Aamir Khan satire for film festival

Acclaimed actor and producer Aamir Khan's Peepli Live, the first Bollywood film to compete at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, premiered at Suncoast Cine Centre last night.

It is a satire based on the lives of Indian farmers who, after losing their land because of unpaid government loans, contemplate suicide so that their families can receive government compensation. It will be re-screened today and Friday.

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan donned his producer cap in The Well (Vihir), in which a young man must learn the meaning of life after the death of a cousin. It will be screened at Suncoast tomorrow. It wasdirected by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni.

The Window (Janala), Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta's latest offering, tells the story of a young man about to be both married and a father who embarks on a trip of rediscovery. It will be screened at Suncoast on July 28 and 30, as well as August 1.

Short films include Homecoming, which explores the challenge of balancing modernity and traditional Indian values, and The Floating Position, which deals with a young man caught between his caste identity and his high economic status.