Kolkata International Film Festival : 28th KIFF kicks off with star-studded inauguration ceremony

Kolkata: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Shatrughan Sinha were among the big names who attended the inauguration in the City of Joy. A star-studded lamp-lighting ceremony in progress at the inauguration of the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Thursday. (From left) Former BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, playback singer Kumar Sanu, veteran actor and TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha, West Bengal Governor, CV Ananda Bose, iconic actor Amitabh Bachchan, actor Shahrukh Khan and actor Rukmini Maitra. This year, as part of KIFF, 183 films, including 130 feature films and 52 short and documentary films from 42 countries will be screened for eight days till December 22. The films will be screened across 10 cinemas like Nandan 1, Nandan 2, Nandan 3, Rabindra Sadan, Sirir Mancha, Paschim Banga Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar, Radha Studio, Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Nazrul Tirtha 1 and Nazrul Tirtha 2.Shah Rukh Khan receives a KIFF souvenir from chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The 28th KIFF will pay special tribute to iconic filmmaker Tarun Majumdar, veteran actor Pradip Mukherjee, classical musician Shivkumar Sharma and American actor Angela Lansbury. French film director and screenwriter Alain Resnais, Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, Greek film actor and director Michael Cacoyannis, iconic actor Dilip Kumar, film directors Asit Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, K Asif and Bengali Hindustani classical musician, Ali Akbar Khan, will be given centenary tribute.