Punjabi film Dear Jassi to open the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2024

Directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, the film stars Pavia Sidhu and Yugam Sood
Punjabi film Dear Jassi to open the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2024
Punjabi film Dear Jassi to open the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2024
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The 2024 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announced its lineup for the 22nd annual edition of the internationally acclaimed film festival. The festival is moving back to Hollywood at Landmark Theatres Sunset and runs June 27-30.

IFFLA will showcase twenty films, including seven narrative features, twelve shorts, and one docu-series with a diverse lineup of films from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and the United States, bringing together South Asian stories and perspectives from around the globe.

The festival will open with the Los Angeles premiere of Tarsem Singh’s forbidden romance Dear Jassi and close with Nithilan Saminathan’s Tamil film Maharaja, a twisted revenge saga starring phenomenal actor Vijay Sethupathi and maverick filmmaker Anurag Kashyap playing the villain.

Dear Jassi is a modern day Romeo and Juliet inspired by true events and told in a Punjabi folk style. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vipul D Shah, Ashwin Varde, Rajesh Bahl, Sanjay Grover, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar.

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