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Festival of Lights is a 2010 film directed and written by Shundell Prasad. It stars Melinda Shankar as the rebellious and mouthy Reshma, Jimi Mistry as Reshma's birth father, and Aidan Quinn as Reshma's stepfather. The film deals with Reshma's struggles to find her father whom she was separated from when she and her mother, played by Ritu Singh Pande, migrate from Guyana to New York City.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (March 2011)

Festival of Lights
Release poster
Directed by	Shundell Prasad
Screenplay by	Shundell Prasad
Produced by	Graziano Bruni Eli P. Navon Eve Pomerance Shundell Prasad
Starring	Melinda Shankar Aidan Quinn Ritu Singh Pande Jimi Mistry
Cinematography	Valentina Caniglia
Edited by	Barry Alexander Brown
Music by	Ronen Landa
Production company	IndustryWorks Pictures
Distributed by	Durga Entertainment
Release date	November 13, 2010 (2010-11-13) (Saint Louis Film Festival)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Guyanese Creole
Budget	$1.5 million

Plot

Separated from her father when their family immigrates from Guyana, a young girl comes of age in New York City. Battling through a troubled youth and a broken relationship with her mother, she struggles to find peace and discover the secret of what happened to her father.

Cast

• Melinda Shankar as Reshma
• Jimi Mistry as Vishnu, Reshma's father
• Aidan Quinn as Adem, Reshma's stepfather
• Ritu Singh Pande as Meena, Reshma's mother
• Stephen Hadeed, Jr. as Ravin
• Nandanie Dudhnath as Asha
• Isabella A. Santos as Sandy
• Fawad Siddiqui as Mike, Reshma's uncle
• Dion Matthews as Warden's Assistant

Production

The film was directed, written and co-produced by Shundell Prasad. It was filmed in Georgetown, Guyana and Queens, New York.

External links

• Official website
• Festival of Lights at IMDb

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