Alliance Française de Bombay in partnership with
Wench Film Festival presents –
Cinéma de l’Étrange for
June 2025!Join us for the screening of TOOFAAN MAIL EIGHT DOWN (Official Selection: IFFI 2021)
Directed by: Akriti Singh
Drama
Duration: 97 minutes
About the film:
A woman landed at the New Delhi Railway station in 1974 and claimed she was the Queen of Awadh. She asked to meet Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. She was the living answer to the question, ‘How do you become a Queen?’
This film is an almost-heist based on believe-it-or-not true events from the 1970s at the New Delhi Railway Station with Nawabs from Awadh, reporters from BBC, the station master, a rickshaw puller, and a queen.
About the director:
Akriti Singh is an actress, writer and director. Her first feature film - Eight Down Toofaan Mail has earned a number of international awards including Best Film UK Asian Film Festival, Indian Panorama IFFI Goa, Best Film Indic Film Utsav and many more. Akriti also runs a young but prolific theatre group in Mumbai called ‘Storia Senza Storia’ (story less stories). She has written, directed, and produced 19 plays in the past 6 years. They have been staged at various prestigious venues across the country.
📅 Date: Thursday, 12 June
| 6:30 pm
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Venue: AF Bombay Auditorium, Churchgate (Theosophy Hall, 40 New Marine Lines)
Note: The screening is for people above 18 years +
This event is free and open to all | Registration Mandatory | Limited seats | Seating on first come first serve basis | Seating preference to AF Members & Students