Rock On! in Washington DC
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Rock On! in Washington DC
By
Kkomal Seth & Gautam Seth
The Indian Visions Indian Film Festival of Washington, DC kicked off its film festival program with a screening of Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On!!, an inspirational film about friendship and dreams set against the backdrop of rock music. Abhishek Kapoor was presented with The Official Opening Night Selection Award at the reception following his film's screening. He interacted with audience members at the reception.
'To see people in the auditorium reacting to the film so positively was quite overwhelming. It was nice to meet the mixed crowd of Indian and Americans and discuss the finer details of the film with them', commented Abhishek Kapoor.
Amanda Sodhi, program coordinator of the festival, further elaborates, 'We are delighted that Abhishek was able to attend the festival. The audiences really enjoyed conversing with him at the reception and he very patiently answered all of their questions'.
Sukumar Srinivasan, the festival director, says 'It was wonderful to meet Mr. Kapoor and I enjoyed talking to him about his film and his experiences with filmmaking. He was very gracious and down to earth and I wish him a very successful career in films'.
