Thursday, Mar 28 2024 | Time 21:27 Hrs(IST)
image
States » East


24th Kolkata International Film Festival to be inaugurated today; KIFF now a true mass festival

24th Kolkata International Film Festival to be inaugurated today; KIFF now a true mass festival

Kolkata, Nov 10 (UNI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) on Saturday at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
The inauguration programme will be attended by the famous Iranian director Majid Majidi, Dadasaheb Phalke awardee Soumitra Chatterjee, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, the State’s brand ambassador, Shah Rukh Khan, as well as Waheeda Rehman, Nandita Das, Sanjay Dutt and Mahesh Bhatt.
The highlight of this year’s festival is 100 years of Bengali cinema, and there would be films by legends like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen and others.
The theme country this year is Australia, to be represented by film editor Jill Elizabeth Bilcock, and film-makers Phillip Noyce and Simon Becker. The Special Focus country this year would be Tunisia.
The number of films this year is more than last year. Another piece of good news for film aficionados is that KIFF has decided to spread the screening of films to neighbouring districts too – notably Howrah and North 24 Parganas.
Among the 16 cinemas, besides the usual venues of Nandan, Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Star Theatre and a few others, would be PVR Avani (Howrah) and PVR Diamond Plaza (Dumdum, North 24 Parganas). Basusree in Kolkata would be joining the list of venue for the first time.
MORE UNI SJC

More News

Bhartruahari Mahtab, a six-time BJD MP joins BJP

28 Mar 2024 | 8:52 PM

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28 (UNI) Senior BJD leader and six-time MP from the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat, Bhartruhari Mahtab, on Thursday joined the BJP at the party’s headquarters office in Delhi.

see more..

Odisha Congress to release candidate lists in April first week

28 Mar 2024 | 8:32 PM

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28 (UNI) Odisha Congress, which is lagging in releasing the party candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, will release the first phase list of candidates in the first week of April.

see more..

Nomination papers of one candidate rejected in Manipur during scrutiny

28 Mar 2024 | 8:00 PM

Imphal, Mar, 28 (UNI) The nomination paper of one candidate out of a total of eleven candidates who filed their nominations for two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur was rejected during scrutiny on Thursday.

see more..

Nomination papers of all six Lok Sabha candidates in Mizoram found valid

28 Mar 2024 | 7:41 PM

Aizawl, Mar 28(UNI) The nomination papers of all six candidates to contest the upcoming election to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat were found valid after scrutiny on Thursday.

see more..

Army conducts preparatory training course to encourage youths to join Armed Forces

28 Mar 2024 | 7:28 PM

Itanagar, Mar 28 (UNI) In a bid to encourage more youths to join the Indian Army under the Agnipath Scheme, the Army’s local unit based at Hayuliang in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh, is conducting a month-long preparatory training course for the potential candidates from March 27 to April 25.

see more..
image