27th Kolkata Film Festival to begin on Jan 7 with 50 per cent seat occupancy in theatres
India Today
27th Kolkata International Film Festival will open with Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri as a tribute to the filmmaker. KIFF will also pay tributes to Dilip Kumar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Claude Carrier, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Swatilekha Sengupta. WB CM Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the festival virtually.
The West Bengal government has decided to go ahead with this year's edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the week-long event on Friday, January 7. Unlike the elaborate opening ceremony conducted every year with stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in attendance, this year's programme will be low-key with Mamata Banerjee launching the event virtually from the Bengal secretariat.
Due to the ensuing Covid-19 pandemic, festival organisers have decided to stick to 50 per cent occupancy in all the 10 venues as per the state government's recent directives, announced Bengal Information & Cultural Affairs Minister, Indranil Sen.
