Michael Douglas to get the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award; Catherine Zeta-Jones, Salman Khan, Karan Johar and others to participate in IFFI 2023

The 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be hosted in Goa from November 20th to 28th. While more than 250 movies are being showcased throughout the different areas of the celebration, all eyes are set on the gala opening event being hosted on November 20th at Shamaprasad Indoor Stadium, Panaji, Goa. The opening event is headlined by Shahid Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in addition to Shriya Saran, Nushratt Bharucha, Pankaj Tripathi, Shantanu Moitra, Shreya Ghoshal and Sukhwinder Singh, while the event is being hosted by Aparshakti Khurrana and Karishma Tanna. Michael Douglas to get the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award; Catherine Zeta-Jones, Salman Khan, Karan Johar and others to participate in IFFI 2023 Several dignitaries are anticipated to be present, in addition to distinguished characters from Indian movie theater, consisting of Sunny Deol, Vijay Sethupathi, Sara Ali Khan, Karan Johar, at the 54th IFFI opening event, acknowledged as one of the greatest movie and cultural extravaganzas worldwide. Viacom Media Pvt. Ltd. is the unique media and relaying partner of the opening and closing events for the 2nd successive year and will relay the events on India’s leading basic home entertainment channel COLORS and its OTT platform JioCinema. The star-studded events are produced by Wizcraft Entertainment Agency, the nation’s leading manufacturers of live occasions. Discussing IFFI, Hon’ble Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur stated, “IFFI has actually been growing every year thanks to the enthusiasm of our filmmakers from throughout the nation and the cooperation that we have actually had the ability to create with the directors and manufacturers from throughout the world. As we take forward Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of enhancing India’s worldwide position throughout all sectors, movie theater, arts and culture can empower our youth to venture into the world phase with stories that are international in essence and regional at heart. IFFI has actually ended up being the best platform for developing cooperations, joint productions and innovative innovation.” States, Shri Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, “The Indian media and show business has actually been growing at approximately 20 percent each year over the last 3 years with an unique concentrate on initial stories for a worldwide audience and usage of advanced innovation. This year, IFFI got a record variety of 2926 entries from 105 nations, 3 times more than in 2015. While working together with the nation’s movie market, our group’s efforts are targeted at pressing the borders to make the celebration larger and much better with every brand-new edition.” Kevin Vaz, CEO– Broadcast Entertainment, Viacom18 stated, “The world’s biggest democracy is a fertile breeding place for stories that crossed social, political, financial, and geographical borders. As the nation’s primary writers and performers, our company believe it is our task to take every story to its audience and every audience to their story. It is with this belief that we are partnering with IFFI for the 2nd year in a row. This collaboration intends to commemorate and join cultures throughout the nation and captivate, inform and empower the world in the principles of India.” This year, IFFI has actually welcomed Indian stars and filmmakers to promote their approaching movies at the opening gala. Karan Johar and Sara Ali Khan with the group of Ae Watan Mere Watan will reveal the very first appearance of the drama-thriller. Sukhwinder Singh will sing the movie’s motivating title track throughout the display. The movie narrates the journey of Usha Mehta who throughout the 1942 Quit India Movement began an underground radio station, Congress Radio, which for a couple of months relay uncensored and even prohibited news. Pankaj Tripathi, Shantanu Moitra, Shreya Ghoshal and Taba Chake will enter the spotlight to present the crime-thriller Kadak Singh directed by National Award winner, Director Aniruddha Roy Choudhary. The movie catches the story of AK Shrivastav, an officer in the Department of Financial Crimes who while fighting retrograde amnesia exposes the fact behind a Chit Fund Scam. Star Pankaj Tripathi keeps, “The IFFI celebration has actually constantly used a platform for motivating stories and writers who unmask corruption and tidy the system, consequently motivating and empowering us.” Vijay Sethupathi would reveal the trailer of the black funny Gandhi Talks, a quiet movie in a contemporary setting focusing on 4 characters, played by Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swami, Siddharth Jadhav and Aditi Rao Hydari. For its star acts
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