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Prashantt guptha shines at saiFF,

second year in a row

Our Bureau esque cinematography, a fresh
story, heart-warming perfor-
New York
mances and soul-stirring music.
ast year, fellow New Prashantt Guptha will be in
Yorker and Bollywood New York shortly after the vir-
Lactor Prashantt Guptha tual screening of LOVE YOU
made his American film debut BAHUT SAARA this Decem-
with A NEW CHRISTMAS. ber through the SAIFF plat-
The low budget indie film was an form, to celebrate the year end
Official Selection at New York’s and Christmas with his family
South Asian International Film out on Long Island. Says the
Festival (SAIFF) where it wit- actor, “It’s been an eventful
nessed a sold-out screening. year for Mother Earth, I can
This year, the actor will only look towards the good that
shine again at this prestigious came out and lessons learned,
New York event with his next all with immense gratitude
Hindi feature, LOVE YOU for how fortunate I am for my
BAHUT SAARA. Prashantt health, progress, and to be
co-stars with two icons of Hin- alive. Earlier this year, my new
di and Regional Indian cinema, web-series SPECIAL OPS re-
Revathy and Vikram Gokhale, leased on Hotstar, followed by
and calls it his best role yet in a short film called PRABHA KI
an Indian film. ‘Neerja and The DIARY and a feature on Shem-
Tashkent Files brought me a fair arooMe called REGARDS &
amount of recognition, but it is PEACE. And to top it all off, A
this beautiful film which I’d love NEW CHRISTMAS has been
to see as my game-changer once non-exclusively licensed by US
it gets its due release.’ based The Africa Channel on
The story revolves around the which the acclaimed holiday
love and life of an aged couple drama will screen throughout
in Nainital, one of whom starts the season.”
to suffer from dementia. How Looks like showbiz is finally
the entry of a poor orphaned saying a whole lot of ‘Love You
young man in their life changes Bahut Saara’ to the versatile art-
the course of plots and paths is ist who has toiled hard & long to
the essence of this offbeat dra- make it big, from The Big Apple
ma. The film boasts of pictur- to Bollywood.

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