Prakash Kamat
Panaji,November 20-The 50th Golden Jubilee edition of International Film Festival of India(IFFI 2019) opened in the presence of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchanand South Indian superstar Rajinikanth, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other dignitaries at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium near here on Wednesday.
IFFI is jointly organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Goa Government's Entertainment Society of Goa.
The inaugural ceremony of the premier Indian film festival was hosted by ace filmmaker Karan Johar.
A postal stamp commemorating 50th edition of IFFI was also released on the occasion by Mr. Javadekar.
Superstar Rajinikanth was bestowed with the Icon of Golden Jubilee award during the opening ceremony of International Film Festival of India 2019. Speaking on the occasion, he thanked the Indian government for honouring him with this award. The megastar said that he dedicates this award to all his producers, directors and technicians who worked in his films.
This year, IFFI honoured one of French cinema's iconic actresses, Isabelle Huppert, with the festival’s highest honour Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony. She has appeared in more than 120 films and is the most nominated actress for the Cesar Award, with 16 nomination
Bachchan was also felicitated during the opening ceremony of IFFI 2019.
A special felicitation recognized the contributions of Indian legends like Ramesh Sippy, N. Chandra and PC Sreeram at the inaugural event.
The 50th edition celebrates cinematic excellence from Russia, in the Country Focus section. Eight films will be showcased in this segment.
John Bailey, cinematographer and former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences heads the International Jury of the 50th International Film Festival of India. Part of the Jury at IFFI 2019 are French filmmaker Robin Campillo, also on the Cannes 2019 International Jury; Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yang, Scottish filmmaker- writer and cinematographer Lynne Ramsay, and eminent Bollywood filmmaker Ramesh Sippy. They were felicitated on the occasion
Musician Shankar Mahadevan gave a riveting performance with the Godfather of Indian ‘Jazz’ Louis Banks.(eom)
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