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Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 1:00 PM
free admission, limited seating, arrive early

SALAAM Theatre
Geeta Citygirl, Artistic Director
invites you to a reading of the
2009 Best Screenplay Award by the Asian American Int'l Film Festival

designed by www.marz76.com

SYNOPSIS:
The Emperor Has Arrived is a fish-out-of-water tale that centers on Raj Selvam, a cynical young Indian-American architect whose estranged father suddenly dies. Raj and his sister, Kavita, fly from New York City to Malaysia, where he must unexpectedly perform his father's Hindu funeral ceremonies. Against a vibrant Malaysian backdrop, Raj performs an often-comical assortment of funeral rites, from washing his father's body with coconut oil to bathing in the local river, all under the watchful eyes of his gregarious - and often bossy - Indian relatives. Meanwhile, Raj grows increasingly suspicious of his Uncle Siva, the family patriarch, whom he suspects of stealing his father's will. As his father's mysterious past slowly comes to light, Raj eventually discovers a long-hidden secret, one which has the power to change him, and the entire family, forever.

Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
215 Centre Street
b/t Howard & Grand Streets
New York, NY 10013

Admission to the Screenplay Reading is free, and complimentary tickets will be available at the venue beforehand on a first come, first serve basis.

The Emperor Has Arrived
written by Jay Paramsothy and Catherine Torphy

CAST:  Anjali Bhimani, Sanjit De Silva, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Rajesh Bose, Debargo Sanyal, Rita Wolf, Geeta Citygirl, Elizabeth Fountain, Mariana Newhard, Shetal Shah, Simon Deonarian, Darin Guerrasio, and Nandita Shenoy.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Jay Paramsothy and Catherine Torphy on this AAIFF screenplay award.  They were also the 2008 screenplay winner of the FOX sponsored CAPE Foundation New Writers Awards.  Next step is to make the movie.  Any interested investors/producers can contact Citygirl about it.  Thanks!

photos from our SALAAM reading of this screenplay last year.
http://www.salaamtheatre.org/emperorhasarrived2008.html

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