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Christina Marouda : Carrying the Indian Flag in Hollywood - A video conversation

Christina Marouda, President of IFFLA is the brains behind the annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Having completed 5 years, IFFLA, as we saw it has been growing by leaps and bounds, bringing to the world priceless gems from the Indian cine scene.

IFFLA has become an upcoming junction for anything cinema, anything Indian. Distributors, producers, directors, Indian movie buff (most of them non-Indians), the business community. Yet, there is much more to come.

All this flurry of activity was quite intriguing and I had to have Christina come out from behind the curtains from where she is quite content in running the IFFLA team - over a hundred volunteers who drop everything in hand to make IFFLA happen each year, every year.

In her words “the flag is getting heavier and heavier with each passing year”… which it is… what with tragically not many from the Indian business community in the US coming out to support IFFLA. Yet she has single handedly managed to take this major event from one year to the next.

here’s Saurabh Dixit’s video coverage of my interview with IFFLA. Thanks to Saurabh and his camera, without him, this interview would not have been possible. And thanks to my PFC gang who hovered around within 10 feet of the interview ensuring no one barged in till we completed the interview.

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13 Responses to “Christina Marouda : Carrying the Indian Flag in Hollywood - A video conversation”

  1. OM on April 25th, 2007 9:26 pm

    WOWOWOWO…..^:)^^:)^

    When did this happen? This is an amzing interview. Christina….their cannot be many like Christina…amazingly focussed woman. It is such a pleasure to know how IFFLA started and how and what Christina had to go through to be where IFFLA is today. Salute…Salute…

    You can see she getting very emotional quite a few times in the interview…very understandable.

    Such a shame that not a large part of Indian Community supports art. Didnt know how to react when Christina got reactions like ” Ohh Hindi films = Bollywood…why does Bollywood need movies”

    If i may…talk for everyone on PFC….Christina and IFFLA…if there is any which way PFC would be of any help to IFFLA….it would be our honor.

    Awesome job oz bhai…..very well shot Saurabh….

    Thanks a ton Christina for IFFLA….If i am in LA next i will surely attend…if i am not..i still will.

    ^:)^

  2. CC on April 25th, 2007 11:13 pm

    Is she an Indian ?

  3. oz on April 25th, 2007 11:14 pm

    No CC. She’s from Greece.

  4. CC on April 26th, 2007 12:49 am

    Hi OZ,
    That

  5. striker on April 26th, 2007 7:52 am

    CC, i think a better question is… why not? :)

  6. OM on April 26th, 2007 8:35 am

    @ CC she answers that in the interview. One of the first question asked by oz was ” Why Indian Cinema” and Christina goes..” in general or me….”

    This is such a touching interview

  7. Vijay on April 26th, 2007 11:15 am

    How did Oz get himself to reveal his identity?

  8. OM on April 26th, 2007 11:32 am

    I hope he doesnt pull this one off….

  9. varun on April 26th, 2007 12:58 pm

    Oz Bhai can u upload in youtube.

  10. Varun on April 26th, 2007 1:29 pm

    Finally got to watch it, Gr8 video thanks OZ n gr8 camera wrk by saurabh.

  11. bwunderlick on April 27th, 2007 10:55 am

    This interview is great! Congrats…

  12. striker on April 27th, 2007 1:27 pm

    just watched the entire thing.. this is a helluva an interview.. you rock christina! oz, nice interviewing skills.. also liked “a pfc production” at the end.. has a nice ring to it :)

  13. wb on May 3rd, 2007 3:22 am

    Kisss…. kisse shuroo karoon, kahaan se shuroo karoon, tu bhi hai, eh bhi hai, woh bhi hai.. haay.. kisss…. ??? sahi interview hai ozzie. thanks for sharing.

    baaki logon ko main kal dekh loonga - reckon my printer’s gonna be totally busy tmrw arvo.

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