North India Statesman
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Bhopal, December 16: The seven-day Khajuraho International Film Festival is going to start grandly from today in the world tourist city Khajuraho located in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. This festival, organized till 22nd December at Shilpgram complex here, will be dedicated to late actors Dharmendra and Asrani. It is the eleventh edition of Khajuraho International Film Festival.
Actor and Khajuraho International Film Festival organizer Raja Bundela said that this year cultural representatives from 20 countries will register their presence in the festival. Many actors and actresses from the Mumbai film industry and many foreign artists will also participate in this film festival. Governing Councilor of the Mahotsav Manmohan Shetty, Ramesh Sippy, Boney Kapoor, Govind Nihalani, Prahlad Kakkar, Nitin Nanda and Chandraprakash Dwivedi will be specially present. During the festival, the best films will be screened in Saat Tapra Cinema Hall of Khajuraho area. Selected short films of budding filmmakers will also be screened.
Bundela said that this is the 11th edition of Khajuraho International Film Festival. This festival will be dedicated to late famous film actor Dharmendra and actor Asrani. This time too, films from India and abroad will also be screened in the festival, for which like before, seven tapra cinema halls have been prepared, which will be the center of attraction for the artists and producers-directors of the country and abroad as well as film fans, tourists and local audiences.
He told that great programs will be organized on the stage every evening. National and international artists will perform on the main stage. Those who have done excellent work in the fields of art, literature, journalism, social service and cinema will also be honored. Apart from this, special events for film and theatre, technical workshops and master classes will be organized for film artists. Participants from India and abroad will participate in this workshop. Subject experts, film directors, actors and actresses from the Indian Film and Television Institute Pune and National School of Drama, New Delhi will provide training to the participants. Film critics, journalists and film experts have been invited to the lecture sessions.
