Rajinikanth, Big B open IFFI 2014
22 Nov 2014 10:04 PM GMT
The 11-day International Film Festival of India held in the state capital will screen 179 films from 75 countries across different categories which include World Cinema (61 films), Masterstrokes (11 films), Festival Kaleidoscope (20 films), Soul of Asia (7 films), Documentaries (6 films), and Animated Films (6 films).
Fifteen films, from across the globe, including two from India are competing for the coveted Golden Peacock awards at the festival.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest Amitabh Bachchan said that a darkened cinema hall was one of the greatest examples of human integration in a world that was fast disintegrating.
‘When we sit inside a darkened hall, we never ask the caste, creed, religion of the person sitting next to us... In this fast disintegrating world of ours, where will you find such a better example of human integration, than a cinema hall?’ Bachchan said at the end of an emotive, but informative presentation on the evolution of Indian cinema.
To thundering applause, Bollywood’s living legend also recited a stanza from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan poem ‘Himmat karne walon ki haar nahin hoti’.
He also made a strong case for Indian popular cinema, which he said, despite ridicule and criticism was finally making its way to the global arena.
Fifteen films, from across the globe, including two from India are competing for the coveted Golden Peacock awards at the festival.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest Amitabh Bachchan said that a darkened cinema hall was one of the greatest examples of human integration in a world that was fast disintegrating.
‘When we sit inside a darkened hall, we never ask the caste, creed, religion of the person sitting next to us... In this fast disintegrating world of ours, where will you find such a better example of human integration, than a cinema hall?’ Bachchan said at the end of an emotive, but informative presentation on the evolution of Indian cinema.
To thundering applause, Bollywood’s living legend also recited a stanza from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan poem ‘Himmat karne walon ki haar nahin hoti’.
He also made a strong case for Indian popular cinema, which he said, despite ridicule and criticism was finally making its way to the global arena.
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