Direct Ticket links for The Fifth Annual Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Boston, USA, to be held between Sep 5-8, 2019, are below. Please click on the film name to see the ticketing link, venue and time. This is the backup festival site while the primary web portal is undergoing maintenance work.
- 1. Nagarkirtan
- 2. KD
- 3. Tarikh
- 4. Sindhustan and Encrypted - The Cyber crime (combined)
- 5. Sir
- 6. Namdev Bhau In Search of Silence
- 7. Kolkatay Kohinoor
- 8. Chintu Ka Birthday
Please use these links to purchase tickets during our site maintenance.
Prior Festivals
The Fourth Annual Caleidoscope, the largest competitive South Asian film festival in Boston, USA, was held for 8 days this year, from Dec 2 to Dec 9, 2018 and attended by over 500 cine lovers. The best contemporary arthouse films from the Indian sub-continent are chosen for Caleidoscope. Here are the results as selected by the jury team of eight judges:
- Best Film - Pupa directed by Indrasis Acharya
- Best Director - Ektara Collective for Turup
- Best Actor - Subba Rao Vepada (Raju in C/O Kancharapalem)
- Best Actress - Neelofer Hamid (Neela in Half Widow)
- Best Performance In Negative Role - Irfan Khan (Aadam in The Song of Scorpions)
- Technical Excellence Award - The Song of Scorpions directed by Anup Singh
- Best Short Film - Katran directed by Prem Singh
- Most Unique Film - Aami Joy Chatterjee directed by Manoj Michigan
- Most Popular Film - The Song of Scorpions directed by Anup Singh
- Most Touching Film - Manusangada directed by Amshan Kumar
- Audience Choice Best Film - Evening Shadows directed by Sridhar Rangayan
Below is the list of all Caleidoscope 2018 films. If you have trouble clicking on them from the phone, please use a PC/laptop browser. For a collection of pictures at awards dinner, please click here
- Best Film - Pupa directed by Indrasis Acharya
- Best Director - Ektara Collective for Turup
- Best Actor - Subba Rao Vepada (Raju in C/O Kancharapalem)
- Best Actress - Neelofer Hamid (Neela in Half Widow)
- Best Performance In Negative Role - Irfan Khan (Aadam in The Song of Scorpions)
- Technical Excellence Award - The Song of Scorpions directed by Anup Singh
- Best Short Film - Katran directed by Prem Singh
- Most Unique Film - Aami Joy Chatterjee directed by Manoj Michigan
- Most Popular Film - The Song of Scorpions directed by Anup Singh
- Most Touching Film - Manusangada directed by Amshan Kumar
- Audience Choice Best Film - Evening Shadows directed by Sridhar Rangayan
Pre Festival: Sunday, Dec 2, 1 PM Film: Flat Number 609 (2018) Language: Bengali with English Subtitles Apple Cinemas, Cambridge 168 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA 02138 Directed by Arindam Bhattacharya Key Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar, Tanushree Chakraborty, Pujarini Ghosh Tickets: $15
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Monday, Dec 3, 6 PM Opening Film: Teen Aur Adha (Three and a Half, 2018) Language: Hindi/Marathi with English Subtitles Wellesley Community Center 219 Washington St, Wellesley Hill, MA 02481 Presented by Anurag Kashyap, Director: Dar Gai Key Actors: Arya Dave, Zoya Hussain, Jim Sarbh Tickets: $15
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Tuesday, Dec 4, 6 PM Language: Bengali with English Subtitles LTC (ltc.org) Gallery Director: Indrasis Acharya Key Actors: Rahul Banerjee, Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Sudiptaa Chakraborty Tickets: $15 Early Bird online (Buy
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Wednesday, Dec 5, 6 PM Film: Manusangada
(Cry Humanity, 2017), North America Premier Language: Tamil with English Subtitles Wellesley Community Center 219 Washington St, Wellesley Hill, MA 02481 Director: Amshan Kumar Key Actors: Rajeev Anand, Manimegalai,
Sheela Rajkumar Tickets: $15
Wed, Dec 5, 6:30 PM (alternate venue film) Gaige Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence RI 02908 Director: Miransha Naik Key Actors: Hrishikesh Naik Tickets:
Free Screening but needs registration Synopsis:
A terrifying landlord in a small Goan
village drives Santosh, a stubborn teenager on his path to self-discovery; to
make a brave and difficult choice. |
Thursday, Dec 6, 6:30 PM Lexington Venue Theater 1794 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 Director: Ektara Collective,
directed as a group Key Actors: Moulina Midde
Sheela Rawat, Madhu Bhagat Tickets: $15 Synopsis: Chess is a popular pastime in this neighbourhood,
with roadside games bringing together men, to challenge each other in
friendly and sometimes unfriendly matches. But for some, the pawns include
morality and religion causing tensions to erupt when a tournament gets
underway. Against this backdrop, a domestic worker with a secret hobby, a
former journalist struggling with married life and a young woman in love,
find themselves pushing boundaries and challenging the rules of the game.
