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Film on Sikhs post 9/11 wins accolades

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NEW DELHI, MARCH 28: A film by an Indian-American depicting the story of a Sikh faced with the post 9/11 realities is being appreciated in international movie circles.

The film The Gold Bracelet by Hollywood based Indian actor and film producer Kavi Raz won the best feature drama award at the Cinequest, ranked among the top ten film festivals in the world, recently.

At a private screening at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, Raz was given a standing ovation for the film.

Written, produced, directed and also starring Raz himself, the film pays tribute to the many victims of the 9/11 aftermath. The movie stars Sonny Mandal, Archana Puran Singh, Mehrunissa Hassan, Arsh Singh, Joseph Whipp, Ari Barak, and Ellen Geer. Raz said in an e-mail interview that they had been invited to several other film festivals. "We are currently in talks with mainstream Hollywood distribution companies about a release of the film." "We plan to release the film in India also, but no distribution deals have been signed as yet," he says.

Set against the 9/11 tragedy, the story centres around an American Sikh family as they come to terms with being turban bearing Sikhs in America at a time when the country is plagued with fears of terrorism.

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