The 10th Jagran Film Festival commenced with the inauguration by Minister of Information and BroadcastingMr. Prakash Javadekar. Notable film personalities like Anil Kapoor, Farah Khan, Adil Hussain,Shobu Yarlagadda, Ketan Mehtaand renownedfilm criticRajeev Masand along with other dignitaries were also present at the inaugural ceremony.
The first day of the film festival started withCinema Summit session 1 on Future of Cinema…Breaking Language Barriers in Indian Cinema”with Shobu Yarlagadda and Ketan Mehta.Followed by Cinema Summit session 2 on Changing Landscape of Bollywoodwith Farah Khan andin-conversation of Indian Retrospective with Anil Kapoor. All the panel discussions were moderated by film critic Rajeev Masand.
World Premiere of “GhawreBaireyAaj”,directed by Aparna Sen, was screened as the Opening Film of 10th Jagran Film Festival.The Festival showcased several World and India premier, feature films, short movies/documentaries on the first day.
- 4 World/India premiere movies& Documentary:GhawreBaireyAaj (World Premier), Hiroshima Carptheater (India Premier), The Right Pocket of the Robe (India Premier) andPaangshu (India Premier)
- Feature films:Coolie No. 1 (Homage to Kader Khan), Mr. India (Indian Retrospective of Anil Kapoor), Emotions and Musk
- Short films/documentaries:Meal (Opening short film and India Premier), A Monsoon Date, Coral Woman (Feature Documentary), Refugee by Mistake, The Phish Tale, Kulasamy, The Phish Tale, A Strange Night for MrShasmal and The Booth
The Jagran Film Festival kickstarted in Delhi today, 18th July and will travel through Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Dehradun, Hisar, Ludhiana, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Gorakhpur, Raipur, Indore and Bhopal. The festival will culminate on September 29 in Mumbai.
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