Will engage in a Q&A moderated by Suketu Mehta.
By the American Bazaar Staff
NEW YORK: Actress, filmmaker and human rights advocate Nandita Das will attend a screening of Between the Lines, a cinematic adaptation of the 2012 play, at the Museum of the Moving Image in Manhattan, on October 25th.
Set in contemporary India where educated and affluent couples are caught between modernity and tradition, the film, directed by Ritesh Manon, explores the relationship between a husband (Subodh Maskara) and wife (Nandita Das) who are both lawyers who have been married for ten years. They end up arguing on opposite sides of a criminal trial, resulting in the blurring of their personal and professional lives. The battle in the court starts to impact their relationship at home, and they struggle to find a new balance.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Das, who directed the original play, moderated by author Suketu Mehta. The evening will conclude with a reception featuring music by DJ Rekha.
”We are thrilled to be hosting Nandita Das and Suketu Mehta at the Museum for the first time, showcasing Nandita’s new, thought-provoking work,” said David Schwartz, the Museum’s Chief Curator, in a statement. “This evening is part of the Museum’s new community engagement initiative, supported by the Ford Foundation, to grow our audiences in new directions, reflecting the cultural diversity of Queens and New York City.”
Most recently, the Museum presented a tribute to actor Om Puri hosted by Madhur Jaffrey with a screening of The Hundred-Foot Journey, according to a press release.
Das has acted in more than 40 feature films (including Earth, Fire, Before the Rains) in 10 different languages. She made her directorial debut with Firaaq in 2008 and Between the Lines marks her debut as a playwright and theater director. She is a major advocate for issues of social justice and human rights. In 2011, Das was the first Indian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Women’s Forum. Currently she is at Yale as a World Fellow.
Suketu Mehta is the New York-based author of the award winning Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. He has written original screenplays for films, including New York, I Love You. He is currently working on a nonfiction book about immigrants in contemporary New York. Mehta is an Associate Professor of Journalism at New York University.