Alan Steinfeld /Nandita Das on "Firaaq" - Overcoming Violence?

http://www.saiff.org Indian actress Nandita Das directs her first film Firaaq, about the emotional impact of the 2002 riots in Gujarat, India.

Nandita Das has had a successful career as an actor, staring in over 30 features , but the events of the 2002 Gujarat riots and subsequent violent fallout called her to go deeper in the question of why man is violent. Her opening at the Zeigfield inspired Paula Gloria to go farther down the rabbit hole as well as Alan Steinfeld who surprised Nandita asking questions she thought would only come up to Hindus and Muslims familiar with the pain of Indian politics.

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[AriasCarr]

She is beautiful, she is talented and she is very smart...my best wishes for her and her work.

[paulagloria]

I love this lady and think her work should be taken very seriously and supported

[pakidreamer]

MUSLIMS HAVE BEEN TERRORISING HINDUS FOR LAST 1000 YRS , AFTER FREEDOM WE STILL R BEING TERRORISED BY SAVAGES FROM 7TH CENTURY, GUJRAT WAS REACTION TO PLANNED ACTION FROM MUSLIMS BURNING WOMEN N CHILDREN IN TRAIN GODRA CAN NEVER BE FERGOTTEN N IT WAS AVENGED N ANY SIMILAR ACT WILL BE MET WITH .

[quazarstar12]

This riot were well Planned to create problem in Gujarat and create communal violence. Muslim terror groups and also member of congress party who were Muslim were involved in this. They just wanted to Kill people of Gujarat and intimidate them.

Also Muslim from other part of India come to Gujarat and radicalize Gujarati Muslims and create tension and communal violence. Their main objective is to intimidate people of Gujarat via terror and push drugs, prostitution and alcohol.

[quazarstar12]

The Gujarat Riot was planned by Muslim Mob, they had backing of Muslim terror group in India and abroad a they are terrorize. This riot was started started by Muslim Mobs burned Hindu Pilgrims. They burned 54 Hindu pilgrim alive and 20 of them Kids and most of them women. When the Hindus were Pilgrims were burned abd crying for help, Muslim were chanting "Alaah Hu Akbar" Or God is Great. Also Congress Party, the ruling party's Muslim candidate were involved in burning the train.

[badaustad]

Nandita Das and Rahul Dholika are one of its KIND in India.

Hope they keep doing the films which matters.

[KhalisEmaan]

Thank you Jainsummer

Thank you

Love Abdul

[jainsummer]

Hi Abdul,

I am an Indian and feel the pinch everyday of humans fighting with each other.(whats left in world to let human different from animals I always surprise). And I am so touched by your comments that humanity is the biggest relations all of us can have with each other..not judging each other based on race and religion. May god bless and get peace in world.

[inder19852000]

She is a beautiful indian woman