Over 160 films from over 70 different countries will be screened at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which rolls out the red carpet along the banks of the beautiful Mandovi river, Tuesday.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will inaugurate the festival Tuesday evening, which is being held in Goa for the ninth time since 2004.
The festival will begin Tuesday with the screening of The Life of Pi, while the closing film will be The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
About 12,000 delegates are expected to be arriving in Goa for the festival.
This time round 47 will feature in the Indian premiere section notable of which is the opening Assamese movie, Baandhon by director Jhanu Barua. Out of the 47, 26 are feature films and 21 are non-feature films in different Indian languages, officials said.
The IFFI’s international competition section too will have 15 films, two of which are in Indian regional languages namely - Anhey Ghode De Daan in Punjabi and Elar Char Adhyay in Bengali. The festival’s Cinema of the World section will feature 55 films, according to the festival officials, who also said that overall 70 films would be premiered during IFFI.
A separate section has been also crafted to commemorate the 100 of years of Indian cinema and its journey from grainy black and white and silent films to the films of today, in which 27 films across periods and genres will be screened.
The festival will also have a special homage section dedicated to Yash Chopra and superstar Rajesh Khanna.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will inaugurate the festival Tuesday evening, which is being held in Goa for the ninth time since 2004.
The festival will begin Tuesday with the screening of The Life of Pi, while the closing film will be The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
About 12,000 delegates are expected to be arriving in Goa for the festival.
This time round 47 will feature in the Indian premiere section notable of which is the opening Assamese movie, Baandhon by director Jhanu Barua. Out of the 47, 26 are feature films and 21 are non-feature films in different Indian languages, officials said.
The IFFI’s international competition section too will have 15 films, two of which are in Indian regional languages namely - Anhey Ghode De Daan in Punjabi and Elar Char Adhyay in Bengali. The festival’s Cinema of the World section will feature 55 films, according to the festival officials, who also said that overall 70 films would be premiered during IFFI.
A separate section has been also crafted to commemorate the 100 of years of Indian cinema and its journey from grainy black and white and silent films to the films of today, in which 27 films across periods and genres will be screened.
The festival will also have a special homage section dedicated to Yash Chopra and superstar Rajesh Khanna.