Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut "Luck by Chance" inaugurated Germany's only annual festival of Indian cinema in Stuttgart, Germany, on Tuesday (July 14) amidst great fanfare. Zoya's director brother Farhan Akhter's "Rock On!", which marks his debut as an actor, will also be screened at Bollywood and Beyond, Germany's only festival dedicated to Indian movies. "I'm really excited to have 'Luck by Chance' at the festival. Bollywood and Beyond is a platform for Indian cinema in Europe and it's great to be represented and featured with such gusto," said Zoya by email. However, most other films chosen for screening at the six-day festival, which concludes on July 19, revolve around the issue of security in India. "The emphasis in this year's film programme is on security. Apart from feature films like 'Tahaan', 'A Wednesday' and 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' and short films like 'A Mango Tree In The Front Yard', one of the Tea Talk sessions is dedicated to the same topic," Jessica Cope told IANS. Cope, who worked closely with curators Uma Da Cunha, Indian film expert and Theresa Hayes in Los Angeles to choose the films, added that compared to last year, when 60 films were screened, this year only 47 films have been selected due to the economic downturn
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