After winning the best feature film award in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York in October this year, Tanuja Chandra's English film 'Hope and a Little Sugar' starring Anupam Kher and Mahima Chowdhary along with, Vikram Chatwal and a newcomer Amit Cial will be featured at IFFI on Nov 30th at the INOX Theatre in Goa. An American production, the film show will be attended by the main cast and crew, many of whom are coming to Goa just for the day.
An emotional drama shot in New York, the film tells the story of a young Muslim photographer, his secret love for a Sikh woman, and the conflict between him and her father-in-law who is a retired army colonel. The tale unfolds in the backdrop of the tumultuous events of September 11th, 2001 in New York.
The film was first shown in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York in October this year, where it won the best Feature film award. In Goa it will be having its Asian premiere. What's more is that it is also set to show across the borders at the Kara Film Festival in Karachi, Pakistan on December the 7th.