The end of October will witness two important international film festivals in Mumbai, during which period at least seven Marathi films will find their place . Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) which is being held between October 21 to October 28, will show 4 Marathi films namely Shekhar Sartandel’s ‘Nirmalya’, Hitendra Upasani’s ‘Burzvagaman’ , Veena Lokur’s ‘Platform’ and Gauri Sarwate’s ‘Mani Mangalsutra’.

While ‘Nirmalya’ and ‘Buzvargaman’ will be shown in the New faces section, ‘Platform’ and ‘Mani Mangalsutra’ will be shown in Indian frame section. About 200 Indian and foreign films will be screened during the week long festival. For registration and further details, viewers may contactwww.mumbaifilmfest.com.

In the 9th ‘Third Eye’ Asian Film festivals which begins on 29th October in Mumbai, three Marathi films find their place. In fact, Anant Mahadevan’s new Marathi film, ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’ which is yet to be released, finds the pride of place on the concluding day of the function on 4th November 2010. Two other Marathi films, Gajendra Ahire’s ‘Surparambya’ and Nitin Nandan’s ‘Jhing Chik jhing’ will be shown in the ‘Spectrum Asia’ section of this festival. About 110 films from different Asian countries including India will be shown during this festival. The registration of viewers for this festival begins on 15th October 2010 at Plaza Cinema, Dadar, Fun Republic, Andheri and Y. B. Chavan Centre, Opp.Mantralaya, Mumbai.