Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman and noted Malayalam actor Mammootty will be the chief guests at the opening and closing ceremonies of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) beginning at Panaji on November 23.
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman and noted Malayalam actor Mammootty will be the chief guests at the opening and closing ceremonies of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) beginning at Panaji on November 23.
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While internationally-renowned actor Kabir Bedi and actress Divya Dutta have been named to compere the opening ceremony, in which Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni will be present, Asin of "Ghajini" fame would light the ceremonial lamp.
As part of the Indian Panorama, 26 feature films and 18 non-features would be screened. These includes "Shob Charitro Kalponik" (Bengali), "Harishchandrachi Factory" (Marathi), "Kaminey" (Hindi), "Ijjodu" (Kannada), "Pasanga" (Tamil), "Kutty Srank" (Malayalam) and "Haat: The Weekly Bazaar" (Rajasthani).
The bouquet of non-feature films includes "Bilal" (Bengali), "What If?" (English), "Superman of Malegaon" (Hindi), "Illisa Anagi Mahao" (Manipuri) and "Kelkkunnundo" (Malayalam).
The Indian Panorama would open with "Paltadcho Manis" (by Laxmikant Shetganokar in Konkani) and "Dot in for Motion" (Anirban Datta, English).
The tribute section would pay homage to 13 film personalities who passed away since IFFI 2008 -- Nabendu Chatterjee, Prakash Mehra, Gulshan Bawra, Leela Naidu, Shakti Samanta, Feroz Khan, Murali, A K Lohitadas, Rajan P Dev, Nilu Phule, Bhaskar Chandavarkar, R Lakshman and Nagesh.
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