elections   significant  percentage  of  return  to   the pipeline to be released in the next
        ta, Milind Gunaji, Shishir Sharma,   today turning out to be a “war?”   a  streaming  service—resulting  in  a   12 months.
        Aman Verma, Abhay Bhargav, Jit-        “Political War” will reveal the an-  fruitless waiting game, pain-staking   He will also be creatingthe Indie
        enMukhi, Prithvi Zutshi, Subhashis   swers to these questions!      process and upside-down investment.   Film  AwardFestival  (IFAA),  a  film
        Chakraborty, Dev Sharma, Kanan        Award-Winning  Indian-Ameri-      As an industry innovator, Modi   festival for Independent Filmmakers.
        Malhotra,  GaurvalAmlani,   Ravi  can Filmmaker and Director Mukesh   decided to BE the change by launch-  IFAA will support Indie Filmmakers
        Sharma, SweetyWalia, Anu Sharma,   Modi’s release of “The Elevator,”   ing a streaming service—Indie Films   in the distribution of their films and
        Twinle Saini, Arun Bakshi, Bill Mcan-  starring Oscar-nominated Eric Rob-  World (IFW)—that not only creates   release their content on IFW. IFAA
        drew, Isaac Platizkyand many more.  erts and Eugenia Kuzmina debuted   a no-nonsense solution for indepen-  will  helpindependent  filmmakers  by
            When India became an Indepen-  in theatres on streaming platforms-  dent  filmmakers,  but  also  a  portal   increasing the total addressable mar-
        dent Nation in 1947, it granted great   recently, but more importantly, Modi   of the latest and top-rated variety of   ket for these line of films.


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