Fantastic Fest 2009

EXECUTIVE CHEF JOHN BULLINGTON HAS PREPARED A SPECIAL INDIAN MENU FOR ALL OF THE VARMA FILMS.

"Often called the Indian Scorcese, Varma deftly juggles the traditional large gangster epic with an honesty and brutality rarely seen in Bollywood, subtracting singing and dancing from the equation and replacing it with pure visceral impact." -indieWIRE

Regional Premiere

(part of the Ram Gopal Varna retrospective) In Mumbai there are encounters – incidents between police and thieves where the bad guys wind up mysteriously dead and no witnesses can be found to say a cop pulled the trigger. There are also encounter specialists: cops who work as hitmen for the department, rubbing out criminals on command. Produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by first-timer Shimit Ami, AB TAK CHHAPPAN is the story of an encounter specialist whose days are swiftly drawing to a close. Sadhu (Nana Patekar) is the doomed encounter specialist who crossed the line so long ago that he doesn’t even remember what it looks like anymore. With 56 notches on his belt, and competing with a colleague to get to number 57, Sadhu coolly threatens gangsters on his cell phone while driving his wife to work, interrupts casual conversations with a bullet and fabricates evidence as easily as breathing. Sadhu is played by Nana Patekar, one of India ‘s greatest actors. Patekar only appears in one movie every year or two, which is almost like being dead in the Indian film industry, and his first love is theater. He brings the kind of intensity to his charismatic performance that the great 19th Century actors brought to Shakespeare and AB TAK CHHAPPAN is anchored by his charismatic, corrupt, larger-than-life vigilante. The movie is loosely based on the life of Daya Nayak, a gregarious, glad-handing vegetarian who is also a real life encounter specialist claiming to have survived 83 encounters in 3 years. Ruthlessly realistic, AB TAK CHHAPPAN is a movie where the gunfights take ten seconds, the good guys are murderers, and the only rich people are crooks. - (New York Asian Film Festival)

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Ram Gopal Varma: The Menu

Pappadoms
Toasted lentil crisp with tamarind chutney and date raita

Stuffed parathas
Panfried Whole Wheat breads filled with sambar beef

Shrimp Pooris
Fried bread topped with spicy spinach tomatoes peppers and shrimp topped with yogurt

Samosas
Fried Pastry filled with Potatoes, peas and cashews with Mango Chutney

Palak Paneer
Homemade Cheese sauteed with Spinach and served with Naan Bread

Chana Dal
Yellow split peas with tomatoes served with spicy long beans

Lamb Biryani
Lamb cooked with almonds and raisins in a savory yogurt sauce with saffron basmati

Pork Vindaloo with basmati
Tend pork in a spicy curry form Goa with basmati rice

Beef Roan Josh
Beef simmered in this classic red curry sauce with jasmine rice

Dessert
Kulfi
Frozen mango and pistachio ice creams with falooda noodles