10th March 2005

Surya Prakash - son of legendary Telugu film director K Raghavendra Rao - was launched as hero in Neetho a couple of years back in Telugu. His second film (an English film with world audience and awards as objectives) Morning Raga was released in India few months back and got a rave critical acclaim. This film is shot in green fields of AP and proven technicians like Mahesh Dattani (director), Mani Sharma (music) and Rajiv Menon (cinematography) worked for this film. Shabana Azmi did the central character in this film with the theme of music. Perizaad Zorabian played female lead. K Raghavendra Rao produced this film.

Morning Raga is going to be released in USA on 25th of this month. Two premieres are being planned for this film in NY and LA respectively on 16th and 24th of March. The premiere at LA is organized by "Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles". Here are the details of LA premiere and the corresponding flyer.

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MORNING RAGA
(LA Premiere, 110 min, India)

Writer/Director: Mahesh Dattani
Producer: K. Raghavendra Rao
Director of Photography: Rajiv Menon
Music: Mani Sharma, Amit Heri
Cast: Surya Prakash, Shabana Azmi (Fire, City of Joy), Lillete Dubey (Monsoon Wedding), Perizaad Zorabian (Bollywood Calling)

Plot: Men, women and children from an Indian village are filled with excitement at their journey into the city, oblivious to the tragedy that is about to befall upon them; an accident that leaves many villagers coping with the loss of loved ones. Morning Raga is the story of three such lives now worlds apart but inextricably linked by this past tragedy, and how destiny brings them together by a strong uniting force: music.

Date: Thursday, March 24th, 2005, 7 PM
Venue: VISTA Theater, 4473 Sunset Drive (Sunset and Hollywood Blvd intersection), Los Angeles, CA 90027.