‘On Golden Years’ portrays complex emotions of the retiring immigrants.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
Grammy-nominated Indian American filmmaker Tirlok Malik’s ‘On Golden Years’ has won best feature film USA award at the International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) in New York.
Malik was also honoured with a special outstanding achievement in the multicultural arts category for acting, filmmaking, and immigrant advocacy.
Written and directed by Malik, ‘On Golden Years’ portrays complex emotions of the retiring immigrants. Through various characters, the film deals with the conflicts faced by the residents of an Indian retirement community such as India versus America, contentment versus regrets and of course, where to retire.
Luis Pedron, co-founder of the festival, said, “The film “On Golden Years” deals with social issues of retirement that millions of first generation immigrants face in their lives.”
“I am happy to be a part of this festival and I feel honoured for this award,” said Malik.
The festival held on October 22 showcased different genres including narrative features, documentaries, shorts and student films from all over the world. It also had a focus on social relevance as part of their programming and goals.
Malik, a winner of “Pride of India” for his work from the Indian Ambassador and the New York Citizen Award from the New York Mayor’s office, has acted in many TV dramas and films.
He is the CEO of the New York-based Apple Production. Since the 1990 movie Lonely in America, which was shown in 74 countries, as well as on HBO, and participated in 37 film festivals and won many awards, Apple Production has produced a number of movies.
He has also started a new website for the Indian American movies made in America – www.nritvfilmclub.com. Most of his movies deal with the effects of migration in America.
“On Golden Years” stars Ranjit Chowdhary, Jyoti Sinh, Reeves Lehmann, Shetal Shah, Noor Naghmi, Tirlok Malik, Shruti Tewari, Farokh Daruwala, Indu Gajwani, Indrajit S Saluja, Lovllien Kaurr, Sandeep Suri, Iggy Ignatius, Kamlesh Gupta and many more.