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Akshay Kumar, Chitrangada Singh, Reema Kagti & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, along with other filmmakers, to be present at IFFI 2018

Panaji, Nov 12 (UNI) The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) aims to celebrate sports and recognise the contribution of Indian sportspersons, as an extension of Khelo India initiative.
The international film extravaganza will see Open Air Screenings as a part of the festival where films of the sports genre will be played on a large screen put up in a vast open area.
The section will feature six Indian films that are based on the genre of sports biopics - Gold, Mary Kom, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, 1983, MSD: The untold story and Soorma.
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