Ray-inspired tale leads Indian line-up at London Film Festival

A Satyajit Ray inspired film set in Kolkata and a true-story of a girl with cerebral palsy lead the Indian line-up at this year's London Film Festival.
The British Film Institute's (BFI) annual film fiesta, to be held between October 8 and 19 across London's most iconic cinemas, revealed its 2014 offering at a press launch here on Wednesday.
Bengali filmmaking legends Ray and Ritwik Ghatak inspired 'Asha Jaoar Majhe' (Labour of Love) has been selected in the festival's 'First Feature Competition' category for debutant director Adityavikram Sengupta. The film set in Kolkata has been described by selectors as a "cinematically sublime debut feature".

Producer-director Shonali Bose and Nilesh Maniyar's 'Margarita, with a Straw', tells the true-story of Laila who overcomes her cerebral palsy to break down societal barriers.
It stars Kalki Koechlin and veteran South Indian actress Revathy and has been selected in the 'Love' category of the festival.
The other films that complete the main Indian entries are Chaitanya Tamhane's 'Court', which centres around a suicide case and has been selected in the 'Debate' category, and 'Titli', another debut effort by director Kanu Bahl which premiered at the 'Cannes Film Festival' earlier this year in the Un Certain Regard strand.
At the London Film Festival, this Dibakar Banerjee production has been selected in the 'Dare' category for its deft handling of inter-male oppression in the Indian society.

A documentary entry by Priya Sen titled 'Noon Day Dispensary' traces the work of a government-run free dispensary in Savda-Ghevra, Delhi's most recent settlement colony.