FREMONT, CA: The Federation of Indo Americans of Northern California has announced celebration of 22nd Festival of India and Parade on August 16 and August 17 at 39439 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA. Celebrations will start with flag hoisting ceremony on 15 August.
For the past 21 years, FIA organized Festival of India has come to symbolize the unity, integrity, culture and best of the things that are hallmark of Indian community in Bay area. Celebrated over two days, this festival coincides with Indian Independence day celebrations and has many popular and well sought after segments such as health fair, grand parade, Bollywood celebrity as Grand Marshal, kids talent programs, cultural programs representing cross section of India and a Mela that features best of offers for Indian community.
Keeping up with the FIA tradition, Ayushman Khurana, Bollywood star of “Vicky Donor” fame and well-known TV host will be the Grand Marshal, leading this year’s parade.
This year’s special attraction is a star-studded SF Global Movie Fest.
Expanding its horizons to include a larger cross-section of global community, FIA brings a grand movie festival featuring best of the best short films from all over the globe.
Selected from over thousand movie entries, nominations in the categories of Narrative Short, Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Bay Area Film Initiative, South Asian Panorama will be screened at California theater and Towne 3 theaters, San Jose on Aug 15, 16, and 17. An accomplished jury of Bollywood and Hollywood personalities will select the winners in each category.
On August 15 there will be a press conference at 6pm followed by Red Carpet reception, standup comedy by Hollywood Comedian Eddie Griffin, multicultural performances with Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities, dignitaries, ambassadors, movie actors, producers and directors.
From 9pm to11 pm there will be world premier of movie “Last Supper”. Josh Meyers, Robin Bhatt, Barkha Roy, Rahat Kazmi are some of the other celebrities attending the event. On August 16, there will be world premiere of the movie “Identity Card” from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM in towne 3 theaters in San Jose. August 17th will be award night.
More details are available at www.fiaonline.org. Tickets can be purchased at sulekha.com/FIA.
Given above events, this year’s Festival of India is turning out to be a global event. FIA has invited everyone to come together and make this a grand success. There are several opportunities to get involved like Booths; Events, Floats, Show cases; Cultural programs; Sponsorships; Volunteer; Raising community awareness and participation.
Ritu Maheshwari
India Post News Service
