{"id":29793,"date":"2019-07-31T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T11:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=29793"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T12:17:06","slug":"an-indian-summer-presents-first-uk-bollywood-outdoor-cinema-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/an-indian-summer-presents-first-uk-bollywood-outdoor-cinema-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"AN INDIAN SUMMER PRESENTS FIRST UK BOLLYWOOD OUTDOOR CINEMA TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An outdoor screening of hit Bollywood film; <em>Kuch Kuch Hota Hai <\/em>will showcase across Leicester, London and Birmingham, three of the UK\u2019s most diverse cities for the first time this August!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The free screenings, which are expected to attract over 6,000 people, will kick start in Leicester at Cossington Park on Saturday 10<sup>th<\/sup>August, followed by Boxpark Wembley in London on Sunday 25<sup>th<\/sup>August. The event will then conclude on Saturday 31<sup>st<\/sup>August at Bullring &amp; Grand Central in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned Bollywood film; <em>Kuch Kuch Hota Hai<\/em>, specially selected for the event, was released 21 years ago and raked in approximately 1.7 Billion rupees. Suitable for a wide range of audiences, the vibrant smash hit film tells the love story of two college friends, Rahul and Anjeli played by iconic Bollywood stars, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to each screening, viewers can enjoy show-stopping dance performances by local students from each city, as well as sample delicious food from a variety of local vendors.<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor cinema event is sponsored by Sony Entertainment Television, and is in partnership with Boxpark Wembley, Bullring &amp; Grand Central and Birmingham Hippodrome, as well as radio partner, Sunrise Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Jiten Anand, Director of An Indian Summer, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s outdoor cinema is incredibly exciting because it\u2019s never been done on this scale before. We see the event as a big step forward with what An Indian Summer will be producing in the future, in terms of pioneering work across the UK. We are also looking forward to sharing our Bollywood outdoor cinema with new national audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings:<br \/>\nCossington Park, Leicester:<\/strong>Saturday 10<sup>th<\/sup>August \u2013 8:30pm<br \/>\n<strong>Boxpark Wembley, London:<\/strong>Sunday 25<sup>th<\/sup>August \u2013 6:30pm<br \/>\n<strong>Bullring &amp; Grand Central, Birmingham:<\/strong>Saturday 31<sup>st<\/sup>August \u2013 4:30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An outdoor screening of hit Bollywood film; Kuch Kuch Hota Hai will showcase across Leicester, London and Birmingham, three of the UK\u2019s most diverse cities for the first time this August! The free screenings, which are expected to attract over 6,000 people, will kick start in Leicester at Cossington Park on Saturday 10thAugust, followed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,3,112],"tags":[2247,264,406,2245,2246],"class_list":["post-29793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-an-indian-summer","tag-birmingham","tag-bollywood","tag-first-uk-bollywood-outdoor-cinema-tour","tag-sony-entertainment-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}