A special film festival to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary - billed as the world’s biggest single day film festival - will showcase several movies having India and Indo-Canadian themes. Promoted as the “world’s biggest film festival – ever”, National Canadian Film Day 150 will feature exactly that number of films, with as many as 1,700 screenings across the country and other places in the world on April 19. And a bunch of those films have India and Indo-Canadian themes. Predictably, leading Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta enjoys pride of place in the pack with four of her projects on show. The one-day festival, an initiative of the non-profit Reel Canada and supported by the Canadian government, will mark the 150th year of the country becoming a confederation.

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