Bollywood Netflix Party: Talaash (2012)
- Event Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2020
- Time: 7:00 pm (CDT)
- Location: Online Netflix Party
- Cost: Free
- Dir. Reema Kagti
- 2012
- 2h 20 min
As he investigates a car crash on a deserted road, a police officer delves into the Mumbai underbelly and confronts his own suppressed grief. "The answer lies within," assures the film's tagline, but where? Noir touches permeate this modern mystery.
Event Hosts
- Mara Thacker, Global Popular Culture and South Asian Studies Librarian, International and Area Studies Library
- Beth Watkins, Spurlock Museum and Hindi film journalist
Event hosts will introduce the film at the start time, be available for questions as the film plays, and stay online after for Q&A.
Netflix Party Information
Netflix Party enables synchronized viewing with a window for typed chat as the film plays.
This event requires use of your own Netflix account and installation of the Netflix Party extension on the Chrome browser. Netflix Party links will be posted below and in the Facebook event information (external link) on the day of each event.
Image courtesy of Excel Entertainment/Aamir Khan Productions/Reliance Entertainment.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact Beth Watkins at ewatkins@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 265-5485
All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.