by Subhash K Jha

While many other Indian entries were given a thanda shoulder, Madhur Bhandarkar's Page 3 got raves and ceetees from the audience when it was screened at the IFFI in Goa on Tuesday evening.

The auditorium was jam-packed, people sat on the carpet on the floor and watched without moving, and the foreign audiences went ballistic with questions.

No other Indian film was so well-received at the Festival.

Says the ecstatic director, "I couldn't believe the response the film got in Goa. It's a year since it was commercially released. And it's still provoking such strong responses. I had foreigners coming up to me at the party in the evening to ask strange questions about the lifestyle shown in Page 3. Now I'm getting scared about Corporate . Will it be able to live up to expectations?