KUMAR RAJ, DIRECTOR OF BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER FILM “TARA “IN NIGERIA

                                Kumar Raj ,  Mrs Bukola Agbaminoja, Hope Obioma Opara

The 4th edition of the annual Eko International Film Festival got a boost from Indian films submitted for the forthcoming event which will start from 18-23 November, 2013 in Lagos Nigeria. Mr. Kumar Raj, the Producer/Director of Bollywood blockbuster film TARA visited the President/CEO of Eko International Film Festival in Nigeria.

He also paid a courtesy visit with the President of Eko International Film Festival Mr. Hope Opara to the Lagos State Government’s Head of Film Office, Mrs. Bukola  Agbaminoja  at her office in Ikeja. She was very excited to meet with the director /producer of TARA and the prospects of Indian films in the Lagos based global film festival.

          

Indian film TARA has been scheduled to be the opening film for the festival.

 "TARA....the journey of love and passion " subtitled in English is about a village girl Tara seems to be content with her confined life, very much in love with her liquor maker husband. But, when the beautiful protagonist’s seemingly mundane existence parts ways to reveal the unspoken realities of exploitation and darkness enveloping the village, she leads the villagers in their quest for survival, only to realize that she is up against something she may not be prepared to fight against prejudice. The young woman who bravely stood up for the whole community finds herself cruelly alienated in her most vulnerable moment.

Ultimately, after a series of gut wrenching experiences, she has to make a choice... Based on disturbingly common realities of Indian villages, this powerful story of self-discovery transcends the original theme of tribal strife to raise a universal question—can you always choose freedom & self-respect over social acceptance?  The journey of the extraordinary woman Tara in very difficult situations reveals the story of love and passion and how she deals with same.

 Eko International Film Festival also attracted another Indian film THE LIGHT and an Oscar nominated documentary DAM 999 which will also be screened during the film festival.

The annual Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) is Nigeria’s leading international film festival in the coastal mega city of Lagos in south western Nigeria.

The Festival’s mission is to promote the appreciation of Arts and Culture through the motion picture arts and sciences and boost tourism in Lagos and Nigeria in general.