Think you need to be across the world to celebrate the festival of Holi? Think again!

Celebrate the festival on Saturday (March 15) during Bolly Holi Day with a day of Bollywood films at Ron Robinson Theater, 1 Count Pulaski Way, on the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) main campus.  

The lineup, designed by the Main Library Adult Non-Fiction department, includes three Bollywood films which are in Hindi with English subtitles:

  • "Shoolay:" Starting at noon, this movie is set in a rural village where two bandits find romance and a hope for redemption as they seek to free the village from a vicious criminal and his minions. Rated PG.
  • "Bhool Bhulaiya:" Following at 3 p.m. is this screening about about when the ancestral palace of the Brahmin family becomes the site of some seriously unsettling events, it's up to a psychiatrist from America to determine if the house is truly haunted. This comic thriller is not rated.
  • "Om Shanti Om:" The last movie of the day at 6 p.m. tells the story of how love and dreams follow two starry-eyed actors across three decades and two incarnations. The splashy Hindu musical is not rated.

Holi is a popular Hindu festival that celebrates the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated on the day of the full moon in March, which falls on Monday (March 17). It is traditionally celebrated by throwing vibrantly colored powder and water, playing music, dancing and eating. Holi works to close the wide gaps between social classes and brings Hindus together. Legends associated with the festival all depict triumph of good over evil.

Get the festival started early (or continue the celebration!) by grabbing lunch or dinner at one of these super-popular Indian joints in Little Rock:

All Bolly Holi Day films are free and open to the public. For more information, click here or call (501) 918-3000.