This was the very section where Deepa's elegiac 'Water' that had Lisa Ray, John Abraham and Seema Biswas in lead roles had been premiered. While 'Water' focussed on the difficult lives of widows in the 1930s, Dilip's film is in a different mood space.

'For 34 years, I have covered death, misfortune, war, plagues and other human tragedies for Time, Newsweek, National Geographic and other such major journals. I entered the world of cinema with 'The Forgotten Woman', a hard documentary to portray the reality of the widows of India.

'Similarly 'Cooking With Stella' also looks at a classic Indian tragedy, that of servants and employers but without wanting to give a lecture on morality.'

While filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker's 'What's Your Raashee?' stars Priyanka Chopra and Hurman Baweja, 'Dil Bole Hadippa' is Anurag Singh's directorial debut. Produced by Yash Raj Films, it stars Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor. Both the films are female-centric.

Apart from screenings, Indian actresses Seema Biswas and Shriya Saran will walk the red carpet.