Hope & a Little Sugar

Here are some reviews for "Hope & A little Sugar" and movie that I was in a few years ago that just came out in October. This is a photo of Tanjua Chandra form the official website.





*** Winner, Best Feature Film ***
South Asian International Film Festival 2006, New York City
Kara offers 'Hope and a little Sugar' (DailyTimes.com)
KARACHI: Former journalist, Tanuja Chandra, whose film 'Hope and a little sugar' was screened at the Kara Film Festival on Friday, said: "All nations have to live together and start learning to co-exist because if one nation was ended through tyranny, then another nation could also be wiped out."
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Tanuja Chandra's film lauded in Pakistan (BusinessofCinema.com)
MUMBAI: Tanuja Chandra's English film Hope And A Little Sugar has been praised at the Kara Film Festival, held recently in Karachi, Pakistan. The movie has been produced by New York based Glenn Russow and Scott Pardo and stars Anupam Kher and Mahima Chowdhary along with Vikram Chatwal and newcomer Amit Cial.
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Film marketing and Target Audiences (IndiaFM.com)
This is a new category of films that has come up in the Indian cinema recently. Earlier, this kind of films was termed as "art films" but now they have taken a different avatar altogether. With the participation of Indian films at the films festivals world over being at an all time high, a new category of festival films is slowly coming up and developing.
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Karachi treated to a little sugar (TheNews.com)
KARACHI: "There is no problem in life that cannot be solved with a little hope and sugar," was the central idea behind the opening gala film 'Hope And A Little Sugar' at the Kara Film Festival, which kicked off on Friday with screenings at the Arts Council and Pakistan Institute of International Affairs.
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Tanuja's 'Hope and a Little Sugar' at IFFI (IndiaGlitz.com)
After winning the best feature film award in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York in October this year, Tanuja Chandra's English film 'Hope and a Little Sugar' starring Anupam Kher and Mahima Chowdhary along with, Vikram Chatwal and a newcomer Amit Cial will be featured at IFFI on Nov 30th at the INOX Theatre in Goa. An American production, the film show will be attended by the main cast and crew, many of whom are coming to Goa just for the day.
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'Hope And A Little Sugar' at I.F.F.I., Kara (IndiaFM.com)
After being judged the best feature film at the South Asian Film Festival in New York, Tanuja Chandra's English film HOPE AND A LITTLE SUGAR will be shown in the International Film Festival of India, to be held in Goa at the end of November. It has also been invited to be part of the Kara Film Festival in Pakistan in December.
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When hope rocks and rolls (HindustanTimes.com)
After bagging the Best Film Award at the South Asian Film Festival in New York, Tanuja Chandra's Hope and A Little Sugar had its Indian premiere at IFFI, Goa, on Thursday.
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Tanuja Chandra's film appreciated at Pakistan fest (IndiaMuslims.com)
Karachi, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian filmmaker Tanuja Chandra's "Hope and a Little Sugar" on the plight of Muslims in the US post 9/11 has received critical acclaim at the ongoing Kara Film Festival here. "All nations have to live together and start learning to co-exist because if one nation was ended through tyranny, then another nation could also be wiped out," Chandra told critics.
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Tanuja Chandra's film on Muslims' plight after 9/11 screened in Kara film festival (SawfNews.com)
Karachi, Dec 9: India's journalist-turned-film-director Tanuja Chandra's film Hope and a little sugar, based on plight of the Muslims in USA after 9/11 incidents, has caught everyone's attention in the ongoing Kara film festival here.
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"Why Tanuja is gushing over Pak" (DNAIndia.com)
Besides their cuisine, the warm reception of her film 'Hope and a Little Sugar' at the Kara Film Festival left the director overwhelmed.
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"Tanuja Chandra: Hope floats" (MeraTicket.com)
Tanuja Chandra is on a high. Her English film Hope and a Little Sugar has won the Best Feature Film award at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York. Incidentally, the film was produced by two independent producers who did not even know Tanuja. It was just that they loved Tanuja's script and contacted her on their own as they wanted to collaborate on the project.
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"My film moved Sonu Nigam" (123India.com)
Tanuja Chandra's English film 'Hope and a Little Sugar', which premiered in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York recently, has been judged the best feature film. The film is produced by two Independent New York film producers, Glenn Russow and Scott Pardo, who contacted Tanuja by email after reading the script.
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"Sonu in a video for Tanuja's film" (DNAIndia.com)
Director Tanuja Chandra can't stop smiling. Her English film 'Hope and a Little Sugar' has recently won the Best Film Award at the recently concluded South Asian International Film Festival in New York. Moreover, the film will now have a video featuring Sonu Nigam added to it.
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