This is a crowdsourced movie shot at Chakki Chouraha neighborhood, Bhopal. |
Friday, Dec 7, 6:00 PM Pao Arts Center 99 Albany Street, Boston MA 02111 Director: Sridhar Rangayan Key Actors: Mona Ambegaonkar, Ananth Mahadevan, Devansh Doshi Q&A: Lead Actress Mona Ambegaonkar (from Mumbai) and producer Hussain Ali will
be attending for a discussion after the screening Tickets:
$15
Synopsis:
Under the 'Evening Shadows', truth often plays
hide and seek. Set in South India and Mumbai, 'Evening Shadows' is a tender
heartwarming story about a mother-son bond that has to
withstand the ravages of time, distance and truths. This film has a
LGBT theme. |
Sat, Dec 8, 12:30 PM Gaige Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence RI 02908 Director: Manoj Michigan Key Actors: Abir Chatterjee, Jaya Ahsan, Shataf Figar Q&A: Producer Shivanggi Choudhury of Aadiv Kreation will be attending for a discussion after the
screening Tickets:
Free screening
Synopsis:
"Aami Joy Chatterjee" is
the journey of a ruthless, self-centered and egoistic businessman Joy, whose
definition of life and its situations is described by the all
important 'I' , 'me' and 'myself'. One fine
day, life throws him a googly and Joy Chatterjee goes missing - This is the
journey of a man who realizes that the 'I' or 'Aami'
is transient which fades out of being.Jaya
Ahasan plays a pediatrician and his fiance and Shataf Figar plays an ACP investigating a bizarre case. Sat, Dec 8, 3 PM Gaige Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence RI 02908 Director: Danish Renzu Key Actors: Neelofer Hamid, Mir Sarwar, Shahnawaz Bhat Q&A: Chief iDialogue Writr and Lyricist Sunayana Kachroo will be attending for a discussion after the
screening Tickets:
Free screening with registration
Synopsis: This is a story of a woman separated by war from her husband and how she lives without knowing whether she with ever see him back.
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Sun, Dec 9, 12:30 PM Apple Cinemas 168 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge MA 02138 Director: Anup Singh Key Actors: Irfan Khan, Golshifteh Farahani, Waheeda Rehman Tickets:
$15
Synopsis:
A story of twisted love, revenge and the redemptive power of a
song. Sun, Dec 9, 3 PM Closing Film: C/o Kancharapalem (2018) Language: Telegu with English Subtitles Apple Cinemas 168 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge MA 02138 Director: Maha Venkatesh Key Actors: Radha Bessy, Mohan Bhagath, Praveena Paruchuri Tickets:
$15
Q&A: Director Maha Venkatesh (from India) and producer Praveena Paruchuri will be
attending for a discussion after the screening Synopsis:
This is an unconventional love story set in the town and
including the people of Kancherapalem. Very
highly rated. |
Film Delegates coming to Caleidoscope 2018


The 2017 Caleidoscope Film Festival
CALCUTTA CLUB USA and MIT SANGAM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION thanks all for an amazing and groundbreaking third CALEIDOSCOPE FILM FESTIVAL held in BOSTON from SEP 8th - 10th, 2017. It was the largest Indian cine celebration in New England ever. Media coverage of Caleidoscope is currently available on several leading newspapers. Any media inquiries may be directed to calcuttacluboffice@calcuttaclubusa.com. Pictures of the event can be viewed in this Facebook Album
This year, Caleidoscope presented an amazing array of decorated films from the sub-continent and beyond at two locations - Apple Cinemas, Cambridge and at MIT.Results of the Caleidoscope Competitive Festival were announced on Sep 10th evening at the awards dinner:
Jury Awards (includes trophy plus monetary prize, sponsor names in parentheses) Best Film - Bisorjon by Kaushik Ganguly. Produced by Opera Movies (Nalini and Raj Sharma) - $500 Best Director - Sanal Sashidharan in Sexy Durga (Curate Partners) - $250 Best Short Film - Far Away by Jaspreet Singh, Producer Bill Campbell (Gouri Datta) - $125 Best Documentary - Broto Alpona by Sarbari Chowdhury. (Pushpa Karna/Aalok fashions) - $125 Best Actor - Vikrant Massey in A Death in the Gunj (Subu Kota) - $125 Best Actress - Jaya Ahasan in Bisorjon (Subu Kota) - $125 Technical Excellence Award - Sexy Durga (Gope Gidwani) - $125 Best new talent - Vinayak Potdar in Half Ticket (Ram Gupta) - $125 Other Distinctions (Trophy only by Calcutta Club USA) Hope Award - Tanni Choudhury in Beyond Sustaining Traditions - Sarbari Chowdhury in Broto Alpona Most Popular Film - Lipstick Under My Burkha Best Audience Choice Award - A Death in the Gunj Most Heartwarming film - Half Ticket Awards Dinner Sponsor: Urban Public Companies (Neil Shah)
Media Coverage:
Anandabazar - Best Film Award
The Boston Globe: Bollywood Films Rise and Caleidoscope
Lokvani: Caleidoscope 2017, largest Indian Film Festival in New England
Amar Sambad - Jaya Ahsan receives best actress award in Caleidoscope Film Fest
Koimoi.com: Lipstick Under My Burkha shines at DC after winning most Popular Film Award at Caleidoscope Indian Film Fest in Boston
The Independent (Bangladesh): Another feather in Jaya's cap
Foundations TV: Caleidoscope 2017 brought a set of diverse and intriguing films to Boston
Vikrant Massey thanks on being awarded the Best Male Actor at Caleidoscope 2017 for A Death in the Gunj
India New England: Caleidoscope 2017 Indian Film Festival at MIT and Apple Cinemas

