Curtain goes up on 55th International Film Festival of India with a star-studded inaugural
The Hindu
The 55th IFFI opened with a star-studded ceremony in Goa, featuring dance performances and tributes to film legends apart from film screenings
The 55th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kick-started with a star-studded opening ceremony at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji, Goa, on Wednesday.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju inaugurated the nine-day festivities in the presence of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, festival director Shekhar Kapur, and others.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State L. Murugan sent video messages.
The festivities began with a dance that paid tribute to India’s pursuit of excellence in spirituality and for being the spiritual leader of the world.
Many prominent actors, producers, and filmmakers, including Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala Akkineni, Jaideep Ahlawat, Boman Irani, Rajkummar Rao, R. Sarathkumar, Subash Ghai, Nithya Menen, Amar Kaushik, Jayam Ravi, Randeep Hooda, R.K. Selvamani, Chidananda S. Naik, Ishari K. Ganesh, and Pranita Subhash were felicitated.
Mr. Kapur spoke about the power of stories as a language of unity in a polarised world.
“Within nations and communities, we talk to each other through stories. Stories are how we communicate and understand each other,” he said.
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