Celebrate the festival of Holi on Saturday, March 7, during Bolly Holi Day, a day of Bollywood films, at the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Avenue, on the Main Library campus. All Bolly Holi Day films are free and open to the public.

The day, designed by the Main Library Adult Non-Fiction department, includes three Bollywood films which are in Hindi with English subtitles and Bollywood dance performances.

• Qurbani (NR)
  noon
  Two best friends and the woman they both love are caught up in a plot to steal a fortune from a powerful crime boss and find themselves in mortal danger.
• Zokkomon (PG)
  3:15pm
  With the help of a scientist hermit, an orphan poses as a ghost to haunt the uncle who abandoned him and becomes a hero to the abused children attending his uncle’s school.
• Dance Performances
  5:15pm
• English Vinglish (NR)
  5:30pm
  During a visit to Manhattan, a woman decides to learn English and gains new friends who are on the same transformational journey to find confidence and master the language.

Holi is a popular Hindu festival that celebrates the arrival of spring. The festival coincides with the full moon in March, and begins on Friday, March 6, 2015. It is traditionally celebrated by throwing vibrantly colored powder and water, playing music, dancing, and eating special treats. During Holi celebrations the strictness of social structures is loosened, closing the gaps between classes and bringing people together. Legends associated with the festival depict triumph of good over evil.

For more information on Bolly Holi Day or other CALS programming, call 918-3000.